Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells (ward)

Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells (previously known as Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross) is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Martin Greig (Liberal Democrats)		Jennifer Stewart (Liberal Democrats)		Jim Farquharson (Conservative)		John West (SNP)
2012	Ross Thomson (Conservative)		John Munro Corall (SNP)
2017	Claire Imrie (Conservative)		John Cooke (SNP)
2022					Ken McLeod (Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeen City Council election

Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Greig (incumbent)	25.4	1,967
	Independent	Jennifer Stewart (incumbent)	20.9	1,618
	SNP	John Cooke (incumbent)	18.4	1,426	1,476	1,487	1,650
	Conservative	Ken McLeod	13.2	1,021	1,116	1,134	1,139	1,142	1,262	2,238
	Conservative	Lars Frevert	12.2	941	1,003	1,011	1,017	1,020	1,123
	Labour	Mohamed Mosobbir	6.3	486	552	561	661	703
	Scottish Green	Becky Rafferty	3.6	277	319	324
Electorate: 15,281   Valid: 7,736   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,548   Turnout: 51.1%

Source:^[2][3]

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeen City Council election^[4]

Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Stewart (incumbent) ‡	23.0	1,725
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Greig (incumbent)	21.2	1,592
	Conservative	Claire Imrie	17.7	1,326	1,380.5	1,395.4	1,448	2,614.1
	Conservative	Steve Robertson	16.2	1,214	1,251.4	1,273.8	1,345.4
	SNP	John Cooke	16.1	1,210	1,239.9	1,251.8	1,371.9	1,396.4
	Labour	John McLeod	5.9	441	470.2	481.1
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,508   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 1,502   Turnout: 7,639 (54.3%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeen City Council election

Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Stewart (incumbent)	25.5%	1,498
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Greig (incumbent)	23.8%	1,399
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	15.3%	899	962.9	1,005.7	1,012.9	1,017.2	1,186.1
	Labour	Sandra MacDonald	12.5%	738	777.9	805.6	864.1	873.6	922.3	923.3
	SNP	John Munro Corall *	10.8%	634	654.6	667.1	691.4	931.6	975.2	975.8	1,139.5
	Independent	Jim Farquharson (incumbent)	5.6%	328	379.6	414.9	439.6	441.4
	SNP	Stephen Mark Flynn	4.2%	248	262.8	269.1	274
	Scottish Green	Peter Alexander Kennedy	2.4%	140	158.6	173.6
Electorate: 13,658   Valid: 5,884   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,177   Turnout: 5,949 (43.08%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeen City Council election

Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Greig	24.0	1,901
	Conservative	Jim Farquharson†††	21.8	1,728	1,728
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Stewart	20.4	1,614	1,614	1,614
	SNP	John West	14.2	1,126	1,168	1,172	1,175	1,195	1,273	1,352
	Labour	Timothy Harris	10.8	855	904	906	910	917	972	1,041
	Conservative	Fraser Forsyth	5.1	406	457	573	578	583	614
	Scottish Green	Rachel Shanks	2.8	220	264	266	270	285
	Scottish Socialist	Howard Chandler	0.8	65	69	69	70
Electorate:     Valid: 7,915   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,584   Turnout: 7,998

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
3. "Candidate votes per stage Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
4. "Local government election 2017: Results | Aberdeen City Council". 29 June 2021.