Elgin City North (ward)

Location of the ward

Location of the ward

Elgin City North is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Mike Shand (SNP)		John Russell (Ind.)		Barry Jarvis (Labour)
2012			Patsy Gowans (SNP)
2014 by				Kirsty Reid (SNP)
2017	Paula Coy (SNP)		Sandy Cooper (Ind.)		Frank Brown (Conservative)
2019 by			Maria McLean (Conservative)
2022	Jérémie Fernandes (SNP)		Sandy Keith (Labour)	Amber Dunbar (Conservative)

Election Results

2022 Election

Main article: 2022 Moray Council election

Elgin City North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Scottish National Party	Jérémie Fernandes	32.6	1,199
	Labour	Sandy Keith	28.5	1,048
	Conservative	Amber Dunbar	25.9	952
	Independent	Graham Jarvis	4.6	170
	Scottish Green	Rebecca Kail	4.5	165
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Alexander	3.9	144
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,678   Spoilt: 32   Quota: 920   Turnout: 40.2%

2017 by-election

Elgin City North by-election (13 July 2017)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Conservative	Maria McLean	40.0	923	970	1,061
	Scottish National Party	Patsy Gowans	38.8	895	904	994
	Labour	Nick Taylor	15.8	365	389
	Independent	Terry Monaghan	5.4	124
Electorate: 9,354   Valid: 2,307   Spoilt: 17   Quota: 1153.5   Turnout: 24.8%

2017 Election

Main article: 2017 Moray Council election

Elgin City North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Frank Brown	32.9	1,181
	Independent	Sandy Cooper	14.9	532	606	767	933
	Scottish National Party	Paula Coy	17.7	634	639	672	714	720	1,279
	Scottish National Party	Patsy Gowans (incumbent)	15.0	537	540	557	630	634
	Labour	Nick Taylor	11.9	429	477	536
	Independent	Billy Adams	7.4	266	339
Electorate: 9,237   Valid: 3,579   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 895   Turnout: 39.5%

2014 by-election

Elgin City North By-election (11 December 2014) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Scottish National Party	Kirsty Ella Reid	38.0	728	748	764	773	850
	Independent	Sandy Cooper	24.6	472	483	499	595	693
	Labour	Craig Graham	15.0	287	305	316	368
	Conservative	Alex Griffiths	14.2	273	280	299
	UKIP	Ramsay Urquhart	4.2	81	84
	Scottish Green	Morvern Forrest	4.0	77
Electorate: 9,263   Valid: 1,918   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 960   Turnout: 20.9%

2012 Election

Main article: 2012 Moray Council election

Elgin City North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Barry Jarvis (incumbent)	29.9	766
	Scottish National Party	Mike Shand (incumbent)	23.2	596	613	662
	Scottish National Party	Patsy Gowans	20.1	515	527	550	567	688
	Conservative	Frank Brown	17.5	448	467	566	566
	Independent	Darren Margach	9.4	241	274
Electorate: 8,386   Valid: 2,566   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 642   Turnout: 30.6%

2007 Election

Main article: 2007 Moray Council election

Elgin City North- 3 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Scottish National Party	Mike Shand	41.3	1,500
	Labour	Barry Jarvis	23.9	866	1,005
	Independent	John Russell	18.5	671	837	876	1,349
	Conservative	Frank Brown	16.3	592	648	666
Valid: 3,629   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 908   Turnout: 45.8%