Forres (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward[1]

Forres is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Irene Ogilvie
(SNP)
Jeff Hamilton
(Independent)
Lee Bell
(Independent)
Iain Young
(Conservative)
2010 by Lorna Creswell
(Independent)
2012 Aaron McLean
(SNP)
George Alexander
(Independent)
Anne Skene
(Independent)
2017 Claire Feaver
(Conservative)
2022 Scott Lawrence
(SNP)
Paul McBain
(Conservative)
Kathleen Robertson
(Conservative)
Draeyk Van Der Horn
(Green)

Election Results

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2022 Election

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Forres - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Scott Lawrence 34.3 2,077          
Conservative Kathleen Robertson 25.0 1,516          
Conservative Paul McBain 15.9 962 991 1,240      
Labour James Hynam 10.6 643 830 845 852 1,001  
Scottish Green Draeyk Van der Horn 9.1 550 928 933 934 1,047 1,514
Independent Shaun Moat 5.1 309 403 417 424    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,128   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 1,212   Turnout: 49.0%  

2017 Election

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Forres - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Claire Feaver 35.4 2,094            
SNP Aaron McLean (incumbent) 23.5 1,389            
Independent George Alexander (incumbent) 16.6 981 1,247          
Scottish Green Fabio Villani 10.4 613 671 767 773 778 835  
Independent Lorna Creswell (incumbent) 9.4 555 739 779 815 841 1,015 1,505
Independent Jeff Hamilton 4.1 243 335 349 360 381    
Independent Terry Monaghan 0.6 36 54 60 62      
Electorate: 12,116   Valid: 5,911   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,183   Turnout: 49.2%  

2012 Election

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Forres - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent George Alexander 25.2 1,134                  
Independent Lorna Creswell (incumbent) 12.8 575 650 676 690 815 867 871 987    
SNP Aaron McLean 12.2 547 559 569 575 588 924        
Conservative Paul McBain 10.4 466 484 487 507 529 540 541      
Scottish Green Fabio Villani 10.2 457 475 488 492 524 549 552 614 631  
SNP Irene Ogilvie (incumbent) 9.5 429 440 444 447 478          
Independent Anne Audrey Skene 9.1 410 441 451 469 550 569 572 732 764 1,073
Independent Jeff Hamilton (incumbent) 7.0 314 344 350 356            
UKIP Ian Meiklejohn 2.0 91 96 99              
Scottish Senior Citizens Andy Anderson 1.7 78 85                
Electorate: 10,999   Valid: 4,501   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 901   Turnout: 40.9%  

2010 by-election

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Forres by-election (11 November 2010) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Aaron John McLean 24.1 773 774 789 800 837 899 950 1,045
Independent Lorna Creswell 17.5 562 576 615 686 726 878 999 1,399
Independent Anne Audrey Skene 14.4 463 464 491 541 572 695 860  
Conservative Paul McBain 14.4 463 464 476 486 491 511    
Scottish Green Fabio Villani 12.5 401 405 419 433 459      
Labour Mark Cascarino 6.1 195 195 201 205        
Independent Janet Kennedy 6.0 192 194 201          
Scottish Senior Citizens Andy Anderson 4.1 132 135            
Independent Jane Elizabeth Cotton 0.9 30              
Electorate: 11,224   Valid: 3,210   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 1,606   Turnout: 28.8%  

Source:[2]

2007 Election

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Forres- 4 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Irene Ogilvie 29.8 1,602            
Conservative Iain Young 28.8 1,546            
Independent Jeff Hamilton 13.3 716 789 880 992 1,122    
Independent Lee Bell 9.0 482 540 610 672 831 849 1,160
Scottish Senior Citizens Thomas Anderson 8.2 438 549 615 653 719 726  
Independent Pat Carroll 6.1 326 368 413 492      
Independent Rick Walker 4.9 261 294 356        
Valid: 5,371   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,075   Turnout: 51.1%  

References

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  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 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results from Local Government By-Election" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.