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Aberdeenshire.

Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled scottish_council. 19 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.

Typescottish_council
Seats70 councillors · 19 wards
Last election5 May 2022
Net revenue ·
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
26/70
Conservative and Unionist Party 37%
Westminster
3
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Aberdeenshire is a scottish_council controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (26 of 70 seats). It covers 19 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.70 seats · last contested 5 May 2022

Who sits in the chamber.

Con 26Scottish National Party (SNP) 21LD 14Independent Berwick Hills Resident 9

Conservative and Unionist Party 37% · last contested 5 May 2022

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Anouk KloppertIndAboyne Upper Deeside Donside2022
Geva BlackettIndAboyne Upper Deeside Donside2022
Sarah BrownConAboyne Upper Deeside Donside2022
Ann RossConBanchory Mid Deeside2022
Eileen DurnoIndBanchory Mid Deeside2022
Yi-Pei Chou TurveyLDBanchory Mid Deeside2022
Glen David ReynoldsIndBanff District2022
John CoxIndBanff District2022
Stewart AdamsConBanff District2022
Anne Margaret SimpsonLDCentral Buchan2022
David MairIndCentral Buchan2022
Geoff CrowsonIndCentral Buchan2022
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§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.19 wards split across 3 parliamentary seats

Aberdeenshire’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine947% Andrew BowieCon
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East632% Seamus LoganSNP
Gordon and Buchan421% Harriet CrossCon
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled scottish_council — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
Not yet ingested for Aberdeenshire
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level