Forfar and District (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Forfar and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors[edit]

Election Councillors
2007 Colin Brown
(Ind.)
Glennis Middleton
(SNP)
William Middleton
(SNP)
John Rymer
(Conservative)
2012 Lynne Devine
(SNP)
Ian McLaren
(Ind.)
2017 Braden Davy
(Conservative)
2022 Linda Clark
(SNP)
Ross Greig
(Conservative)

Election Results[edit]

2022 Election[edit]

2022 Angus Council election[2][3][4]

Forfar and District - 4 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Colin Brown (incumbent) 12.88% 698 702 716 727 754 756 833  
SNP Linda Clark 23.43% 1,270              
SNP Lynne Devine (incumbent) 14.94% 810 973 976 984 1,098      
Conservative Ross Greig 21.36% 1,158              
Scottish Green Marley Hunter 4.21% 228 235 237 249        
Labour Ed McAdam 5.50% 298 300 309 334 366 368    
Independent Ian McLaren (incumbent) 16.03% 869 872 893 925 959 961 1,082 1,709
Liberal Democrats Samuel Struth 1.66% 90 91 99          
Electorate: 12,325   Valid: 5,421   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,085   Turnout: 44.9%[6]  

2017 Election[edit]

2017 Angus Council election[7]

Forfar and District - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Braden Davy 24.14% 1,333            
Independent Colin Brown (incumbent) 19.66% 1,086 1,144          
SNP Lynne Devine (incumbent) 17.64% 974 978 980 997 1,025 1,086 1,105
Independent Ian McLaren (incumbent) 14.63% 808 861 883 920 990 1,253  
SNP Glennis Middleton (incumbent) 10.47% 578 581 582 589 597 644 656
Independent Ian Whyte 7.82% 432 452 459 476 516    
Labour Ed McAdam 3.58% 198 213 214 250      
Liberal Democrats Glen Barclay 2.06% 114 137 138        
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,523   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 47.1%  

2012 Election[edit]

2012 Angus Council election

Forfar and District - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Lynne Devine 21.8% 986        
SNP Glennis Middleton (incumbent) 20.52% 928        
Independent Ian McLaren 18.59% 841 855.5 859.5 890.2 972
Independent Colin Brown (incumbent) 17.4% 787 798.3 802.4 820.9 1,050.4
Conservative John Rymer (incumbent) 10.78% 487 490.2 491.1 526.6 546.1
Independent Charlie Brown 7.89% 357 367 369.3 383.9  
Liberal Democrats Avril Simpson 3.03% 137 141.4 142.6    
Electorate: 11,218   Valid: 4,523   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 905   Turnout: 4,578 (40.32%)  

2007 Election[edit]

2007 Angus Council election

2007 Council election: Forfar and District
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent Colin Brown 1,782 30.1 1 1
SNP Glennis Middleton 1,111 18.8 2 3
SNP William Middleton 1,053 17.8 3 5
Conservative John Rymer 878 14.8 4 7
Labour Mitch Cameron 526 8.9
Liberal Democrats Avril Simpson 495 8.4
Independent John Phillip 76 1.3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Notice of poll" (PDF). Angus Council. Retrieved 14 April 2022.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Angus Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Angus Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 3 Forfar and District)" (PDF). Angus Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results (Ward 3 Forfar and District)" (PDF). Angus Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Ward 1 - Kirriemuir and Dean - Scottish Local Government Elections 4 May 2017 - Results - Angus Council". Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2020.