Montrose and District (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 David May
(Liberal Democrats) 		Sandy West
(SNP) 		Paul Valentine
(SNP) 		Mark Salmond
(Ind.)
2012 Bill Duff
(SNP)
2017 Tommy Stewart
(Ind.) 		Ron Sturrock
(Conservative)
2022 Iain Gall
(Conservative) 		Kenny Braes
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Angus Council election
Montrose and District – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Conservative Iain Gall 22.3 1,124                
SNP Kenny Braes[note 1] 21.6 1,090                
SNP Bill Duff (incumbent) 17.7 894 896 966 972 976 1,059      
Independent Tommy Stewart (incumbent) 14.5 732 749 750 763 784 808 815 903 1,377
Independent Mark Salmond (incumbent) 9.9 499 532 534 554 587 612 620 729  
Labour John Ruddy 6.5 330 341 342 344 392 426 433    
Scottish Green Jamie Adams 3.6 180 183 185 192 209        
Liberal Democrats Angela Noble 2.7 139 154 155 163          
Independent James Boag 1.2 61 66 66            
Electorate: 12,016   Valid: 5,049   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 42.7%  

Source:[2][3]

2017 election

2017 Angus Council election[4]

Montrose and District - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Conservative Ron Sturrock 27.9% 1,375          
SNP Bill Duff (incumbent) 23.2% 1,142          
Independent Mark Salmond (incumbent) 13.9% 687 797 809 867 983 1,175
Independent Tommy Stewart 13.2% 653 727 732 770 852 1,011
SNP Gill Stranock 11.6% 570 574 692 715 768  
Labour Pamela Ruddy 6.6% 323 358 365 428    
Liberal Democrats Avril Simpson 1.7% 178 240 242      
Electorate: 12,058   Valid: 4,928   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 986   Turnout: 41.6%  

2012 election

2012 Angus Council election

Montrose and District - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Mark Salmond (incumbent) 22.61% 891          
SNP Bill Duff 20.69% 815          
SNP Paul Michael Valentine (incumbent) 18.43% 726 743.1 764.1 821.1    
Liberal Democrats David May (incumbent) 16.29% 642 678.2 680.9 757.7 765.1 1,119.2
Conservative Andrew Boyd 14.37% 566 588.9 589.6 617 621.2  
Labour Ina Paton 7.61% 300 308.4 309.1      
Electorate: 11,434   Valid: 3,940   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 789   Turnout: 3,994 (34.46%)  

2007 election

2007 Angus Council election

2007 Council election: Montrose and District
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Independent Mark Salmond 1,550 28.1 1 1
SNP Sandy West 832 15.1 4 5
SNP Paul Valentine 809 14.7 3 5
Liberal Democrats David May 660 12.0 2 5
Conservative Ingram Bruce 645 11.7
Labour James Sinclair 529 9.6
Independent Joe Wishart 490 8.9

Notes

  1. ^ Sitting councillor for Brechin and Edzell.

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Montrose and District" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 8 Montrose and District" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. ^ "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.