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Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 David Lumgair
(Conservative)
Alex King
(SNP)
David Fairweather
(Ind.)
Peter Nield
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Ewan Smith
(SNP)
2017 Richard Moore
(Liberal Democrats)
2022 Louise Nicol
(Conservative)
Serena Cowdy
(SNP)
Martin Shephard
(SNP)
2024 James Cruickshanks
(Conservative)

Election results

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2024 by-election

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Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim by-election (25 April 2024) – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative James Cruickshanks 41.9 1,682 1,691 1,759 1,997 2,450
SNP Kathleen Wolf 29.3 1,175 1,237 1,279 1,467  
Labour Mark Hilton 16.0 644 676 833    
Liberal Democrats Sandra O'Shea 8.3 333 375      
Scottish Green Mark David Findlay 4.4 176        
Electorate: 13,810   Valid: 4,010   Spoilt: 45   Quota: 2,006   Turnout: 29.4%  

Source:[2]

2022 election

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Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Conservative Louise Nicol 25.6 1,663                  
SNP Serena Cowdy 22.1 1,440                  
SNP Martin Shephard 14.0 913 915 1,027 1,058 1,136 1,161 1,236 1,337    
Independent Ian Wren 8.9 578 585 587 599 617 665 749      
Independent David Fairweather (incumbent) 8.1 524 538 541 556 589 635 752 1,013 1,021 1,320
Labour Pamela Ruddy 6.5 423 433 434 438 464 560        
Conservative Juliet Vivers 5.8 376 671 671 674 683 729 807 895 896  
Liberal Democrats Rod Falconer 4.4 286 297 299 302 338          
Scottish Green Anne Campbell 3.3 214 216 227 241            
Alba Lisa Keogh 1.3 86 86 89              
Electorate: 14,052   Valid: 6,503   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,301   Turnout: 47.0%  

Source:[3][4]

2017 election

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2017 Angus Council election[5]

Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative David Lumgair (incumbent) 42.32% 2,585        
Independent David Fairweather (incumbent) 23.98% 1,465        
SNP Alex King (incumbent) 19.75% 1,206 1,251      
SNP Donald Morrison (incumbent)* 8.61% 526 545 589 614  
Liberal Democrats Richard Moore 5.34% 326 979 1,076 1,077 1,323
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,108   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,222   Turnout: 45.2%  

2012 election

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2012 Angus Council election

Arbroath West and Letham - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Alex King (incumbent) 23.57% 1,033            
Conservative David Lumgair (incumbent) 21.91% 960            
Independent David Fairweather (incumbent) 17.05% 747 751.8 768.2 829.5 883.8    
SNP Ewan Smith 14.90% 653 785.7 791.3 812.9 851.8 852.7 894.4
Labour Alec Mollison 9.65% 423 426.8 431.1 446.5 487.1 487.9 537.4
Independent Peter Nield (incumbent) 4.36% 191 194.2 201.4 238.6 268.9 271.9  
Liberal Democrats Kevin Barthorpe 4.36% 191 193.7 205.7 223.5      
Independent Ian Watson 4.2% 184 185.2 192.9        
Electorate: 11,230   Valid: 4,382   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 877   Turnout: 4,441 (39.02%)  

2007 election

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2007 Angus Council election

2007 Council election: Arbroath West and Letham
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Conservative David Lumgair 1,322 21.4 1 1
SNP Alex King 1,169 18.9 3 6
Independent David Fairweather 1,117 18.1 2 4
Liberal Democrats Peter Nield 857 13.9 4 8
Labour Joan Warren 627 10.2
SNP Brian Milne 565 9.1
Independent Anne Marie Sim 485 7.9
Independent Rob Pearce 35 0.6

References

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  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 6 - Arbroath West Letham and Friockheim" (PDF). Angus Council. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Abroath West, Letham and Friockheim" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  5. ^ "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.