Forres (ward)

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

Location of the ward
Location of the ward[1]

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

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Moray Council election

Candidate Party
James Hynam Labour
Gary Shaw SNP
Steve Borden Conservative
Daft Kev Independent
Kathleen Robertson Conservative
Draeyk van der Horn Green

2017 Election

2017 Moray Council election[2]

Forres - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Conservative Claire Feaver 35.4 2,094            
SNP Aaron McLean (incumbent) 23.5 1,389            
Independent George Alexander (incumbent) 16.6 981 1,247.3          
Independent Lorna Creswell (incumbent) 9.4 555 738.6 779.08 814.9 840.5 1,015.2 1,504.6
Scottish Green Fabio Villani 10.4 613 671.3 767.4 773.2 777.9 834.9  
Independent Jeff Hamilton 4.1 243 334.8 349.3 359.5 380.7    
Independent Terry Monaghan 0.61 36 54.3 59.8 62.3      
Electorate: 12,116   Valid: 5,911   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,183   Turnout: 5,958 (49.2%)  

    2012 Election

    2012 Moray Council election

    Forres - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Independent George Alexander 25.19% 1,134                  
    Independent Lorna Creswell (incumbent) 12.77% 575 650.4 675.5 690.1 814.9 866.5 870.6 987.2    
    SNP Aaron McLean 12.15% 547 559.1 568.5 574.7 588.4 924.1        
    Conservative Paul McBain 10.35% 466 483.5 486.7 507.1 529.4 540.2 541      
    Scottish Green Fabio Villani 10.15% 457 474.7 488.1 492.1 524.2 548.6 551.9 614.2 630.7  
    SNP Irene Ogilvie (incumbent) 9.53% 429 440.3 443.7 446.9 478.2          
    Independent Anne Audrey Skene 9.11% 410 441.2 450.8 468.7 549.9 569.3 571.7 731.6 764.2 1,072.5
    Independent Jeff Hamilton (incumbent) 6.98% 314 343.8 349.8 356.2            
    UKIP Ian Meiklejohn 2.02% 91 96.1 98.5              
    Scottish Senior Citizens Andy Anderson 1.73% 78 85.4                
    Electorate: 10,999   Valid: 4,501   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 901   Turnout: 4,551 (40.92%)  

      2010 by-election
      Forres By-Election (November 11, 2010)- 1 seat[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      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              
      Independent gain from Conservative Swing
      Electorate: 11,224   Valid: 3,210   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 1,606   Turnout: 3,233 (28.8%)  

        2007 Election

        2007 Moray Council election

        Forres
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        SNP Irene Ogilvie 1,602 29.83 1 1
        Conservative Iain Young 1,546 28.78 2 1
        Independent Jeff Hamilton 716 13.33 3 5
        Independent Lee Bell 482 8.97 4 5
        Scottish Senior Citizens Thomas Anderson 438 8.15
        Independent Pat Carroll 326 6.07
        Independent Rick Walker 261 4.86

        References
        1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
        2. "Moray Council Election Results 2017". Moray.gov. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
        3. "Electoral Ward No. 8 - Forres - DECLARATION OF NOTICE OF RESULTS" (PDF). 11 November 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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