Dyce/Buckburn/Danestone | |
Map1: | Dyce Bucksburn Danestone.png |
Map Size: | 250px |
Map Year: | 2017 |
Electorate: | 15,278 |
Councillor1: | Neil MacGregor |
Councillor2: | Gill Samarai |
Councillor3: | Barney Crockett |
Councillor4: | Graeme Lawrence |
Party2: | Scottish National Party |
Party4: | Scottish Labour |
Region: | Scotland |
County: | Aberdeen |
Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone is a ward represented in the Aberdeen City Council. Barney Crockett of the Labour Party, and Neil MacGregor and Gill Samarai, both of the Scottish National Party have been councillors in the ward since 2017, whilst Graeme Lawrence of the Labour Party was elected in a by-election in 2023.
In the Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, conducted by The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, and published in 2006, the ward is described to contain the areas of Dyce, Aberdeen Airport and its surrounding area, Stoneywood, Bankhead, and Bucksburn.[1]
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | Mark McDonald (SNP) | Barney Crockett (Labour) | Ron Clark (Liberal Democrats) | George Penny (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
2011 by-election | Neil MacGregor (SNP) | |||||||
2012 | Gill Samarai (SNP) | Graeme Lawrence (Labour) | ||||||
2017 | Avril MacKenzie (Conservative) | |||||||
2022 | ||||||||
2023 by-election | Graeme Lawrence (Labour) | |||||||
A by-election was held on 23 February 2023 after Conservative councillor Avril MacKenzie died on 1 December 2022.[2] It was won by Labour's Graeme Lawrence, who previously represented the ward from 2012 to 2017.[3]
See main article: 2022 Aberdeen City Council election.