Marie Boulton | |
Office: | Councillor for Lower Deeside on Aberdeen City Council |
Term Start: | 4 May 2007 |
Predecessor2: | Ward created |
Office3: | Deputy Leader of Aberdeen City Council |
Term Start3: | 3 May 2012 |
Term End3: | 5 May 2017 |
Birth Date: | March 1967 |
Birth Place: | Scotland |
Nationality: | Scottish, British |
Party: | Independent |
Alma Mater: | Cults Academy, Aberdeen |
Marie Louise Boulton (born March 1967) is a British politician who has served as a councillor in Aberdeen, Scotland since 2007. Elected as Aberdeen City Council’s first independent councillor, Marie Boulton has represented Aberdeen's Lower Deeside Ward since 2007.[1] She served her first term in opposition before becoming Deputy Leader of Aberdeen City Council upon her re-election in 2012, forming a coalition with Labour and the Conservatives. She held this post until 2017.[2] Following the 2017 Local Elections she became Masterplan Spokesperson as part of the Labour, Conservative and Independent Administration and was Convenor of both the Licensing Board and Capital Programme Committee.[3]
Following her re-election in 2022, Boulton returned to the opposition on Aberdeen City Council as the SNP and Liberal Democrats took control of the council. She continues to sit on a range of committees including the planning and licensing committees.[4]