Elgin City South is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors
Election Results
2022 Election
2022 Moray Council election
2017 Election
2017 Moray Council election[2]
Elgin City South - 3 Seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
1 |
2
|
|
Conservative
|
Ray McLean
|
35.9
|
1,460
|
|
|
SNP
|
Graham Leadbitter (incumbent)
|
30.7
|
1,245
|
|
|
Labour
|
John Divers (incumbent)
|
24.8
|
1,009
|
1,126
|
|
Independent
|
Sean Malone
|
8.5
|
347
|
531
|
Electorate: 9,551 Valid: 4,061 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 4,103 (43%)
|
2012 Election
2012 Moray Council election
Elgin City South - 3 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
1 |
2
|
|
Labour
|
John Divers (incumbent)
|
37.57%
|
1,073
|
|
|
Conservative
|
James Allan
|
25.0%
|
714
|
810.1
|
|
SNP
|
Graham Leadbitter (incumbent)
|
23.63%
|
675
|
771.1
|
|
SNP
|
John Sharp (incumbent)
|
13.8%
|
394
|
434
|
Electorate: 8,356 Valid: 2,856 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 715 Turnout: 2,896 (34.18%)
|
2008 by-election
Elgin City South By-Election (February 14, 2008)- 1 seat[3]
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9
|
|
SNP
|
John Alexander Sharp
|
32.10
|
670
|
670
|
672
|
672
|
679
|
685
|
706
|
763
|
884
|
|
Independent
|
Hamish Simpson
|
24.3
|
513
|
513
|
518
|
523
|
527
|
540
|
612
|
722
|
845
|
|
Labour
|
Mark Cascarino
|
17.0
|
358
|
358
|
361
|
363
|
370
|
380
|
403
|
459
|
|
|
Independent
|
James Scott Allan
|
10.6
|
223
|
224
|
227
|
229
|
233
|
240
|
278
|
|
|
|
Conservative
|
Frank Brown
|
9.8
|
206
|
206
|
206
|
208
|
216
|
223
|
|
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
Peter J Horton
|
2.3
|
48
|
48
|
49
|
50
|
53
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scottish Senior Citizens
|
Andy Anderson
|
1.5
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
37
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UKIP
|
Matthew Coughlan Desmond
|
1.0
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
Martyn Harris
|
0.8
|
16
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
Gordon Davidson
|
0.1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SNP gain from Independent
|
Swing
|
|
|
Electorate: 7,886 Valid: 2,087 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 2,112
|
2007 Election
2007 Moray Council election
Elgin City South
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
%
|
Seat
|
Count
|
|
SNP
|
Graham Leadbitter
|
1,304
|
33.16
|
1
|
1
|
|
Labour
|
John Divers
|
1,132
|
28.79
|
2
|
1
|
|
Independent
|
Alistair Bisset
|
904
|
22.99
|
3
|
2
|
|
Conservative
|
Dennis Thompson
|
592
|
15.06
|
|
|
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