Bridge of Don (ward)
{{Short description|Council ward in Aberdeen, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox England and Wales ward
|name = Bridge of Don
|council = Aberdeen City Council
|map1 = Bridge of Don (ward) 2017.png
|map_size = 250px
|map_entity = Aberdeen
|map_year = 2017
|year = 1999
|previous =
|next =
|electorate = 15,188
|councillor1 = Alison Alphonse
|councillor2 = Jessica Mennie
|councillor3 = Nurul Hoque Ali
|councillor4 = Sarah Cross
|party1 = SNP
|party2 = Scottish National Party
|party3 = Lab
|party4 = Conservative
|region = Scotland
|county = Aberdeen
}}
Bridge of Don is a ward represented in the Aberdeen City Council since 2017 by Sarah Cross of the Conservative Party, Alison Alphonse and Jessica Mennie, both of the Scottish National Party, and Nurul Hoque Ali of the Labour Party.{{#tag:ref|As with all Scottish councils, the ward elects councillors by the Single transferable vote system of election every five years.|group= n}}
Boundaries
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 whole suburb of the Bridge of Don.{{cite web|url=https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20190111180156/http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/reports/4thelectoral/aberdeen%20city%20report.pdf|title=Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements – Aberdeen City Council Area|page=18|accessdate=3 July 2020}}
Councillors
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Election
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2007
|rowspan=5; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |rowspan=2|Muriel Jaffrey |rowspan=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour}}" | |rowspan=2|Willie Young |rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" | |rowspan=4|John Reynolds |rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" | |rowspan=1|Gordon Leslie |
2012
|rowspan=3; style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" | |rowspan=4; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |rowspan=2|Sandy Stuart |
2017
|rowspan=3|Alison Alphonse |rowspan=3; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}" | |rowspan=1|Brett Hunt |
2019 by-election |rowspan=2|Sarah Cross |rowspan=2|Jessica Mennie |
2022
|rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour}}" | |rowspan=1|Nurul Hoque Ali |
Election results
=2022 election=
{{main|2022 Aberdeen City Council election}}
{{:2022 Aberdeen City Council election|transcludesection=Bridge of Don}}
=Elections of the 2010s=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Bridge of Don by-election: 3 October 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2019-09/BOD%20Notice%20of%20Poll%202%20Sep%202019.pdf|title=Local By Elections|first=|last=|date=3 September 2019|website=aberdeencity.gov.uk|accessdate=3 September 2019}}
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Sarah Cross
|count1 = 1,857
|percentage = 36.2%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Jessica Mennie
|count1 = 1,797
|percentage = 35.0%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Michael Skoczykloda
|count1 = 929
|percentage = 18.1%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Graeme Lawrence
|count1 = 305
|percentage = 5.9%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Green Party
|candidate = Sylvia Hardie
|count1 = 140
|percentage = 2.7%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Simon McLean
|count1 = 43
|percentage = 0.8%
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|party = Red Party of Scotland
|candidate = Max McKay
|count1 = 9
|percentage = 0.17%
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 1
|electorate = 15,188
|valid = 5,135
|spoilt = 66
|quota = 1,712
|turnout = 34.2%
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{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Aberdeen City Council Election: 4 May 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/local-government-election-2017/local-government-election-2017-results|title=Local government election 2017: Results | Aberdeen City Council|date=29 June 2021}}
|numcounts= 9
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|candidate = Brett Hunt‡‡‡‡
|count1 = 1,868
|percentage =25.8
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|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Alison Alphonse
|count1 = 1,610
|percentage =22.2
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Reynolds (incumbent)
|count1 = 1,045
|percentage =14.4
|count2 = 1,132.2
|count3 = 1,137.6
|count4 = 1,140.1
|count5 = 1,179.6
|count6 = 1,327.2
|count7 = 1,598.9
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Sandy Stuart (incumbent)‡‡‡
|count1 = 862
|percentage =11.9
|count2 = 869.9
|count3 = 996.7
|count4 = 1,000.4
|count5 = 1,009.7
|count6 = 1,056.04
|count7 = 1,130.7
|count8 = 1,157.8
|count9 = 1,373.4
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Willie Young (incumbent)
|count1 = 805
|percentage =11.1
|count2 = 849.9
|count3 = 854.09
|count4 = 856.2
|count5 = 856.2
|count6 = 871.3
|count7 = 1,026.3
|count8 = 1,047.03
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Karen Farquhar
|count1 = 669
|percentage =9.2
|count2 = 782.9
|count3 = 791.2
|count4 = 794.3
|count5 = 803.5
|count6 = 850.2
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = George Saunders
|count1 = 279
|percentage =3.8
|count2 = 305.8
|count3 = 308.5
|count4 = 317.7
|count5 = 338.9
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Simon McLean
|count1 = 70
|percentage =1.0
|count2 = 83.3
|count3 = 84.07
|count4 = 91.9
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|candidate = James Irving-Lewis
|count1 = 28
|percentage =0.4
|count2 = 32.7
|count3 = 35.2
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 9
|electorate = TBC
|valid = 7,236
|spoilt = 114
|quota = 1,448
|turnout = 7,350 (49.3%)
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{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Aberdeen City Council Election: 3 May 2012
|numcounts= 9
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Reynolds (incumbent)
|count1 = 1,530
|percentage = 28.0%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Muriel Jaffrey (incumbent)
|count1 = 1,119
|percentage = 20.5%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Willie Young (incumbent)
|count1 = 1,031
|percentage = 18.8%
|count2 = 1,085.9
|count3 = 1,087
|count4 = 1,112.5
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Sandy Stuart
|count1 = 520
|percentage = 9.5%
|count2 = 559.5
|count3 = 570.9
|count4 = 576.8
|count5 = 578.5
|count6 = 595.6
|count7 = 612.5
|count8 = 985.5
|count9 = 1,107.2
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Graham Bennett
|count1 = 396
|percentage = 7.2%
|count2 = 418.2
|count3 = 425.3
|count4 = 433.9
|count5 = 434.8
|count6 = 449.4
|count7 = 465.1
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Millie McLeod
|count1 = 338
|percentage = 6.2%
|count2 = 412.8
|count3 = 414.1
|count4 = 436.1
|count5 = 438.7
|count6 = 498.4
|count7 = 640.7
|count8 = 660.3
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|candidate = Francis Davidson Webster
|count1 = 333
|percentage = 6.1%
|count2 = 360.3
|count3 = 360.5
|count4 = 364.3
|count5 = 365.2
|count6 = 385.1
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gordon A. Leslie (incumbent)
|count1 = 107
|percentage = 2.0%
|count2 = 217.6
|count3 = 218.5
|count4 = 238.4
|count5 = 241
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Green Party
|candidate = Daniel Kenneth Juett
|count1 = 97
|percentage = 1.8%
|count2 = 107.2
|count3 = 107.5
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 9
|electorate = 14,188
|valid = 5,471
|spoilt = 68
|quota = 1,095
|turnout = 5,539 (38.56%)
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=Elections of the 2000s=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Aberdeen City Council Election: 3 May 2007
|numcounts=6
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Muriel Jaffrey
|party = Scottish National Party
|percentage = 36.3
|count1 = 2,805
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Willie Young
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|percentage = 20.9
|count1 = 1,615
|count2 = 1,615
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = John Reynolds†
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|percentage = 18.3
|count1 = 1,411
|count2 = 1,573
|count3 = 1,573
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Gordon Leslie†††††
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|percentage = 9.5
|count1 = 731
|count2 = 921
|count3 = 929
|count4 = 938
|count5 = 977
|count6 = 1,316
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Brian Davidson
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|percentage = 7.9
|count1 = 610
|count2 = 726
|count3 = 731
|count4 = 733
|count5 = 783
|count6 = 827
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Millie McLeod
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|percentage = 5.2
|count1 = 404
|count2 = 509
|count3 = 523
|count4 = 535
|count5 = 587
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Hamish Mackay
|party = Independent (politician)
|percentage = 1.9
|count1 = 146
|count2 = 267
|count3 = 272
|count4 = 273
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate =
|valid = 7,722
|spoilt = 92
|quota = 1,545
|turnout = 7,814
}}
Notes
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