The candidates who will be standing for the 70 seats over 19 wards that make up Aberdeenshire Council have been confirmed.
The notice of poll, including the full list of candidates and polling places, can be found via https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/localelection2022
Polling for the local government election in Scotland takes place on Thursday, 5 May, with the count taking place the following day.
As at 23 March, there were 12,381 voters in the ward, the largest electorate in Aberdeenshire. To register to vote, visit https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote It will be a challenge for whoever is elected. Council budgets are not keeping pace with the demands being made on local authorities. Costs are going up and people – rightly – have high expectations. Sometimes difficult decisions have to be made, including ones which are unpopular. Councillors should not shy away from that.
Below is who is standing in this ward, with their agents’ details in the second column: Two Conservatives, two SNP, Liberal Democrat Mel Sullivan, a Green, the Family Party, and two independents. No Labour or Alba candidates. There are four councillors representing this ward.
No labour candidate, strange and surely limiting choice.
Well, it appears the Labour party was having difficulty finding candidates across Aberdeenshire.
You might find this article of interest: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/20035850.scottish-labour-stand-fewest-ever-candidates-may/
By the way, the Liberal Democrats are fielding the most candidates for the party since 2007, however the Herald for some reason does include that in the report.
Labour came fourth in the last council elections in the North Kincardine ward. It would appear no-one locally wanted to pick up the baton.
Same with the SNP. Neither of their candidates come from this ward. That of course doesn’t discount them, but it is perplexing. Their candidate in 2017 last time of course quit the SNP, then became a social democrat, then joined Alba … but has no party affiliation now.
When people are voting on 5 May they should look beyond the party label and consider the individuals. Who do they really want to represent us?
No I wouldn’t agree with that I think you need to look at their past achievements, what their objectives are and what they would hope to do for their community if elected.