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    St. Machars, Aberdeen Corporation

    At the most recent election (2 May 1972), H. Urquhart (The Labour Party) won St. Machars, with a majority of 1,844 votes on a turnout of 32%.

    Area type
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    Within
    Aberdeen Corporation
    Elections recorded
    12
    Recorded results
    50
    St. Machars: Local elections 2 May 1972Turnout 32%, electorate 13,907
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    H. UrquhartThe Labour Party2,82263.4%Yes
    N. LindsayThe Liberal Party97822%No
    R. MurchieConservative Party56712.7%No
    N. WilliamsonCommunist861.9%No
    St. Machars: Scottish burgh elections 4 May 1971Turnout 28.2%, electorate 13,213
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    R. RaffanThe Labour Party2,55268.1%Yes
    A. MacIntoshConservative Party66817.8%No
    N. LindsayThe Liberal Party43511.6%No
    N. WilliamsonCommunist912.4%No
    St. Machars: Local elections 5 May 1970electorate 12,560
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    T. PaineThe Labour Party2,60057%Yes
    A. BremerProg1,36329.9%No
    M. RossiterThe Liberal Party52011.4%No
    A. BrandieCommunist811.8%No
    St. Machars: Local elections 6 May 1969Turnout 39.9%, electorate 10,622
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    H. UrquhartThe Labour Party1,66844.4%Yes
    A. BremnerProg1,40537.4%No
    P. HarperScottish National Party55814.8%No
    M. RoseCommunist1293.4%No
    St. Machars: Local elections 7 May 1968Turnout 40.7%, electorate 9,774
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    R. RaffanThe Labour Party1,39135.5%Yes
    C. EssonProg1,21831.1%No
    P. HarperScottish National Party96224.5%No
    J. MayorThe Liberal Party2135.4%No
    M. RoseCommunist1353.4%No
    St. Machars: Local elections 2 May 1967Turnout 48.5%, electorate 9,741
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    T. PaineThe Labour Party2,07044.4%Yes
    J. MarshallProg1,94841.8%No
    J. McKennaScottish National Party2896.2%No
    C. ArthurThe Liberal Party1904.1%No
    M. RoseCommunist1633.5%No
    St. Machars: Scottish burgh elections 3 May 1966electorate 9,907
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    J. CouttsProg1,34548.1%Yes
    W. FraserThe Labour Party1,32247.3%No
    M. RoseCommunist1284.6%No
    St. Machars: Scottish burgh elections 4 May 1965Turnout 21.7%, electorate 10,435
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    R. RaffanThe Labour Party1,45732.2%Yes
    T. PaineThe Labour Party1,20826.7%Yes
    J. CouttsProg87119.3%No
    W. LeitchThe Liberal Party75016.6%No
    M. RoseCommunist2375.2%No
    St. Machars: Local elections 5 May 1964Turnout 34.6%, electorate 10,475
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    P. HarperThe Labour Party2,37666.5%Yes
    W. LeitchThe Liberal Party95826.8%No
    M. RoseCommunist2396.7%No
    St. Machars: Local elections 7 May 1963Turnout 30.8%, electorate 10,595
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    I. MilneThe Labour Party1,89658.6%Yes
    W. LeitchThe Liberal Party1,08833.6%No
    M. RoseCommunist2517.8%No
    St. Machars: Local elections 1 May 1962Turnout 34.2%, electorate 10,770
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    R. RaffanThe Labour Party2,48033.7%Yes
    I. MilneThe Labour Party2,11128.7%Yes
    D. BeatonProg86911.8%No
    D. MitchellProg85511.6%No
    W. LeitchThe Liberal Party75310.2%No
    M. RoseCommunist2984%No
    St. Machars: Local elections 2 May 1961electorate 10,766
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    J. GrahamThe Labour Party2,68933.5%Yes
    J. BurgoyneThe Labour Party2,47730.9%Yes
    R. RaffanThe Labour Party2,45630.6%Yes
    M. RoseCommunist4035%No

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