The results for the by-election for Ward 7, Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar, 13 February 2025.

The Returning Officer is Ann Davie, Chief Executive of East Dunbartonshire Council.

The results of the Ward 7 Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar by-election - declared by Returning Officer Ann Davie on 13 February 2025.

View the final results below and find all the final by-election reports in the documents section at the bottom of this page.

The results of the ward 7 by-election

The results of the ward 7 by-election

List of candidates and number of first preference votes
Candidate Party Number of first preference votes

Marthos Christoforou

Scottish Liberal Democrats

677

Eamonn Gallagher

Alba Party For Independence

63

Satbir Kaur Gill

Scottish Conservative and Unionist

131

Bruce Hampton

Reform UK

476

Aidan Marshall

Scottish Labour Party

958

Serina Marshall

Scottish National Party (SNP)

726

Alan McManus

Sovereignty

18

Elizabeth Rowan

Scottish Greens

128

Aidan Marshall, Scottish Labour Party, was elected at Stage 8.

Electorate, turnout and rejected papers

The electorate was 12,319

The turnout was 3,228 (26.2%)

There were 51 rejected ballot papers

The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected was 1,589