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Aberdeenshire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Aberdeenshire Council: Scottish unitary authority (unitary), Scotland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code S12000034.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D council tax set by Aberdeenshire for 2026–27: £1,686.04 a year. Excludes water and sewerage charges.

Every band
Aberdeenshire: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027
BandA year
A£1,124.03
B£1,311.36
C£1,498.70
D£1,686.04
E£2,215.27
F£2,739.82
G£3,301.83
H£4,130.80

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27 (Open Government Licence).

Your own bill depends on your band and any discounts or reductions.

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Aberdeenshire reported it to the Scottish Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Scotland.

Aberdeenshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education£425.9 million
Culture and related services£24.0 million
Social work£246.5 million
Roads and transport£31.4 million
Road bridgesnone budgeted
Environmental services£43.8 million
Building, planning and development£6.3 million
Central services£14.6 million
Housing (outside the housing revenue account)£9.4 million
Trading services£681,000
Total net revenue expenditure£802.4 million

Net revenue expenditure: spending less the service’s own income.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Scottish Government, Local Government 2025-26 Provisional Outturn and 2026-27 Budget Estimates: revenue workbook (Open Government Licence).

Life in Aberdeenshire: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: Aberdeenshire.

People living here
264,640 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
46 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£26,395 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£650 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
10.0% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
1.9% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£200,965 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
Years in good health: women
64.7 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
64.1 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
10.1 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
48.5% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
161.5 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
10,430 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Aberdeenshire from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

70 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and independents. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 20, Scottish National Party (SNP) 18, Liberal Democrats 14, Independent / Other 10, Reform UK 7, Vacant 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 70 councillors, by ward
  • Anouk Kloppert (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
  • Geva Blackett (Independent / Other) — Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
  • Sarah Brown (Conservative and Unionist) — Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
  • Ann Ross (Independent / Other) — Banchory and Mid Deeside
  • Eileen Durno (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Banchory and Mid Deeside
  • Yi-Pei Chou Turvey (Liberal Democrats) — Banchory and Mid Deeside
  • Glen Reynolds (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Banff and District
  • John Cox (Reform UK) — Banff and District
  • Stewart Adams (Conservative and Unionist) — Banff and District
  • Anne Simpson (Liberal Democrats) — Central Buchan
  • Geoff Crowson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Central Buchan
  • Hannah Powell (Conservative and Unionist) — Central Buchan
  • Peter Chapman (Conservative and Unionist) — Central Buchan
  • Dominic Lonchay (Reform UK) — East Garioch
  • Glen Reid (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — East Garioch
  • Jim Gifford (Independent / Other) — East Garioch
  • Trevor Mason (Liberal Democrats) — East Garioch
  • Gillian Owen (Independent / Other) — Ellon and District
  • Isobel Davidson (Liberal Democrats) — Ellon and District
  • John Crawley (Reform UK) — Ellon and District
  • Louise McAllister (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Ellon and District
  • Ann Bell (Liberal Democrats) — Fraserburgh and District
  • Doreen Mair (Independent / Other) — Fraserburgh and District
  • Iain Sutherland (Conservative and Unionist) — Fraserburgh and District
  • James Adams (Conservative and Unionist) — Fraserburgh and District
  • Gwyneth Petrie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
  • Jeff Goodhall (Liberal Democrats) — Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
  • Lauren Knight (Reform UK) — Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
  • Robbie Withey (Independent / Other) — Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
  • David Keating (Conservative and Unionist) — Inverurie and District
  • Judy Whyte (Independent / Other) — Inverurie and District
  • Marion Ewenson (Liberal Democrats) — Inverurie and District
  • Neil Baillie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Inverurie and District
  • Alison Evison (Independent / Other) — Mearns
  • George Carr (Conservative and Unionist) — Mearns
  • Laurie Carnie (Reform UK) — Mearns
  • Tracey Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Mearns
  • Andrew Hassan (Liberal Democrats) — Mid Formartine
  • Derek Ritchie (Conservative and Unionist) — Mid Formartine
  • Jenny Nicol (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Mid Formartine
  • Paul Johnston (Independent / Other) — Mid Formartine
  • Catherine Victor (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — North Kincardine
  • David Aitchison (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — North Kincardine
  • Mel Sullivan (Liberal Democrats) — North Kincardine
  • Shirley Burnett (Conservative and Unionist) — North Kincardine
  • Alan Buchan (Reform UK) — Peterhead North and Rattray
  • Dianne Beagrie (Independent / Other) — Peterhead North and Rattray
  • Leeann McWhinnie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Peterhead North and Rattray
  • Matthew James (Conservative and Unionist) — Peterhead North and Rattray
  • Colin Simpson (Liberal Democrats) — Peterhead South and Cruden
  • Stephen Smith (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Peterhead South and Cruden
  • Vacant (Vacant) — Peterhead South and Cruden
  • Alan Turner (Conservative and Unionist) — Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
  • Dawn Black (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
  • Sarah Dickinson (Liberal Democrats) — Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
  • Wendy Agnew (Conservative and Unionist) — Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
  • Mark Findlater (Reform UK) — Troup
  • Richard Menard (Conservative and Unionist) — Troup
  • Ross Cassie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Troup
  • Alastair Forsyth (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Turriff and District
  • Anne Stirling (Liberal Democrats) — Turriff and District
  • Gordon Lang (Conservative and Unionist) — Turriff and District
  • Iain Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Turriff and District
  • Hazel Smith (Liberal Democrats) — West Garioch
  • Moray Grant (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — West Garioch
  • Sam Payne (Conservative and Unionist) — West Garioch
  • Craig Miller (Conservative and Unionist) — Westhill and District
  • Fatima Joji (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Westhill and District
  • Iris Walker (Liberal Democrats) — Westhill and District
  • Ron McKail (Conservative and Unionist) — Westhill and District

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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