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The council has 68 councillors, elected in 19 multi-member wards by Single Transferable Vote. The 2012 elections resulted in the following representation :

Ward	Members	Representation
1. Banff and District	3	2 SNP, 1 Con
2. Troup	3	1 SNP, 1 Con, 1 Ind
3. Fraserburgh and District	4	2 SNP, 2 Ind
4. Central Buchan	4	2 SNP, 1 Ind, 1 Con
5. Peterhead North and Rattray	4	2 SNP, 2 Ind
6. Peterhead South and Cruden	3	2 SNP, 1 Ind
7. Turriff and District	3	1 Lib Dem, 1 SNP, 1 Ind
8. Mid Formartine	4	2 SNP, 1 Ind, 1 Con
9. Ellon and District	4	2 SNP, 1 Lib Dem, 1 Con
10. West Garioch	3	1 SNP, 1 Lib Dem, 1 Con
11. Inverurie and District	4	2 SNP, 1 Lib Dem, 1 Con
12. East Garioch	3	1 SNP, 1 Lib Dem, 1 Green
13. Westhill and District	4	2 SNP, 1 Con, 1 Lib Dem
14. Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford	4	1 Con, 1 Ind, 1 Lib Dem, 1 SNP
15. Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside	3	1 Con, 1 Lib Dem, 1 SNP
16. Banchory and Mid Deeside	3	1 Lib Dem, 1 SNP, 1 Con
17. North Kincardine	4	1 Con, 1 Lab, 1 Lib Dem, 1 SNP
18. Stonehaven and Lower Deeside	4	1 Con, 1 Lab, 1 Lib Dem, 1 SNP
19. Mearns	4	1 Con, 1 Lib Dem, 1 Ind, 1 SNP

The overall political composition of the council was as follows:

The Council's net expenditure is £750.1m a year (2008/09). Education takes the largest share of expenditure (55%), followed by Social Work and Housing (19%), Transportation and Infrastructure (11%), and Joint Services such as Fire and Police (10%). 22% of revenue is raised locally through the Council Tax. Average Band D Council Taxis the eighth lowest in mainland Scotland at £966 (2003/04). The current Chief Executive of the Council is Colin Mackenzie and the elected Head of the Council is Anne Robertson. The council has devolved power to six area committees: Banff and Buchan; Buchan; Formartine; Garioch; Marr; and Kincardine and Mearns. (Boundary map)

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