Ellon and District is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council.
It elects four Councillors.
Source:[2][3] 2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[5] 2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[6] 2007 Aberdeenshire Council election Following the election of Richard Thomson (SNP) to Westminster at the 2019 United Kingdom general election on 12 December and his subsequent resignation as Councillor for Ellon & District ward a by-election was called on Thursday, 15 October 2020.
[7] Ellon & District By-election 2020 - Aberdeenshire Council[8]