Aberdeen Bus Gate

Richard Brooks turning up the volume

of North East voices on local and national issues

JANUARY 2025 THE FIGHT AGAINST BUS GATES CONTINUES CHAMPIONED BY RICHARD BROOKS, commended by MSPs and the Aberdeen public 

THE FIGHT AGAINST BUS GATES CONTINUES CHAMPIONED BY RICHARD BROOKS, commended by MSPs and the Aberdeen public 

THE FIGHT AGAINST BUS GATES CONTINUES CHAMPIONED BY RICHARD BROOKS, commended by MSPs and the Aberdeen public 

DECEMBER 2024 Latest News is dominated by Richard fighting the SNP-led council

to adopt a Common-Sense Approach to Aberdeen bus gate chaos

Richard Brooks turning up the volume

of North East voices on local and national issues

DECEMBER 2024

Richard Brooks is championing an anti-busgate campaign in the Aberdeen City Council. 

No one wants them. He speaks for you, and he will not let the SNP spin their way to killing our City!

SUMMER 2024

"I have a 20 year track-record of getting the right results for Aberdeen.


You cannot keep hitting people in the pocket: LEZ, Bus Gates, Parking Fees Tourist Tax whilst reducing services.

I can promise, the SNP-led bus gate fiasco will not go unchallenged.  Your voice will be heard!"

Richard Brooks - July 2024

Richard Brooks turning up the volume

of North East voices on local and national issues

Once again, Aberdeen is faced with chaotic decisions from the SNP-led administration, leaving  nothing positive for the citizens and businesses in the centre. Although Richard Brooks brought an amendment to support the 11,000-backed Common Sense Compromise on the use of Bus gates, the SNP would not listen. In an effort to save face and mitigate the headlines, they rejected calls from the Conservatives for immediate action to save City businesses, preferring to defer and delay urgent decisions that could actually see some retailers go under. 


In conflicted messaging, the bus companies report an increase in passengers using the buses since new incentives accompanied the implementation of the bus-gates. However, footfall in the city centre is dramatically down, begging the question as to where are all the extra bus passengers going?

Richard Brooks has been consistent in backing our city business economy, and is pushing for action not just words. "After all, whats the point in having improved bus travel when the destination has nothing left to offer." Richard says that he is, "turning the volume up on our city voices so that Aberdeen does not turn into a ghost town."