2007 Highland Council election
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Elections to the
The election saw
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent
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35 | N\A | N\A | −22 | 43.8 | 40.9 | 37,844 | -28.7pp | |
Liberal Democrats | 21 | N\A | N\A | +8 | 26.3 | 19.3 | 17,917 | +13.2pp | |
SNP | 17 | N\A | N\A | +11 | 21.3 | 20.4 | 18,933 | +10.2pp | |
Labour
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7 | N\A | N\A | −1 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 9,734 | -0.9pp | |
Conservative
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0 | N\A | N\A | 0 | — | 7.1 | 6,565 | +5.9pp | |
Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | N\A | N\A | 0 | — | 0.7 | 664 | new | |
Scottish Green
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0 | N\A | N\A | 0 | — | 0.7 | 642 | new | |
Solidarity | 0 | N\A | N\A | 0 | — | 0.3 | 273 | new | |
Scottish Socialist | 0 | N\A | N\A | 0 | — | 0.1 | 59 | -1.0pp |
Ward results
Incumbent councillors are marked with *
North, West and Central Sutherland
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SNP | George Farlow | 19.9% | 586 | 588 | 599 | 641 | 676 | 687 | 716 | 778 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robbie Rowantree | 14.0% | 410 | 415 | 418 | 461 | 495 | 549 | 598 | 651 | 659 | |
Scottish Senior Citizens | Russel Taylor | 10.7% | 314 | 325 | 329 | 345 | 365 | 414 | 475 | 514 | 520 | |
Independent
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Linda Munro | 10.3% | 303 | 318 | 358 | 368 | 383 | 391 | 437 | 518 | 524 | |
Independent
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David Forbes | 10.1% | 297 | 316 | 330 | 338 | 350 | 365 | 416 | |||
Independent
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William Johnston | 9.6% | 282 | 288 | 300 | 304 | 308 | 325 | ||||
Conservative
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Margaret Payne | 7.4% | 216 | 222 | 224 | 227 | 232 | |||||
Labour
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Dave Andrews | 6.3% | 184 | 185 | 186 | 198 | ||||||
Scottish Green
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Ailsa Spindler | 5.7% | 168 | 172 | 176 | |||||||
Independent
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Kirstie Dawson | 3.4% | 99 | 100 | ||||||||
Independent
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Michael Otter | 2.7% | 80 | |||||||||
Electorate: 4,996 Valid: 2,939 Quota: 735 Turnout: 60.0% |
Thurso
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent
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Donald Mackay* | 30.1% | 1,001 | ||||||
Independent
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John Rosie | 21.2% | 704 | 762 | 781 | 842 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marion Thurso | 16.3% | 541 | 573 | 599 | 627 | 631 | 824 | |
SNP | Donald Mackintosh | 13.0% | 433 | 445 | 449 | 465 | 466 | 518 | |
Labour
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Roger Saxon* | 12.3% | 408 | 428 | 437 | 454 | 457 | ||
Independent
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Ian Grant | 3.8% | 125 | 136 | 156 | ||||
Conservative
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Alexander Bain | 3.4% | 112 | 118 | |||||
Electorate: 6,388 Valid: 3,324 Quota: 832 Turnout: 53.0% |
Wick
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent
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Bill Fernie* | 30.3% | 793 | ||||
Independent
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Katrina MacNab* | 17.2% | 451 | 505 | 556 | 648 | |
SNP | Niall Smith | 16.9% | 443 | 457 | 489 | 542 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graeme Smith* | 15.5% | 407 | 436 | 458 | 578 | |
Labour
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Jim Oag | 14.0% | 366 | 378 | 399 | ||
Independent
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Heather Miller | 3.7% | 98 | 105 | |||
Conservative
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Jack Brooker | 1.8% | 46 | 48 | |||
Independent
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Laurel Bush | 0.6% | 17 | 19 | |||
Electorate: 5,817 Valid: 2,621 Quota: 656 Turnout: 46.3% |
Landward Caithness
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | David Bremner | 18.8% | 871 | 888 | 888 | 957 | |
Independent
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Willie MacKay | 18.2% | 845 | 929 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Flear* | 17.4% | 805 | 918 | 918 | 1,067 | |
Independent
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Robert Coghill | 14.2% | 657 | 723 | 723 | 815 | |
Labour
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Bill Mowat | 11.5% | 532 | 552 | 552 | ||
Conservative
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Colin Sutherland | 11.5% | 531 | 558 | 558 | 601 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alastair MacDonald* | 7.5% | 349 | ||||
Independent
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Duncan Winfield | 0.9% | 41 | ||||
Electorate: 8,231 Valid: 4,631 Quota: 927 Turnout: 57.3% |
East Sutherland and Edderton
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Ross* | 22.8% | 838 | 844 | 855 | 866 | 894 | 943 | |||
Labour
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Deirdre Mackay | 19.2% | 703 | 712 | 717 | 745 | 792 | 833 | 840 | 902 | |
SNP | Derek Louden | 13.9% | 511 | 518 | 524 | 537 | 550 | 576 | 578 | 620 | |
Independent
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Jim McGillivray | 13.1% | 482 | 493 | 536 | 550 | 573 | 667 | 669 | 790 | |
Conservative
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Michael Napper | 11.5% | 423 | 428 | 437 | 449 | 459 | 491 | 493 | ||
Independent
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Jimmy Melville | 6.9% | 252 | 260 | 283 | 296 | 318 | ||||
Independent
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Evelyn MacKenzie | 4.2% | 155 | 158 | 161 | 178 | |||||
Independent
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Gordon Campbell | 3.4% | 125 | 126 | 135 | ||||||
Independent
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Gordon Clunie | 3.1% | 114 | 121 | |||||||
Independent
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Richard Easson | 1.1% | 40 | ||||||||
Solidarity | Frank Ward | 0.7% | 27 | ||||||||
Electorate: 6,126 Valid: 3,670 Quota: 918 Turnout: 61.1% |
Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Jean Urquhart* | 26.1% | 1,486 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | Biz Campbell* | 21.8% | 1,242 | |||||||
Independent
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Richard Greene | 13.9% | 792 | 849 | 858 | 964 | 983 | 1,037 | 1,147 | |
Independent
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Audrey Sinclair | 10.7% | 608 | 633 | 648 | 658 | 780 | 829 | 882 | |
Conservative
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John Scott | 7.9% | 451 | 473 | 483 | 502 | 514 | 618 | 662 | |
Labour
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Christine Conniff | 6.2% | 354 | 393 | 407 | 423 | 438 | 470 | ||
Independent
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Marie Tait | 5.8% | 328 | 354 | 358 | 371 | 377 | |||
Independent
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Donald Macdonald | 4.1% | 232 | 248 | 264 | 270 | ||||
Independent
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Alastair Armitstead | 3.5% | 199 | 238 | 242 | |||||
Electorate: 9,593 Valid: 5,692 Quota: 1,139 Turnout: 60.6% |
Cromarty Firth
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent
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Carolyn Wilson* | 29.7% | 1,348 | |||||||
SNP | Maxine Smith | 22.5% | 1,021 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Rattray | 14.3% | 647 | 718 | 743 | 764 | 788 | 819 | 942 | |
Independent
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Mike Finlayson | 9.7% | 438 | 533 | 545 | 562 | 595 | 644 | 769 | |
Labour
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John MacInnes | 9.7% | 438 | 485 | 495 | 511 | 526 | 544 | 590 | |
Independent
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John Connell* | 6.8% | 307 | 364 | 377 | 388 | 408 | 437 | ||
Conservative
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Hamish Keir | 3.1% | 141 | 158 | 161 | 165 | ||||
Independent
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Mary MacDonald | 2.3% | 104 | 156 | 163 | 167 | 184 | |||
Solidarity | Findlay Walker | 1.9% | 88 | 97 | 105 | |||||
Electorate: 9,260 Valid: 4,532 Quota: 907 Turnout: 49.6% |
Tain and Easter Ross
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Independent
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Alasdair Rhind* | 36.2% | 1,406 | ||||||||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Durham* | 16.2% | 627 | 707 | 717 | 768 | 800 | 843 | 892 | 1,007 | |
SNP | Jim McCreath | 12.0% | 465 | 480 | 498 | 509 | 520 | 537 | 557 | 605 | |
Independent
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Alan Torrance* | 11.2% | 436 | 545 | 549 | 558 | 582 | 603 | 674 | 823 | |
Independent
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Murray MacLeod | 7.6% | 294 | 375 | 377 | 390 | 410 | 430 | 507 | ||
Independent
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Michael Herd | 5.3% | 204 | 228 | 233 | 252 | 262 | 277 | |||
Labour
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Sunny Moodie | 3.8% | 148 | 160 | 162 | 171 | 173 | ||||
Conservative
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David Rutherford | 3.2% | 124 | 140 | 144 | 146 | |||||
Independent
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John Boocock | 3.0% | 116 | 127 | 133 | ||||||
Scottish Socialist | Donnie Fraser | 1.5% | 59 | 63 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,000 Valid: 3,879 Quota: 970 Turnout: 56.4% |
Dingwall and Seaforth
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent
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Margaret Paterson* | 23.1% | 1,078 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean* | 21.8% | 1,015 | |||||||
SNP | Peter Cairns | 18.3% | 853 | 875 | 887 | 902 | 967 | |||
Independent
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David Chisholm* | 13.7% | 639 | 656 | 669 | 711 | 748 | 755 | 837 | |
Labour
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Michael MacMillan* | 11.9% | 556 | 584 | 603 | 613 | 667 | 672 | 709 | |
Conservative
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Gerald Lowe | 4.7% | 218 | 228 | 234 | 246 | 261 | 264 | ||
Scottish Green
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David Jardine | 4.4% | 207 | 221 | 231 | 243 | ||||
Independent
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David Edes | 2.2% | 102 | 112 | 116 | |||||
Electorate: 8,996 Valid: 4,666 Quota: 934 Turnout: 52.9% |
Black Isle
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent
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Billy Barclay* | 24.4% | 1,233 | |||||||
Independent
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Isobel McCallum* | 19.5% | 985 | 1,050 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | David Alston* | 19.3% | 973 | 1,006 | 1,016 | |||||
SNP | Craig Fraser | 11.1% | 558 | 576 | 579 | 580 | 609 | 696 | 764 | |
Independent
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Okain McLennan | 8.6% | 433 | 468 | 478 | 480 | 503 | 586 | 745 | |
Conservative
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Morris Downie | 8.1% | 408 | 429 | 433 | 434 | 453 | 470 | ||
Scottish Green
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John Wood | 5.3% | 267 | 273 | 275 | 277 | 338 | |||
Labour
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Chris Birt | 3.8% | 192 | 198 | 199 | 200 | ||||
Electorate: 7,959 Valid: 5,049 Quota: 1,010 Turnout: 64.2% |
Eilean a' Cheò
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Drew Millar* | 21.2% | 960 | ||||||
Independent
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Hamish Fraser* | 17.6% | 795 | 803 | 833 | 907 | |||
Independent
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John Laing* | 16.2% | 734 | 742 | 761 | 833 | 833 | 922 | |
SNP | Ian Renwick | 14.8% | 669 | 675 | 684 | 712 | 713 | 772 | |
Independent
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John Murray | 11.0% | 498 | 506 | 534 | 630 | 631 | 693 | |
Labour
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Vicki Samuels | 7.8% | 351 | 356 | 365 | 378 | 378 | ||
Independent
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Iain MacDonald* | 7.5% | 338 | 343 | 356 | ||||
Conservative
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John Hodgson | 3.9% | 178 | 180 | |||||
Electorate: 7,990 Valid: 4,523 Quota: 905 Turnout: 57.8% |
Caol and Mallaig
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Independent
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Bill Clark* | 24.8% | 975 | 985 | ||||||||
Independent
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Allan Henderson | 22.4% | 881 | 892 | 892 | 909 | 929 | 958 | 1,048 | |||
Independent
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Eddie Hunter | 14.0% | 550 | 558 | 558 | 573 | 621 | 633 | 690 | 704 | 795 | |
Labour
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Mairi MacLean | 12.0% | 473 | 477 | 477 | 491 | 502 | 517 | 535 | 550 | 625 | |
SNP | David Ingham | 9.9% | 389 | 395 | 395 | 404 | 418 | 430 | 451 | 459 | ||
Independent
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Sandra Casey | 4.8% | 188 | 194 | 194 | 203 | 216 | 248 | ||||
Conservative
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Chris Carver | 4.0% | 156 | 159 | 159 | 169 | 174 | |||||
Independent
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George MacLeod | 3.8% | 151 | 160 | 160 | 165 | ||||||
Independent
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Alistair MacGregor | 2.5% | 100 | 101 | 101 | |||||||
Independent
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Scott Waugh | 1.6% | 64 | |||||||||
Electorate: 6,625 Valid: 3,927 Quota: 982 Turnout: 60.6% |
Aird and Loch Ness
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent
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Margaret Davidson* | 24.6% | 1,215 | |||||||
Independent
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Helen Carmichael | 22.8% | 1,125 | |||||||
SNP | Drew Hendry | 18.1% | 892 | 916 | 940 | 964 | 993 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hamish Wood | 11.1% | 550 | 584 | 607 | 644 | 757 | 759 | 866 | |
Conservative
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Margaret Chown | 7.2% | 355 | 373 | 388 | 405 | 422 | 423 | ||
Independent
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John Martin | 6.5% | 322 | 352 | 373 | 462 | 494 | 495 | 598 | |
Labour
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Andrew MacKintosh | 5.9% | 292 | 305 | 312 | 326 | ||||
Independent
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Alexander Nicol | 3.9% | 192 | 225 | 232 | |||||
Electorate: 8,463 Valid: 4,943 Quota: 989 Turnout: 59.4% |
Inverness West
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Pauline Munro | 28.8% | 965 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Graham | 25.1% | 840 | ||||
Independent
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Jimmy MacDonald* | 23.2% | 778 | 813 | 814 | 900 | |
Labour
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Caroline Parr | 16.0% | 536 | 561 | 562 | 604 | |
Conservative
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Mary Fraser | 6.9% | 230 | 244 | 245 | ||
Electorate: 6,581 Valid: 3,349 Quota: 838 Turnout: 51.7% |
Inverness Central
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Donnie Kerr | 21.9% | 1,019 | ||||||
Independent
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Peter Corbett* | 16.6% | 776 | 784 | 796 | 809 | 872 | 912 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Campbell | 15.6% | 729 | 743 | 767 | 793 | 843 | 934 | |
Labour
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Bet McAllister | 15.4% | 720 | 725 | 735 | 884 | 919 | 933 | |
Independent
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William Smith* | 12.3% | 575 | 581 | 588 | 597 | 642 | 693 | |
Conservative
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David Bonsor | 5.8% | 268 | 270 | 273 | 275 | 299 | ||
Independent
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Ivor Bisset | 5.4% | 252 | 257 | 267 | 270 | |||
Labour
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Tej Manda | 5.1% | 237 | 241 | 249 | ||||
Solidarity | George MacDonald | 1.9% | 88 | 98 | |||||
Electorate: 9,704 Valid: 4,664 Quota: 933 Turnout: 49.2% |
Inverness Ness-side
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | David Henderson | 22.5% | 1,127 | |||||||
SNP | John Finnie | 20.2% | 1,016 | |||||||
Independent
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Norrie Donald* | 14.9% | 750 | 770 | 772 | 803 | 875 | 981 | 1,081 | |
Labour
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Fraser Parr | 13.7% | 688 | 700 | 701 | 718 | 745 | 775 | 805 | |
Liberal Democrats | Angus Dick* | 9.3% | 468 | 514 | 516 | 560 | 587 | 630 | 714 | |
Conservative
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Margaret MacDonald | 7.1% | 361 | 368 | 369 | 374 | 391 | 402 | ||
Independent
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Thomas Lamont | 4.6% | 232 | 234 | 235 | 251 | 289 | |||
Independent
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Steve Rodger | 4.5% | 226 | 235 | 235 | 247 | ||||
Independent
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Jean Slater | 1.6% | 82 | 83 | 84 | |||||
Solidarity | Steve Arnott | 1.4% | 70 | 70 | 71 | |||||
Electorate: 8,800 Valid: 5,020 Quota: 1,005 Turnout: 58.0% |
Inverness Millburn
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Labour
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Jimmy Gray* | 31.2% | 1,123 | |||||
SNP | Ian Brown | 27.9% | 1,005 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth MacLeod | 14.2% | 510 | 573 | 595 | 635 | 808 | |
Independent
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Etta Mackay | 11.9% | 430 | 467 | 486 | 571 | 677 | |
Conservative
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Donald MacKenzie | 9.9% | 356 | 377 | 383 | 405 | ||
Independent
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Willie Fraser | 4.9% | 178 | 191 | 208 | |||
Electorate: 6,495 Valid: 3,602 Quota: 901 Turnout: 56.1% |
Culloden and Ardersier
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
SNP | Robert Wynd* | 28.7% | 1,335 | |||
Independent
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Roddy Balfour* | 28.1% | 1,308 | |||
Labour
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John Ford* | 17.5% | 816 | 887 | 924 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glynis Sinclair | 14.3% | 663 | 763 | 825 | |
Conservative
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John Ross | 6.8% | 318 | 346 | 393 | |
Independent
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Jim Ferguson | 4.6% | 213 | 272 | 392 | |
Electorate: 8,721 Valid: 2,387 Quota: 931 Turnout: 54.0% |
Nairn
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Liz MacDonald* | 30.7% | 1,576 | ||||||
Independent
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Sandy Park* | 16.6% | 855 | 946 | 1,006 | 1,088 | |||
Independent
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Laurie Fraser* | 13.0% | 669 | 754 | 852 | 917 | 942 | 1,050 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Marsden | 10.4% | 535 | 612 | 635 | 696 | 703 | 808 | |
Independent
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Jim Lennon | 9.3% | 476 | 521 | 594 | 633 | 645 | 696 | |
Labour
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Ron Stevenson | 7.8% | 402 | 434 | 452 | 467 | 470 | ||
Conservative
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Bob Ross | 6.9% | 356 | 373 | 377 | ||||
Independent
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David Fraser | 5.3% | 273 | 320 | |||||
Electorate: 9,009 Valid: 5,142 Quota: 1,029 Turnout: 58.1% |
Inverness South
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Roy Pedersen | 27.0% | 1,058 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Prag | 23.0% | 902 | ||||
Labour
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John Holden | 17.1% | 671 | 721 | 749 | 803 | |
Independent
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Jim Crawford | 13.4% | 524 | 586 | 613 | 803 | |
Conservative
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Donald MacDonald | 10.5% | 413 | 443 | 461 | 503 | |
Independent
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Barrie Haycock | 9.0% | 353 | 384 | 394 | ||
Electorate: 7,287 Valid: 3,921 Quota: 785 Turnout: 54.5% |
Badenoch and Strathspey
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Black* | 31.2% | 1,720 | |||||
SNP | David Fallows | 24.4% | 1,347 | |||||
Independent
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Gregor Rimell* | 13.3% | 736 | 824 | 871 | 1,014 | 1,105 | |
Conservative
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Les Durance | 9.6% | 532 | 606 | 623 | 653 | 710 | |
Independent
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Jaci Douglas | 8.8% | 484 | 603 | 625 | 770 | 900 | |
Scottish Senior Citizens | Donald Scobbie | 6.4% | 350 | 427 | 460 | 500 | ||
Independent
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Angela Cox | 6.3% | 347 | 416 | 443 | |||
Electorate: 9,969 Valid: 5,516 Quota: 1,104 Turnout: 56.2% |
Fort William and Ardnamurchan
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Foxley* | 20.4% | 1,059 | |||||||||
Independent
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Donald Cameron | 18.1% | 939 | 940 | 972 | 1,004 | 1,024 | 1,123 | ||||
SNP | Bren Gormley | 15.0% | 778 | 780 | 804 | 825 | 862 | 911 | 920 | 966 | 1,035 | |
Labour
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Brian Murphy* | 9.7% | 501 | 503 | 520 | 536 | 558 | 597 | 609 | 667 | 712 | |
Conservative
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Andrew Baxter | 7.2% | 372 | 373 | 382 | 402 | 437 | 457 | 464 | 503 | ||
Independent
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Thomas MacLennan* | 6.2% | 322 | 323 | 345 | 354 | 375 | 410 | 428 | |||
Independent
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Darren Woods | 6.1% | 317 | 317 | 329 | 346 | 365 | |||||
Independent
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Patricia Jordan | 5.2% | 271 | 273 | 298 | 330 | 373 | 418 | 436 | 554 | 657 | |
Independent
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Drew McFarlane-Slack* | 4.6% | 241 | 242 | 258 | 275 | ||||||
Independent
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Iain Thornber | 3.8% | 195 | 196 | 207 | |||||||
Independent
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Neil Clark* | 3.7% | 194 | 195 | ||||||||
Electorate: 8,616 Valid: 5,189 Quota: 1,038 Turnout: 61.3% |
Post-election changes
- On 6 May 2007, Badenoch and Strathspey Cllr Gregor Rimell became a Liberal Democrat and ceased to be an Independent
- On 26 October 2007, Tain and Easter Ross Cllr Richard Durham became an Independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats
- On 12 December 2007, Tain and Easter Ross Cllr Alan Torrance became a member of the Scottish National Party and ceased to be an Independent
- On 3 April 2008, Landward Caithness Cllr David Bremner became an Independent, separate from the Administration, after being expelled from the Scottish National Party
- In 2008, Wick Cllr Graeme Smith became a member of the Independent Members Group after leaving the Liberal Democrats
- On 13 March 2009, North, West and Central Sutherland Cllr Linda Munro became a Liberal Democrat and ceased to be an Independent
- On 17 February 2011 Inverness Central Cllr Janet Campbell became a member of the Independent Members Group after leaving the Liberal Democrats.
- On 17 February 2011 Culloden and Ardersier Cllr Glynis Sinclair became an Independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats. She joined the Scottish National Party on 24 May 2011
2007-2011 by-elections
Inverness West
On 23 April 2009 the Liberal Democrat's Alasdair Christie won a by-election which arose following the death of former Independent Councillor Jimmy MacDonald on 31 January 2009
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Christie | 59.60% | 1,503 | ||
SNP | Brian ÓhEadhra | 22.05% | 556 | ||
Labour
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Andrew James MacKintosh | 8.33% | 210 | ||
Scottish Christian
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Dr Sheila McLaughlan | 4.56% | 115 | ||
Conservative
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Donald Gunn MacDonald | 4.40% | 111 | ||
Solidarity | George MacDonald | 1.07% | 27 | ||
Independent
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Swing | ||||
Electorate: 6,623 Valid: 2,522 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,270 Turnout: 2,540 |
Wick
On 7 April 2011 the SNP's Gail Ross won a by-election which arose following the resignation of Independent Councillor Katrina MacNab
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Gail Elizabeth Ross | 46.82% | 979 | 984 | 999 | 1,049 | |
Labour
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Neil MacDonald | 19.56% | 409 | 410 | 421 | 463 | |
Independent
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Niall Smith | 9.90% | 207 | 209 | 217 | 245 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Mairi Clarke | 9.85% | 206 | 211 | 219 | 236 | |
Independent
|
Jim Oag | 8.80% | 184 | 191 | 202 | ||
Independent
|
Laurel Bush | 3.49% | 73 | 75 | |||
Conservative
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Michael Anthony Carr | 1.58% | 33 | ||||
Independent
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Swing | ||||||
Electorate: 5,564 Valid: 2,091 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,047 Turnout: 2,124 |
Tain and Easter Ross
On 9 June 2011 Independent Fiona Robertson won a by-election which arose following the death of SNP Councillor Alan Torrance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Derek William Louden | 33.23% | 837 | 860 | 928 | 1,037 | |
Independent
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Fiona Robertson | 32.20% | 811 | 840 | 933 | 1,204 | |
Independent
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Ruairidh MacKenzie | 18.54% | 467 | 481 | 547 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Antony Gardner | 12.19% | 307 | 318 | |||
Independent
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Michael Herd | 3.85% | 97 | ||||
Independent gain from SNP
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Swing | ||||||
Electorate: 6,962 Valid: 2,519 Spoilt: 17 Quota: 1,260 Turnout: 2,536 |
Inverness South
On 3 November 2011 the Liberal Democrat's Carolyn Caddick won a by-election which arose following the resignation of Labour Councillor John Holden
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Kenneth Archer Gowans | 33.94% | 885 | 903 | 922 | 967 | 1,005 | 1,084 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Ann Caddick | 28.65% | 747 | 761 | 777 | 830 | 971 | 1,091 | |
Labour
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Katherine MacKenzie-Geegan | 11.81% | 308 | 319 | 327 | 357 | 379 | ||
Conservative
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David Louis Kinsley Bonsor | 11.12% | 290 | 300 | 336 | 339 | |||
Scottish Green
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Gale Louise Falconer | 6.02% | 157 | 172 | 189 | ||||
Scottish Christian
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Donald MacLeod Boyd | 4.83% | 126 | 130 | |||||
Independent
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David McGrath | 3.60% | 94 | ||||||
Labour
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Swing | ||||||||
Electorate: 9,760 Valid: 2,607 Spoilt: 13 Quota: 1,304 Turnout: 2,620 |
References
- ^ "Inverness West By-Election Result" (Press release). Highland Council. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Ward 3 (Wick By-Election" (PDF). highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2012.
- ^ "Tain and Easter Ross (By-Election)" (PDF). highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Inverness South (By Election)" (PDF). highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2012.