Link to >>> Council Election Results May 2016 - April 2017
Highland, Culloden & Ardersier - Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
- based on first preferences
Swing not meaningful
Council now 32 Independent, 19 SNP, 13 Liberal Democrat, 7 Labour, 6 Highland alliance, 3 Non-Aligned
- based on first preferences
| Party | 2016 votes | 2016 share | since 2012 | since 2007 |
SNP
|
753
|
27.2%
|
-0.1%
|
-1.5%
|
Liberal Democrat
|
463
|
16.7%
|
+2.9%
|
+2.5%
|
Conservative
|
439
|
15.9%
|
+11.4%
|
+9.0%
|
Independent Ross
|
315
|
11.4%
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
Independent MacPherson
|
274
|
9.9%
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
Green
|
180
|
6.5%
|
+1.6%
|
from nowhere
|
Labour
|
163
|
5.9%
|
-8.0%
|
-11.6%
|
Independent McGrath
|
158
|
5.7%
|
+0.9%
|
from nowhere
|
Independent Lamont
|
23
|
0.8%
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
Winning Independent
|
-29.7%
|
-28.1%
| ||
Previous Independents
|
-1.0%
|
-4.6%
| ||
Total votes
|
2,768
|
80%
|
59%
|
Swing not meaningful
Council now 32 Independent, 19 SNP, 13 Liberal Democrat, 7 Labour, 6 Highland alliance, 3 Non-Aligned
| Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | ||||||||
| Munro (SNP) | 753 | +2 | 755 | +20 | 775 | +21 | 796 | +66 | 862 | ||||||
| Robertson (LD) | 463 | +1 | 464 | +15 | 479 | +36 | 515 | +49 | 564 | ||||||
| Jarvie (Con) | 439 | +3 | 442 | +10 | 452 | +16 | 468 | +10 | 478 | ||||||
| Ross (Ind) | 315 | +2 | 317 | +13 | 330 | +9 | 339 | +23 | 362 | ||||||
| MacPherson (Ind) | 274 | +11 | 285 | +39 | 324 | +22 | 346 | +23 | 369 | ||||||
| MacLeod-O'Reilly (Grn) | 180 | +2 | 182 | +6 | 188 | +21 | 209 | ||||||||
| MacKintosh (Lab) | 163 | 0 | 163 | +17 | 180 | ||||||||||
| McGrath (Ind) | 158 | 0 | 158 | ||||||||||||
| Lamont (Ind) | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Non-transferable | 0 | +2 | 2 | +38 | 40 | +55 | 95 | +38 | 133 |
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Culloden and Ardersier - Highland - John Ford (Labour) died at the age of 85. He was a councillor since 2003 for the single-member Culloden ward and for the multi-member Culloden and Ardersier and was an engineer in electricity supply.
2012: Ind 1023/165/36, SNP 566/375, Lab 479, LD 475, Grn 170, Con 154 (elected Ind, LD, SNP, Lab on 6th count; final count: SNP 678, Lab 586, SNP 455 with a LD surplus of 39 for 2 seats)
2007: Ind 1308/213, SNP 1335, Lab 816, LD 663, Con 318 (elected: Ind, SNP, Lab, LD on 3rd count; last count: Lab 924, LD 825, Con 393, Ind 392 for 2 seats)
Andrew Jarvie (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Thomas Lamont (Independent)
Andrew MacKintosh (Scottish Labour Party)
Isla MacLeod-O’Reilly (Scottish Greens)
Duncan MacPherson (Independent)
David McGrath (Independent)
Pauline Munro (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Trish Robertson (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
John Ross (Independent)
2012: Ind 1023/165/36, SNP 566/375, Lab 479, LD 475, Grn 170, Con 154 (elected Ind, LD, SNP, Lab on 6th count; final count: SNP 678, Lab 586, SNP 455 with a LD surplus of 39 for 2 seats)
2007: Ind 1308/213, SNP 1335, Lab 816, LD 663, Con 318 (elected: Ind, SNP, Lab, LD on 3rd count; last count: Lab 924, LD 825, Con 393, Ind 392 for 2 seats)
Andrew Jarvie (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Thomas Lamont (Independent)
Andrew MacKintosh (Scottish Labour Party)
Isla MacLeod-O’Reilly (Scottish Greens)
Duncan MacPherson (Independent)
David McGrath (Independent)
Pauline Munro (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Trish Robertson (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
John Ross (Independent)
— The Highland Council (@HighlandCouncil) October 7, 2016
