The results of the Highland Council elections 2012 -
Independents 35 seats;
Scottish National Party, 22,
Liberal Democrat 15,
Labour 8.
The average turn out across the 22 wards was 41%. The highest turn out was 51.92 per cent at Black Isle Ward, where
the four councillors were all returned. 66% return on postal votes.
A total of 13 councillors did not seek re-election while 8 lost their seats. They were Councillors Robbie Rowantree (Lib
Dem), East Sutherland and Edderton; , Graeme Smith (Ind Members Group), Wick; Richard Durham (Ind) Tain and Easter Ross;
Peter Cairns (SNP) Dingwall and Seaforth; David Chisholm (Ind Members Group) Dingwall and Seaforth; Pauline Munro (SNP) Inverness;
Bob Wynd (SNP) Culloden and Ardersier; Graham Marsden (Lib Dem) Nairn.
The 21 new councillors -
Alex MacLeod (SNP), Landward Caithness.
Hugh Morrison (Ind), North West and Central Sutherland;
Roger Saxon (Lab), Thurso; Neil MacDonald (Lab), Wick;
Graham Philips (SNP), East Sutherland and Edderton;
Ian Cockburn (SNP), Wester Ross Strathpeffer and Lochalsh;
Jamie Stone (Lib Dem), Tain and Easter Ross;
Graham Mackenzie (SNP), Dingwall and Seaforth,
Alister Mackinnon (Ind), Dingwall and Seaforth;
John Gordon (Ind), Eilean a’Cheo.
Allan Duffy (SNP), Inverness West;
Graham Ross (Ind), Inverness West; Richard Laird (SNP), Inverness Central;
Jean Slater (SNP), Inverness Ness-side;
Kate Stephen (Lib Dem), Culloden and Ardersier;
Michael Green (Ind), Nairn; Colin MacAulay (SNP), Nairn;
Ken Gowans (SNP), Inverness South;
Bill Lobban (SNP), Badenoch and Strathspey;
Thomas MacLennan (Ind) Fort William and Ardnamurchan.
There are 59 male and 21 female members on the council.
The first meeting of the new Council will be held on Thursday 17 May when the office-bearers will be confirmed.
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Scotland results at a glance 2011
| Party |
SNP |
+/- |
Labour |
+/- |
Conservative |
+/- |
Liberal Democrat |
+/- |
Others |
+/- |
| Total |
69 |
+23 |
37 |
-7 |
15 |
-5 |
5 |
-12 |
3 |
+1 |
Constituencies scoreboard
| Party |
Seats |
+/- |
Votes |
% |
+/-% |
| SNP |
53 |
+32 |
902,915 |
45.4 |
+12.5 |
| Labour |
15 |
-20 |
630,461 |
31.7 |
-0.5 |
| Conservative |
3 |
-3 |
276,652 |
13.9 |
-2.7 |
| Liberal Democrat |
2 |
-9 |
157,714 |
7.9 |
-8.2 |
| Others |
0 |
0 |
21,480 |
1.1 |
-1.1 |
Regions scoreboard
| Party |
Seats |
+/- |
Votes |
% |
+/-% |
| Labour |
22 |
+13 |
523,559 |
26.3 |
-2.9 |
| SNP |
16 |
-9 |
876,421 |
44 |
+13 |
| Conservative |
12 |
-2 |
245,967 |
12.4 |
-1.6 |
| Others |
3 |
+1 |
241,632 |
12.1 |
-2.5 |
| Liberal Democrat |
3 |
-3 |
103,472 |
5.2 |
-6.1 |
| Turnout |
1,991,051 |
50 |
-1.3 |
Constituency results overview
| Party |
Seats |
+/- |
Votes |
% |
+/-% |
| SNP |
53 |
+32 |
902,915 |
45.4 |
+12.5 |
| Labour |
15 |
-20 |
630,461 |
31.7 |
-0.5 |
| Conservative |
3 |
-3 |
276,652 |
13.9 |
-2.7 |
| Liberal Democrat |
2 |
-9 |
157,714 |
7.9 |
-8.2 |
| UK Independence Party |
0 |
0 |
2,508 |
0.1 |
+0.1 |
| Independent - Fox |
0 |
0 |
2,845 |
0.1 |
+0.1 |
| Independent - Stockan |
0 |
0 |
2,052 |
0.1 |
+0.1 |
| Independent - Boulton |
0 |
0 |
1,816 |
0.1 |
+0.1 |
| All Scotland Pensioners Party |
0 |
0 |
1,618 |
0.1 |
0 |
| National Front |
0 |
0 |
1,515 |
0.1 |
+0.1 |
| Angus Independents Representatives |
0 |
0 |
1,321 |
0.1 |
+0.1 |
| Scottish Christian Party |
0 |
0 |
1,193 |
0.1 |
-0.2 |
| Independent - Hay |
0 |
0 |
861 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent - Rice |
0 |
0 |
770 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent - Johnstone |
0 |
0 |
633 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent - Doyle |
0 |
0 |
542 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent - Campbell |
0 |
0 |
490 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent - Black |
0 |
0 |
454 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent - McKee |
0 |
0 |
450 |
0 |
0 |
| Liberal Party (The) |
0 |
0 |
436 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent - Houston |
0 |
0 |
414 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent - Muirhead |
0 |
0 |
405 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent - Henderson |
0 |
0 |
317 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent - Rae |
0 |
0 |
308 |
0 |
0 |
| The Land Party |
0 |
0 |
276 |
0 |
0 |
| Communist Party of Britain |
0 |
0 |
256 |
0 |
0 |
Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/-% |
| Dave Thompson |
SNP |
14,737 |
46.2 |
+14.6 |
| Alan MacDonald MacRae |
Liberal Democrat |
9,742 |
30.5 |
-11.3 |
| Linda Ann Stewart |
Labour |
4,112 |
12.9 |
-1.4 |
| Kerensa Carr |
Conservative |
2,834 |
8.9 |
-2.8 |
| Ronnie Campbell |
Independent |
490 |
1.5 |
+1.5 |
| Turnout |
31,915 |
55.6 |
|
| Majority |
4,995 |
15.7 |
|
Highlands and Islands list results
| Party |
Member |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
+/-% |
| SNP |
John Finnie, Jean Urquhart & Mike MacKenzie |
3 |
85,082 |
47.5 |
+13.1 |
| Labour |
Rhoda Grant & David Stewart |
2 |
25,884 |
14.5 |
-3.2 |
| Conservative |
Jamie McGrigor & Mary Elizabeth Scanlon |
2 |
20,843 |
11.6 |
-0.8 |
| Liberal Democrat |
None |
0 |
21,729 |
12.1 |
-8 |
| Green |
None |
0 |
9,076 |
5.1 |
+0.4 |
| Scottish Christian Party |
None |
0 |
3,541 |
2 |
-1.4 |
| UK Independence Party |
None |
0 |
3,372 |
1.9 |
+1.2 |
| All Scotland Pensioners Party |
None |
0 |
2,770 |
1.5 |
-0.6 |
| Ban Bankers Bonuses |
None |
0 |
1,764 |
1 |
0 |
| Liberal Party (The) |
None |
0 |
1,696 |
0.9 |
0 |
| Socialist Labour Party |
None |
0 |
1,406 |
0.8 |
+0.2 |
| British National Party |
None |
0 |
1,134 |
0.6 |
-0.5 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
None |
0 |
509 |
0.3 |
-0.2 |
| Solidarity |
None |
0 |
204 |
0.1 |
-0.9 |
| Turnout |
179,010 |
0 |
-1.3 |
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Election 2007
Party
Const Reg +/- Total
| LAB |
37 |
9 |
-4 |
46 |
| SNP |
21 |
26 |
+20 |
47 |
| LD |
11 |
5 |
-1 |
16 |
| CON |
4 |
13 |
-1 |
17 |
| Others |
0 |
3 |
-14 |
3 |
Highlands and Islands results in detail
| Party |
Seats
| Votes |
% |
+/-% |
|
| LAB |
3 |
32,952 |
17.7 |
-4.6 |
|
| SNP |
2 |
63,979 |
34.4 |
11.0 |
|
| CON |
2 |
23,334 |
12.6 |
-3.4 |
|
| LD |
0 |
37,001 |
19.9 |
1.1 |
|
| GRN |
0 |
8,602 |
4.6 |
-3.6 |
|
| SCHP |
0 |
6,332 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
|
| SSCU |
0 |
3,841 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
|
| BNP |
0 |
2,152 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
|
| SOL |
0 |
1,833 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
| UKIP |
0 |
1,287 |
0.7 |
-0.5 |
|
| SLP |
0 |
1,027 |
0.6 |
-0.4 |
|
| CPA |
0 |
885 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
| PUB |
0 |
914 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
| SSP |
0 |
973 |
0.5 |
-4.8 |
|
| SV |
0 |
450 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
|
| SENT |
0 |
216 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
| Turnout |
185,778 |
21.9 |
16.0 |
| Councils |
Councillors |
| Party |
Total |
Total |
| Labour |
2 |
279 |
| Scottish National Party |
0 |
324 |
| Liberal Democrat |
0 |
140 |
| Conservative |
0 |
130 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
0 |
1 |
| Others |
3 |
191 |
| No Overall Control |
25 |
|
| After 30 of 32 councils declared |
Highland Council results
| Party |
Previous |
2007 |
| Liberal Democrat |
13 |
21 |
| Scottish National Party |
6 |
17 |
| Labour |
8 |
7 |
| Others |
53 |
35 |
ROSS, SKYE & INVERNESS WEST
|
|
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
| John Farquhar Munro |
LD |
13,501 |
42.6 |
-0.5 |
| David Thompson |
SNP |
10,015 |
31.6 |
+12.1 |
| Maureen MacMillan |
LAB |
4,789 |
15.1 |
-3.8 |
| John Hodgson |
CON |
3,122 |
9.8 |
-3.2 |
| Iain Brodie |
SENT |
292 |
0.9 |
+0.9 |
| Majority |
3,486 |
11.0 |
|
| Turnout |
31,719 |
53.6 |
+1.6 |
|
| Swing: 6.3% from LD to SNP |
INVERNESS EAST NAIRN & LOCHABER
|
Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
| Fergus Ewing |
SNP |
16,443 |
41.5 |
+10.6 |
| Craig Harrow |
LD |
10,972 |
27.7 |
+11.5 |
| Linda Stewart |
LAB |
7,559 |
19.1 |
-8.8 |
| Jamie Johnston |
CON |
4,635 |
11.7 |
-6.1 |
| Majority |
5,471 |
13.8 |
|
| Turnout |
39,609 |
55.3 |
+3.1 |
|
| Swing: 0.5% from SNP to LD |
Highlands and Islands Constituency Results
INVERNESS EAST, NAIRN AND LOCHABER CONSTITUENCY
| Candidate |
Votes |
Political Party |
| Fergus Stewart Ewing |
16,443 |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Craig Thomas Alexander Harrow |
10,972 |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Jamie William Halcro Johnston |
4,635 |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist |
| Linda Ann Stewart |
7,559 |
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
Majority = 5471 Turn-out
= 57.06% Rejected papers = 1249
WESTERN ISLES CONSTITUENCY
| Candidate |
Votes |
Political Party |
| Alasdair James Allan |
6,354 |
Scottish National Party
(SNP) |
| Ruaraidh Ferguson |
852 |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Alasdair Angus Morrison |
5,667 |
Scottish Labour Party
Candidate |
| Dave Petrie |
752 |
Scottish Conservative
and Unionist |
SHETLAND CONSTITUENCY
| Candidate |
Votes |
Political Party |
|
Scott Burnett |
670 |
Scottish Labour Party
|
| Mark Graham Jones |
972 |
Scottish Conservative
and Unionist Party |
| Tavish Hamilton Scott |
6,531 |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Valerie Anne Simpson |
1,622 |
Scottish National Party
(SNP) |
| |
|
|
ORKNEY CONSTITUENCY
| Candidate |
Votes |
Political Party |
| Helen Gardner |
1,632 |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist |
| Barrie Johnson |
137 |
Independent |
| Iain MacDonald |
1,134 |
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
| Liam Scott McArthur |
4,113 |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| John Mowat |
1,637 |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
ARGYLL AND BUTE CONSTITUENCY
| Candidate |
Votes |
Political Party |
| Mary Galbraith |
|
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
| George Lyon |
|
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Jim Mather |
|
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Jamie McGrigor |
|
|
MORAY CONSTITUENCY
| Candidate |
Votes |
Political Party |
| Lee Butcher |
4,580 |
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
| Richard Neilson Lochhead |
15,045 |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Dominique Rommel |
3,528 |
Liberal Democrats |
| Mary Scanlon |
7,121 |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
Majority = 7924 Turn-out
= % Rejected papers = 1,018
Highlands and Islands Regional List
Successful Candidates
| |
Name |
Party |
| 1 |
Peter Peacock |
Scottish Labour Party |
| 2 |
Mary Scanlon |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
| 3 |
Rhoda Grant |
Scottish Labour Party |
| 4 |
Rob Gibson |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| 5 |
Jamie McGrigor |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
| 6 |
David Stewart |
Scottish Labour Party |
| 7 |
David Thompson |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
Votes Cast
| Party/Individual Candidates |
Votes |
| Alex Salmond For First Minister |
63,979 |
| British National Party Local People First |
2,152 |
| Christian Peoples Alliance - Leader Teresa Smith |
885 |
| Publican Party - Smoking Room In Pubs |
914 |
| Scottish Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" |
6,332 |
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist |
23,334 |
| Scottish Enterprise Party |
211 |
| Scottish Green Party |
8,602 |
| Scottish Labour Party |
32,952 |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats |
37,001 |
| Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party |
3,841 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
973 |
| Scottish Voice |
450 |
| Socialist Labour Party |
1,027 |
| Solidarity - Tommy Sheridan |
1,833 |
| UKIP Scotland |
1,287 |
Highland Council
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Council website list of candidates for that ward.
The full figures are available here as small PDF files in the links
that follow the list of successful councillors.
Ward 1 - North West and Central Sutherland  |
| Name |
Description |
| George Farlow |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Linda Munro |
Independent |
| Robert Rowantree |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Ward 2 - Thurso |
| Name |
Description |
| Donald Mackay |
|
| John Rosie |
Independent |
| Marion Thurso |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Ward 3 - Wick |
| Name |
Description |
| William Fernie |
Independent |
| Katrina MacNab |
Independent |
| Graeme Smith |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Ward 4 - Landward Caithness
|
| Name |
Description |
| David Bremner |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Robert Coghill |
Independent |
| David Flear |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| William MacKay |
Independent |
| Ward 5 - East Sutherland and Edderton
|
| Name |
Description |
| Deirdre Mackay |
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
| James McGillivray |
Independent |
| William Ross |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Ward 6 - Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
|
| Name |
Description |
| Isabelle Campbell |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Richard Greene |
Independent |
| Audrey Sinclair |
Independent |
| Jean Urquhart |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Ward 7 - Cromarty Firth |
| Name |
Description |
| Michael Finlayson |
Independent |
| Martin Rattray |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Maxine Smith |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Carolyn Wilson |
Independent |
| Ward 8 - Tain and Easter Ross
|
| Name |
Description |
| Richard Durham |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Alasdair Rhind |
Independent |
| Alan Torrance |
Independent |
| Ward 9 - Dingwall and Seaforth
|
| Name |
Description |
| Peter Cairns |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| David Chisholm |
Independent |
| Angela MacLean |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Margaret Paterson |
Independent |
| Ward 10 - Black Isle |
| Name |
Description |
| David Alston |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Billy Barclay |
Independent |
| Craig Fraser |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Isabella McCallum |
Independent |
| Ward 11 - Eilean a' Chèo
|
| Name |
Description |
| James Fraser |
Independent |
| John Laing |
Independent |
| Andrew Millar |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Ian Renwick |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Ward 12 - Caol and Mallaig
|
| Name |
Description |
| William Clark |
Independent |
| Allan Henderson |
Independent |
| Edward Hunter |
Independent |
| Ward 13 - Aird and Loch Ness
|
| Name |
Description |
| Helen Carmichael |
Independent |
| Margaret Davidson |
|
| Andrew Hendry |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Hamish Wood |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Ward 14 - Inverness West
|
| Name |
Description |
| Alexander Graham |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
| James MacDonald |
|
| Pauline Munro |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Ward 15 - Inverness Central
|
| Name |
Description |
| Janet Campbell |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Peter Corbett |
|
| Donald Kerr |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Elizabeth McAllister |
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
| Ward 16 - Inverness Ness-side
|
| Name |
Description |
| Norman Donald |
Independent |
| John Finnie |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| David Henderson |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Fraser Parr |
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
| Ward 17 - Inverness Millburn
|
| Name |
Description |
| Ian Brown |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| James Gray |
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
| Kenneth MacLeod |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Ward 18 - Culloden and Ardersier
|
| Name |
Description |
| Roderick Balfour |
Independent |
| John Ford |
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
| Glynis Sinclair |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Robert Wynd |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Ward 19 - Nairn |
| Name |
Description |
| Laurie Fraser |
Independent |
| Elizabeth MacDonald |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Graham Marsden |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Alexander Park |
Independent |
| Ward 20 - Inverness South
|
| Name |
Description |
| James Crawford |
Independent |
| John Holden |
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
| Roy Pedersen |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Thomas Prag |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Ward 21 - Badenoch and Strathspey
|
| Name |
Description |
| Stuart Black |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Jacqueline Douglas |
Independent |
| David Fallows |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Gregor Rimell |
Independent |
| Ward 22 - Fort William and Ardnamurchan
|
| Name |
Description |
| Donald Cameron |
|
| Michael Foxley |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Brendan Gormley |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Brian Murphy |
Scottish Labour Party Candidate |
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