Badenoch and Strathspey is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It encompasses the towns and villages of Aviemore, Carrbridge, Cromdale, Grantown-on-Spey, Kingussie and Newtonmore. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | David Fallows (SNP) | Stuart Black (Liberal Democrats) | Gregor Rimell (Ind./Liberal Democrats) | Jaci Douglas (Ind.) | ||||
| 2012 | Bill Lobban (SNP/ Ind.) | |||||||
| 2017 | Muriel Cockburn (SNP) | John Bruce (Conservative) | Pippa Hadley (Greens) | |||||
| 2022 | Russell Jones (Ind.) | |||||||
2022 Highland Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Russell Jones | 23.15% | 1,280 | ||||||||
| SNP | Muriel Cockburn (incumbent) | 16.02% | 886 | 900.1 | 914.3 | 1,210.0 | |||||
| Conservative | John Bruce (incumbent) | 15.57% | 861 | 878.9 | 899.4 | 906.4 | 907.9 | 1,043.8 | 1,051.1 | 1,217.6 | |
| Independent | Bill Lobban (incumbent) | 15.23% | 842 | 895.1 | 946.9 | 962.3 | 978.4 | 1,133.3 | |||
| Green | Pippa Hadley (incumbent) | 10.27% | 568 | 593.3 | 624.8 | 655.1 | 702.7 | 850.5 | 858.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Declan Gallacher | 8.84% | 489 | 503.1 | 575.6 | 596.3 | 605.4 | ||||
| SNP | Dave Fallows | 6.71% | 371 | 381.7 | 397.9 | ||||||
| Labour | Charlie Whelan | 4.20% | 232 | 241.7 | |||||||
| Electorate: 10,899 Valid: 5,529 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,106 Turnout: 51.6% | |||||||||||
2017 Highland Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | John Bruce | 23.58% | 1,266 | ||||||||
| Independent | Bill Lobban (incumbent) | 22.15% | 1,189 | ||||||||
| SNP | Muriel Cockburn | 18.48% | 992 | 993.8 | 1,005.9 | 1,014.8 | 1,040.5 | 1,089.9 | |||
| Green | Pippa Hadley | 14.04% | 754 | 763.7 | 784.1 | 808.3 | 820.6 | 905.7 | 915.4 | 1,230.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gregor Rimell (incumbent) | 9.61% | 516 | 571.4 | 601.5 | 663.9 | 689.6 | 793.7 | 795.4 | ||
| Independent | Stewart Dick | 6.26% | 336 | 362.8 | 371.7 | 401.1 | 455.7 | ||||
| UKIP | Les Durance | 3.15% | 169 | 198.6 | 202.7 | 210.9 | |||||
| Independent | Donald MacDonald | 2.74% | 147 | 167.8 | 185.3 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,369 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,074 Turnout: 5,412 (51%) | |||||||||||
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Jaci Douglas (incumbent) | 24.68% | 1,082 | ||||||
| SNP | Bill Lobban | 17.99% | 789 | 813.3 | 818.9 | 840.1 | 844.8 | 970.6 | |
| SNP | David Fallows (incumbent)††††††††††† | 16.49% | 723 | 750.3 | 764.5 | 796.6 | 805.8 | 912.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gregor Rimell (incumbent) | 14.73% | 646 | 707.3 | 720.3 | 927.9 | |||
| Labour | Kieran Turner | 12.91% | 566 | 596.5 | 610.7 | 640.6 | 653.6 | ||
| Conservative | Les Durance | 10.22% | 448 | 466.5 | 518.1 | ||||
| UKIP | Ross Durance | 2.99% | 131 | 141.4 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,348 Valid: 4,385 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 878 Turnout: 4,434 (42.85%) | |||||||||
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Black | 1,720 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | David Fallows | 1,347 | 24.4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Gregor Rimell | 736 | 13.3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Conservative | Les Durance | 532 | 9.6 | |||
| Independent | Jaci Douglas | 484 | 8.8 | 4 | 7 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Donald Scobbie | 350 | 6.4 | |||
| Independent | Angela Cox | 347 | 6.3 | |||
The politics of the Highland council area in Scotland are evident in the deliberations and decisions of the Highland Council, in elections to the council, and in elections to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) and the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). In the European Parliament the area was within the Scotland constituency, which covers all of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Elections to the Highland Council were held on 3 May 2007; the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament and to the 31 other councils in Scotland. Previous elections to the Council had been conducted using the single member plurality system. Changes implemented by the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 meant that future local government elections were to be conducted using the Single Transferable Vote, beginning with those in 2007. The 80 Highland Councillors were now to be elected from 22 wards, returning either three or four members.
The Highland Council, the political body covering the Highland local authority created in 1995, comprises 21 wards, each electing three or four councillors by the single transferable vote system, which creates a form of proportional representation. The total number of councillors is 74, and the main meeting place and main offices are in Glenurquhart Road, Inverness.
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering the northern part of the Highland council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Inverness and Nairn is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Highland council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Highland council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, as well as eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The 2017 Highland Council election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect members of the Highland Council. The election used the 21 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004; each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system. A total of 74 councillors were elected, six less than in 2012.
Cromarty Firth is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It consists of North of the Cromarty Firth, west of the Tain and Easter Ross ward
North, West and Central Sutherland is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Altnaharra, Ardgay, Bettyhill, Bonar Bridge, Durness, Lairg, Lochinver and Tongue. With Lairg and Bonar being the most populated settlements in the area. It elects three Councillors.
Tain and Easter Ross is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. Between the Cromarty Firth and the Dornoch Firth and east of the Cromarty Firth ward, it includes the town of Tain and the Seaboard Villages. It elects three Councillors.
Aird and Loch Ness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Loch Ness, the town of Beauly, and the village of Fort Augustus. It elects four Councillors.
Culloden and Ardersier is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the villages of Culloden, Ardersier and Smithton. It elects three Councillors.
Inverness South is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Cradlehall, Inshes and Westhill areas in or near urban Inverness, and the village of Tomatin, on the River Findhorn. It elects four Councillors.
Black Isle is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns of Cromarty and Fortrose. It elects four Councillors.
Dingwall and Seaforth is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns of Dingwall, Conon Bridge, and Muir of Ord. It elects four Councillors.
Eilean a' Cheò is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the islands of Skye and Raasay. It elects four Councillors.
Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Gairloch, Lochalsh, Strathpeffer and Ullapool. It elects four Councillors.
Fort William and Ardnamurchan is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It elects four Councillors.
The 2022 Scottish local elections were held on 5 May 2022, as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All 1,227 seats across all 32 Scottish local authorities were up for election and voter turnout was 44.8%.
