Badenoch and Strathspey (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

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, Boat of Garten, Carrbridge, Cromdale, Dulnain Bridge, Grantown-on-Spey, Kingussie, Newtonmore and Nethy Bridge. It elects four Councillors.

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.)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Highland Council election

Badenoch and Strathspey - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Russell Jones	23.1	1,280
	SNP	Muriel Cockburn (incumbent)	16.0	886	900	914	1,210
	Conservative	John Bruce (incumbent)	15.6	861	878	899	906	907	1,043	1,051	1,217
	Independent	Bill Lobban (incumbent)	15.2	842	895	946	962	978	1,133
	Scottish Green	Pippa Hadley (incumbent)	10.3	568	593	624	655	702	850	858
	Liberal Democrats	Declan Gallacher	8.8	489	503	575	596	605
	SNP	Dave Fallows	6.7	371	381	397
	Labour	Charlie Whelan	4.2	232	241
Electorate: 10,899  Valid: 5,529  Spoilt: 92  Quota: 1,106  Turnout: 51.6%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election ^[4]

Badenoch and Strathspey - 4 seats

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
	Scottish 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 election

2012 Highland Council election

Badenoch and Strathspey - 4 seats

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 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Badenoch and Strathspey

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
2. "2022 local government election results Ward 20 Badenoch and Strathspey - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
3. "2022 local government election results Ward 20 Badenoch and Strathspey - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
4. Butlin, Heather. "Community Council elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.