Location of the ward [1]
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 three 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 three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Billy Barclay (Ind.) | Isobel McCallum (Ind.) | David Alston (Liberal Democrats) | Craig Fraser (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2013 by- | Jennifer Barclay (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2017 | 3 seats | Gordon Adam (Liberal Democrats) | ||||||
| 2022 | Sarah Atkin (Ind.) | Morven-May MacCallum (Liberal Democrats) | Lyndsey Johnston (SNP) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Lyndsey Johnston | 24.9 | 1,171 | 1,199 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Morven-May MacCallum | 15.7 | 739 | 826 | 829 | 869 | 927 | 1,146 | 1,153 | 1,494 | |
| Conservative | Theo Stratton | 14.7 | 695 | 703 | 703 | 727 | 774 | 789 | 791 | ||
| Independent | Sarah Atkin | 13.4 | 634 | 660 | 661 | 769 | 947 | 1,195 | |||
| Scottish Green | Anne Thomas | 13.2 | 624 | 646 | 655 | 682 | 713 | ||||
| Independent | Okain John McLennan | 6.7 | 317 | 338 | 339 | 402 | |||||
| Independent | Bev Smith | 6.1 | 286 | 298 | 298 | ||||||
| Labour | Margaret Bryant | 5.1 | 243 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 8,842 Valid: 4,709 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,178 Turnout: 53.7% | |||||||||||
2017 Highland Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Craig Fraser (incumbent) | 26.88% | 1,234 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Adam | 20.02% | 919 | 930 | 1,005 | 1,077 | 1,307 | |||
| Independent | Jennifer Barclay (incumbent) | 16.16% | 742 | 754 | 783 | 842 | 939 | 995 | 1,457 | |
| Conservative | Rainie Smith | 18.71% | 859 | 860 | 878 | 927 | 940 | 974 | ||
| Scottish Green | Vikki Trelfer | 8.45% | 388 | 427 | 466 | 494 | ||||
| Independent | Bev Smith | 5.36% | 246 | 250 | 263 | |||||
| Labour | Michael MacMillan | 4.42% | 203 | 209 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,591 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 4,633 (54.9%) | ||||||||||
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Independent | Billy Barclay (incumbent)†††††† | 26.77% | 1,130 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Isobel McCallum (incumbent) | 16.04% | 677 | 759.7 | 776.9 | 815.7 | 868.8 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | David Alston (incumbent) | 15.3% | 646 | 691.4 | 698.9 | 742.7 | 789.2 | 795.4 | 842.5 | 912.9 | |||
| SNP | Craig Fraser (incumbent) | 14.45% | 610 | 636.5 | 640.5 | 649.7 | 678.7 | 681.5 | 713.6 | 755 | 767.8 | 917 | |
| Scottish Green | Myra Carus | 6.92% | 292 | 308.9 | 311.9 | 318.7 | 349.9 | 351.6 | 390.5 | 438.9 | 458.8 | ||
| Independent | Morris MacKenzie Downie | 5.69% | 240 | 276.8 | 283.8 | 296.3 | 302.8 | 306.5 | 358.6 | ||||
| Labour | Michael MacMillan | 5.12% | 216 | 226.1 | 229.3 | 230.6 | |||||||
| Independent | Okain McLennan | 5.03% | 212 | 236.7 | 242.5 | 249.2 | 265.5 | 269.1 | |||||
| Conservative | Pamela Cornwell | 3.34% | 141 | 149.3 | 153.1 | ||||||||
| Scottish Christian | Paul Horwood | 1.35% | 57 | 60.5 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 8,205 Valid: 4,221 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 845 Turnout: 4,260 (51.92%) | |||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Jennifer Barclay | 32.8 | 1,003 | 1,031 | 1,061 | 1,157 | 1,210 | 1,343 | |
| SNP | Jackie Hendry | 14.3 | 439 | 439 | 453 | 470 | 530 | 594 | |
| Independent | Bill Fraser | 12.5 | 382 | 413 | 431 | 486 | 556 | 663 | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Normington | 10.9 | 334 | 373 | 408 | 434 | 489 | ||
| Independent | Gwyn Phillips | 9.0 | 275 | 289 | 304 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Myra Carus | 8.8 | 269 | 280 | 319 | 362 | |||
| Labour | Shaun Finlayson | 6.0 | 184 | 194 | |||||
| Conservative | Douglas MacLean | 5.7 | 175 | ||||||
| Valid: 3,061 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,531 Turnout: 3,084 (35.81%) | |||||||||
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Billy Barclay | 1,233 | 24.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Isobel McCallum | 985 | 19.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Alston | 973 | 19.3 | 3 | 3 | |
| SNP | Craig Fraser | 558 | 11.1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Independent | Okain McLennan | 433 | 8.6 | |||
| Conservative | Morris Downie | 408 | 8.1 | |||
| Scottish Green | John Wood | 267 | 5.3 | |||
| Labour | Chris Birt | 192 | 3.8 | |||
Highland is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom. It was the 7th most populous council area in Scotland at the 2011 census. It has land borders with the council areas of Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Moray and Perth and Kinross. The wider upland area of the Scottish Highlands after which the council area is named extends beyond the Highland council area into all the neighbouring council areas plus Angus and Stirling.
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It is the most northerly constituency on the British mainland. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
Ross, Skye and Lochaber was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The Highland Council is the local authority for Highland, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. The council is based at the Highland Council Headquarters in Inverness.
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
East Sutherland and Edderton is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Brora, Dornoch, Edderton, Golspie and Helmsdale. It elects three Councillors.
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.
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 West is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Kinmylies and Scorguie areas of urban Inverness, and a more rural area, west of the River Ness. It elects three Councillors.
Caol and Mallaig is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the Caol area of the town of Fort William, Arisaig, the town of Mallaig, and the Small Isles. 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.
Wick and East Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. This was a new ward in the 2017 election following boundary changes. It elects four Councillors.
Thurso and North West Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. This was a new ward in the 2017 election following boundary changes. It elects four Councillors.
Elections to The Highland Council were held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.