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) | |||||
2022 Highland Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Lyndsey Johnston | 24.87% | 1,171 | 1,199 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Morven-May MacCallum | 15.69% | 739 | 826 | 829.4 | 869.5 | 927.7 | 1,146.7 | 1,153.6 | 1,494.6 | |
| Conservative | Theo Stratton | 14.76% | 695 | 703 | 703.2 | 727.2 | 774.2 | 789.3 | 791.5 | ||
| Independent | Sarah Atkin | 13.46% | 634 | 660 | 661.8 | 769.9 | 947.3 | 1,195.8 | |||
| Scottish Green | Anne Thomas | 13.25% | 624 | 646 | 655.7 | 682.9 | 713.2 | ||||
| Independent | Okain John McLennan | 6.73% | 317 | 338 | 339.3 | 402.5 | |||||
| Independent | Bev Smith | 6.07% | 286 | 298 | 298.8 | ||||||
| Labour | Margaret Bryant | 5.16% | 243 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 8,842 Valid: 4,709 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,178 Turnout: 53.7% | |||||||||||
2017 Highland Council election [3]
| 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 | |||
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