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
Includes the towns of Alness, Evanton and Invergordon. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Carolyn Wilson (Ind.) | Mike Minlayson (Ind.) | Maxine Morley-Smith (SNP/ Highland Matters) | Martin Rattay (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Pauline Munro (SNP/ Highland Matters) | |||||||
| 2022 | Molly Nolan (Liberal Democrats) | Tamala Collier (SNP) | ||||||
| Sept 2024 | John Edmondson (Liberal Democrats) | Sinclair Coghill (Independent) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Edmondson | 20.3 | 481 | 481 | 493 | 498 | 531 | 544 | 557 | 573 | 641 | 714 | 806 | |
| SNP | Odette MacDonald | 17.0 | 403 | 404 | 404 | 406 | 417 | 451 | 457 | 498 | 510 | 550 | ||
| Independent | Sinclair Coghill | 13.7 | 326 | 327 | 334 | 343 | 345 | 353 | 379 | 416 | 512 | 685 | 800 | |
| Independent | Martin Rattray | 13.6 | 323 | 323 | 332 | 338 | 346 | 350 | 381 | 422 | 491 | |||
| Independent | Richard Cross | 12.0 | 285 | 285 | 291 | 303 | 305 | 310 | 316 | 341 | ||||
| Independent | Brideen Godley-MacKenzie | 6.8 | 162 | 162 | 166 | 170 | 172 | 181 | 193 | |||||
| Independent | Tina McCaffery | 4.1 | 97 | 98 | 101 | 105 | 107 | 109 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Ryan Barrowman | 3.7 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 95 | |||||||
| Labour | Michael Perera | 3.2 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 83 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Innes Munro | 2.4 | 57 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Reform UK | Kim Jackson | 2.2 | 52 | 70 | 72 | |||||||||
| Reform UK | Roland Jackson | 1.0 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 9,932 Valid: 2,375 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 792 Turnout: 24.6% | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Tamala Collier | 29.1 | 1,127 | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Molly Nolan | 27.9 | 1,079 | |||||||||
| Independent | Pauline Munro (incumbent) | 17.5 | 679 | 749 | 804 | |||||||
| Independent | Maxine Morley-Smith (incumbent) | 7.3 | 283 | 323 | 355 | 370 | 383 | 446 | 498 | 575 | 705 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Phillip Baxter [note 1] | 6.7 | 261 | 266 | 315 | 315 | 322 | 346 | 350 | 397 | ||
| Labour | Kirsty Stewart | 4.2 | 162 | 194 | 238 | 239 | 249 | 267 | 343 | |||
| Independent | Kate Stevenson | 3.1 | 122 | 135 | 174 | 178 | 192 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Daniel Reat | 2.9 | 112 | 223 | 243 | 244 | 247 | 260 | ||||
| Independent | Eric Fraser | 1.1 | 45 | 54 | 64 | 65 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,918 Valid: 3,870 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 775 Turnout: 39.6% | ||||||||||||
2017 Highland Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Carolyn Wilson (incumbent) | 27.01% | 1,108 | ||||||||
| SNP | Pauline Munro | 19.53% | 801 | 828 | |||||||
| Independent | Mike Finlayson (incumbent) | 9.87% | 405 | 483 | 483 | 532 | 567 | 639 | 773 | 1,047 | |
| SNP | Maxine Smith (incumbent) | 14.12% | 579 | 599 | 604 | 615 | 624 | 660 | 674 | 741 | |
| Independent | Martin Rattray (incumbent) | 7.85% | 322 | 378 | 378 | 399 | 422 | 498 | 591 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Smith | 8.43% | 346 | 368 | 368 | 373 | 390 | 468 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary MacDonald | 6.78 | 278 | 303 | 303 | 320 | 360 | ||||
| Labour | Bill Curran | 3.78% | 155 | 162 | 162 | 170 | |||||
| Independent | Sheila Fletcher | 2.63% | 108 | 122 | 122 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,102 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 821 Turnout: 43.4% | |||||||||||
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Carolyn Wilson (incumbent) | 23.60% | 768 | |||||||
| SNP | Maxine Smith (incumbent) | 17.95% | 584 | 604.7 | 606.9 | 660.8 | ||||
| SNP | Sheila Fletcher | 14.26% | 464 | 469.5 | 470.6 | 489.2 | 494.9 | 547.95 | ||
| Independent | Mike Finlayson (incumbent) | 11.95% | 389 | 429.4 | 452.3 | 519 | 519.8 | 621.3 | 777.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Rattray (incumbent)††† | 11.09% | 361 | 378.7 | 394.6 | 481.4 | 483.4 | 547.96 | 630.9 | |
| Labour | John McInnes | 9.96% | 324 | 332.2 | 336.5 | 367.4 | 367.9 | |||
| Independent | Tina Deborah McCaffery | 9.19% | 299 | 307.1 | 313.2 | |||||
| Conservative | Jane Rous | 1.99% | 65 | 68.5 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,456 Valid: 3,254 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 651 Turnout: 3,319 (35.1%) | ||||||||||
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Carolyn Wilson | 1,348 | 29.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Maxine Smith | 1,021 | 22.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Rattray | 647 | 14.3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Independent | Mike Finlayson | 438 | 9.7 | 4 | 9 | |
| Labour | John MacInnes | 438 | 9.7 | |||
| Independent | John Connell | 307 | 6.8 | |||
| Conservative | Hamish Keir | 141 | 3.1 | |||
| Independent | Mary MacDonald | 104 | 2.3 | |||
| Solidarity | Findlay Walker | 88 | 1.9 | |||
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Central is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Dalneigh, Glebe, Haugh, Merkinch and South Kessock areas of urban Inverness. It elects four 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fortissat is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, it originally returned three councillors; a 2017 national review resulted in no changes in the boundaries but an extra seat being added. The ward's territory covers the town of Shotts and surrounding areas with a population of 15,730 in 2019.
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.
