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.
In April 2025, Councillor Maxine Smith resigned for personal reasons. [2]
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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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) | ||||||
April 2025 | Vacant [3] |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SNP | Odette MacDonald | 23.8 | 568 | 570 | 584 | 627 | 667 | 709 | 749 | 812 | ||
Independent | Richard James Cross | 21.1 | 503 | 512 | 518 | 529 | 544 | 646 | 740 | 986 | 1,211 | |
Independent | Martin Rattray | 15.4 | 368 | 374 | 383 | 389 | 393 | 454 | 524 | |||
Reform UK | Allan Macdonald | 14.6 | 348 | 356 | 362 | 369 | 372 | 396 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Ross Costigane | 12.2 | 290 | 298 | 323 | 329 | 349 | |||||
Scottish Green | Anne Thomas | 3.9 | 92 | 93 | 98 | 101 | ||||||
Alba | Steve Chisolm | 3.8 | 91 | 92 | 93 | |||||||
Labour | Michael Robert Perera | 3.2 | 77 | 79 | ||||||||
Conservative | Ryan Forbes | 2.0 | 48 | |||||||||
Electorate: 9,774 Valid: 2,385 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,193 Turnout: 24.7% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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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 [10]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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 | |
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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 |