Cromarty Firth (ward)

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Location of the ward [1]

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

Contents

Includes the towns of Alness, Evanton and Invergordon. It elects four Councillors.

In April 2025, Councillor Maxine Smith resigned for personal reasons. [2]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
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 2024John Edmondson
(Liberal Democrats)
Sinclair Coghill
(Independent)
April 2025Vacant [3]

Election results

2025 by-election

Cromarty Firth by-election (19 June 2025) - 1 seat
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
SNP Odette MacDonald23.8568570 584 627 667 709 749 812  
Independent Richard James Cross21.1503512 518 529 544 646 740 986 1,211
Independent Martin Rattray15.4368374 383 389 393 454 524   
Reform UK Allan Macdonald14.6348356 362 369 372 396    
Liberal Democrats Ross Costigane12.2290298 323 329 349     
Scottish Green Anne Thomas3.99293 98 101      
Alba Steve Chisolm3.89192 93       
Labour Michael Robert Perera3.27779        
Conservative Ryan Forbes2.048        
Electorate: 9,774  Valid: 2,385  Spoilt: 25  Quota: 1,193  Turnout: 24.7%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2024 by-election

    Cromarty Firth by-election (26 September 2024) - 2 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011
    Liberal Democrats John Edmondson20.3481481 493 498 531 544 557 573 641 714 806
    SNP Odette MacDonald17.0403404 404 406 417 451 457 498 510 550  
    Independent Sinclair Coghill13.7326327 334 343 345 353 379 416 512 685 800
    Independent Martin Rattray13.6323323 332 338 346 350 381 422 491   
    Independent Richard Cross12.0285285 291 303 305 310 316 341    
    Independent Brideen Godley-MacKenzie6.8162162 166 170 172 181 193     
    Independent Tina McCaffery4.19798 101 105 107 109      
    Scottish Green Ryan Barrowman3.78989 89 90 95       
    Labour Michael Perera3.27777 82 83        
    Conservative Innes Munro2.45759          
    Reform UK Kim Jackson2.25270 72         
    Reform UK Roland Jackson1.023          
    Electorate: 9,932  Valid: 2,375  Spoilt: 45  Quota: 792  Turnout: 24.6%  

      Source: [6] [7]

      2022 election

      Cromarty Firth - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      SNP Tamala Collier29.11,127        
      Liberal Democrats Molly Nolan27.91,079        
      Independent Pauline Munro (incumbent)17.5679749 804      
      Independent Maxine Morley-Smith (incumbent)7.3283323 355 370 383 446 498 575 705
      Conservative Andrew Phillip Baxter [note 1] 6.7261266 315 315 322 346 350 397  
      Labour Kirsty Stewart4.2162194 238 239 249 267 343   
      Independent Kate Stevenson3.1122135 174 178 192     
      Scottish Green Daniel Reat2.9112223 243 244 247 260    
      Independent Eric Fraser1.14554 64 65      
      Electorate: 9,918  Valid: 3,870  Spoilt: 58  Quota: 775  Turnout: 39.6%  

        Source: [8] [9]

        2017 election

        2017 Highland Council election [10]

        Cromarty Firth - 4 seats [11] [12]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Independent Carolyn Wilson (incumbent)27.01%1,108       
        SNP Pauline Munro19.53%801828      
        Independent Mike Finlayson (incumbent)9.87%405483 483 532 567 639 773 1,047
        SNP Maxine Smith (incumbent)14.12%579599 604 615 624 660 674 741
        Independent Martin Rattray (incumbent)7.85%322378 378 399 422 498 591  
        Conservative Ian Smith8.43%346368 368 373 390 468   
        Liberal Democrats Mary MacDonald6.78278303 303 320 360    
        Labour Bill Curran3.78%155162 162 170     
        Independent Sheila Fletcher2.63%108122 122      
        Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,102  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 821  Turnout: 43.4%  

          2012 election

          2012 Highland Council election

          Cromarty Firth - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Independent Carolyn Wilson (incumbent)23.60%768      
          SNP Maxine Smith (incumbent)17.95%584604.7 606.9 660.8   
          SNP Sheila Fletcher14.26%464469.5 470.6 489.2 494.9 547.95  
          Independent Mike Finlayson (incumbent)11.95%389429.4 452.3 519 519.8 621.3 777.1
          Liberal Democrats Martin Rattray (incumbent)†††11.09%361378.7 394.6 481.4 483.4 547.96 630.9
          Labour John McInnes9.96%324332.2 336.5 367.4 367.9   
          Independent Tina Deborah McCaffery9.19%299307.1 313.2     
          Conservative Jane Rous1.99%6568.5      
          Electorate: 9,456  Valid: 3,254  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 651  Turnout: 3,319 (35.1%)  

            2007 election

            2007 Highland Council election

            The Highland Council election, 2007: Cromarty Firth
            PartyCandidateFPv% %SeatCount
            Independent Carolyn Wilson1,34829.711
            SNP Maxine Smith1,02122.521
            Liberal Democrats Martin Rattray64714.337
            Independent Mike Finlayson4389.749
            Labour John MacInnes4389.7
            Independent John Connell3076.8
            Conservative Hamish Keir1413.1
            Independent Mary MacDonald1042.3
            Solidarity Findlay Walker881.9

            Notes

            1. Sitting councillor for Fort William and Ardnamurchan.

            References

            1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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            3. "Highland councillor Maxine Smith hits out at trolls as she quits". BBC News. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
            4. "Ward 6 - Cromarty Firth Results 2025 Declaration Of Results Report". The Highland Council. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
            5. "Ward 6 - Cromarty Firth Results 2025 Candidate Votes Per Stage Report". The Highland Council. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
            6. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Cromarty Firth". Highland Council. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
            7. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 Cromarty Firth". Highland Council. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
            8. "2022 local government election results Ward 6 Cromarty Firth Report - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
            9. "2022 local government election results Ward 6 Cromarty Firth Report - candidate votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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