Location of the ward [1]
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.
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.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Robert Wynd (SNP) | Glynis Sinclair (Liberal Democrats /SNP) | John Ford (Labour) | Roddy Balfour (Ind.) | ||||
| 2012 | Kate Stephen (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
| Oct 2016 | Trish Robertson (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
| 2017 | 3 seats | |||||||
| 2022 | Morven Reid (Ind.) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Glynis Campbell-Sinclair (incumbent) | 37.6 | 1,542 | ||||||
| Conservative | Mary Scanlon | 17.8 | 732 | 743 | 745 | 753 | 805 | ||
| Independent | Morven Reid | 15.3 | 626 | 721 | 740 | 831 | 960 | 1,148 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trish Robertson (incumbent) | 15.3 | 626 | 693 | 695 | 727 | 931 | 1,298 | |
| Labour | Steven Calvert | 10.1 | 413 | 505 | 507 | 545 | |||
| Alba | Mya Chemonges-Murzynowska | 3.3 | 137 | 244 | 245 | ||||
| Independent | Mel Robertson | 0.6 | 24 | 31 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,107 Valid: 4,100 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 45.5% | |||||||||
2017 Highland Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Glynis Campbell-Sinclair (incumbent) | 17.7% | 669 | 677 | 704 | 724 | 1,280 | ||||
| Independent | Roddy Balfour (incumbent) | 20.2% | 763 | 790 | 817 | 864 | 900 | 972.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Trish Robertson (incumbent) | 15.6% | 592 | 601 | 633 | 707 | 743 | 800.4 | 810.9 | 1,188.7 | |
| Conservative | Raine Cullen | 18.1% | 685 | 697 | 705 | 731 | 736 | 744.9 | 751.09 | ||
| SNP | Pauline Munro | 16.5% | 623 | 627 | 655 | 682 | |||||
| Labour | Matt Wakeling | 5.7% | 215 | 220 | 241 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Donnie MacLeod | 3.9% | 149 | 156 | |||||||
| Independent | Thomas Lamont | 2.3% | 86 | ||||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,782 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 946 Turnout: 3,842 (47.1%) | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Pauline Munro | 27.2 | 753 | 755 | 775 | 796 | 862 | 908 | 970 | 1,001 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trish Robertson | 16.7 | 463 | 464 | 479 | 515 | 564 | 703 | 793 | 1,026 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Jarvie | 15.9 | 439 | 442 | 452 | 468 | 478 | 515 | 589 | ||
| Independent | John Ross | 11.4 | 315 | 317 | 330 | 339 | 362 | ||||
| Independent | Duncan MacPherson | 9.9 | 274 | 285 | 324 | 346 | 369 | 414 | |||
| Scottish Green | Isla MacLeod-O'Reilly | 6.5 | 180 | 182 | 188 | 209 | |||||
| Labour | Andrew MacKintosh | 5.9 | 163 | 163 | 180 | ||||||
| Independent | David McGrath | 5.7 | 158 | 158 | |||||||
| Independent | Thomas Lamont | 0.8 | 23 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 9,237 Valid: 2,768 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,385 Turnout: 2,818 (30.51%) | |||||||||||
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Roddy Balfour (incumbent) | 29.71% | 1,023 | ||||||||
| SNP | Glynis Sinclair (incumbent) | 16.44% | 566 | 616.6 | 618.6 | 621.9 | 648.1 | 678 | 682.3 | 1,024.6 | |
| Labour | John Ford (incumbent)†††††††††††† | 13.91% | 479 | 509.4 | 514.3 | 524.3 | 547.6 | 586.8 | 595.9 | 644.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Stephen | 13.8% | 475 | 530.8 | 535.8 | 618.6 | 668.4 | 728.5 | |||
| SNP | Bob Wynd (incumbent) | 10.89% | 375 | 390.7 | 393.9 | 402.7 | 429.9 | 455.2 | 459.6 | ||
| Scottish Green | Donnie MacLeod | 4.93% | 170 | 209.2 | 219.1 | 227.4 | |||||
| Independent | David McGrath | 4.79% | 165 | 192.1 | 238.1 | 261.9 | 300.9 | ||||
| Conservative | Alex Stephen | 4.47% | 154 | 177.2 | 178.8 | ||||||
| Independent | Bill Jamieson | 1.05% | 36 | 82.4 | |||||||
| Electorate: 8,606 Valid: 3,443 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 689 Turnout: 3,479 (40.43%) | |||||||||||
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Robert Wynd | 1,335 | 28.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Roddy Balfour | 1,308 | 28.1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | John Ford | 816 | 17.5 | 3 | 4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Glynis Sinclair | 663 | 14.3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Conservative | John Ross | 318 | 6.8 | |||
| Independent | Jim Ferguson | 213 | 4.6 | |||
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