Fort William and Ardnamurchan is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It elects four Councillors.
Fort William and Ardnamurchan is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Michael Foxley (Liberal Democrats) | Donald Cameron (Ind.) | Brian Murphy (Labour) | Bren Gormley (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | Andrew Baxter (Independent/ Real Independent/ Conservative) | Thomas MacLennan (Ind.) | ||||||
| 2017 | Blair Allan (SNP) | Ian Ramon (Conservative) | Niall McLean (SNP) | |||||
| Dec 2021 | Sarah Fanet (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrats) | Kate Willis (Greens) | Thomas MacLennan (Ind.) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Baxter | |||
| Scottish Green | Marit Behner-Coady | |||
| Labour | Susan Carstairs | |||
| Conservative | Fiona Fawcett | |||
| Scottish Libertarian | Nathan Lumb | |||
| SNP | Rebecca Machin | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Angus MacDonald | 37.5 | 1,500 | ||||
| SNP | Sarah Fanet (incumbent) | 33.5 | 1,341 | ||||
| Conservative | Fiona Fawcett | 10.1 | 404 | 551 | 570 | ||
| Scottish Green | Kate Willis | 9.6 | 385 | 500 | 798 | 837 | |
| Independent | Thomas MacLennan | 9.3 | 373 | 640 | 724 | 1,057 | |
| Electorate: 9,021 Valid: 4,003 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 801 Turnout: 45% | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Sarah Fanet | 39.6% | 905 | 915 | 925 | 952 | 968 | 1182 | |
| Conservative | Ruraidh Stewart | 21.2% | 485 | 488 | 504 | 547 | 651 | 688 | |
| Scottish Green | Kate Willis | 14.3% | 328 | 330 | 344 | 385 | 442 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Liley | 10.1% | 231 | 234 | 248 | 294 | |||
| Independent | Andy McKenna | 8.5% | 194 | 202 | 238 | ||||
| Independent | Joanne Matheson | 3.8% | 88 | 109 | |||||
| No Label | Mark Drayton | 2.4% | 56 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,015 Valid: 2,307 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,144 Turnout: 2,327 (25.6%) | |||||||||
2017 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Baxter (incumbent) | 37.2% | 1,550 | |||||||
| SNP | Blair Allan | 22.4% | 932 | |||||||
| Conservative | Ian Ramon | 12.7% | 530 | 648.9 | 650.0 | 713.5 | 842.3 | |||
| SNP | Niall McLean | 10.5% | 437 | 550.3 | 630.2 | 650.9 | 715.9 | 716.1 | 852.2 | |
| Labour | Sally Semple | 8.3% | 344 | 425.9 | 428.5 | 488.9 | 595.9 | 599.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Escott | 4.6% | 192 | 250.7 | 254.6 | |||||
| Independent | Joanne Matheson | 4.3% | 177 | 389.3 | 392.6 | 454.7 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,162 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 833 Turnout: 4,242 (48.4%) | ||||||||||
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Baxter††† | 18.63% | 647 | 678 | 713 | ||||||
| Labour | Brian Murphy (incumbent) | 16.53% | 574 | 585 | 631 | 633.3 | 688.5 | 719.3 | |||
| SNP | Bren Gormley (incumbent) | 16.33% | 567 | 577 | 583 | 585.4 | 855.7 | ||||
| Independent | Davie Corrigan | 13.48% | 468 | 489 | 514 | 518.2 | 552.2 | 580.7 | 584.9 | ||
| Independent | Thomas MacLennan††† | 12.9% | 448 | 473 | 518 | 521.8 | 555.9 | 582.7 | 590.1 | 873.3 | |
| SNP | William MacDonald | 11.9% | 413 | 418 | 434 | 435 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie MacKie | 5.18% | 180 | 219 | |||||||
| Conservative | Alexander Gillespie | 5.04% | 175 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 8,593 Valid: 3,472 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 695 Turnout: 3,530 (41.08%) | |||||||||||
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Foxley | 1,059 | 20.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Donald Cameron | 939 | 18.1 | 2 | 7 | |
| SNP | Bren Gormley | 778 | 15.0 | 3 | 10 | |
| Labour | Brian Murphy | 501 | 9.7 | 4 | 10 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Baxter | 372 | 7.2 | |||
| Independent | Thomas MacLennan | 322 | 6.2 | |||
| Independent | Darren Woods | 317 | 6.1 | |||
| Independent | Patricia Jordan | 271 | 5.2 | |||
| Independent | Drew McFarlane-Slack | 241 | 4.6 | |||
| Independent | Iain Thornber | 195 | 3.8 | |||
| Independent | Neil Clark | 194 | 3.7 | |||
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