Fort William and Ardnamurchan (ward)

location of the ward

Fort William and Ardnamurchan is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It elects four Councillors.

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.)
Sep 2024	Andrew Baxter (Liberal Democrats)

Election results

2024 by-election

Fort William and Ardnamurchan by-election (21 November 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Baxter	58.9	1,428
	SNP	Rebecca Machin	25.5	619
	Green	Marit Behner-Coady	6.0	146
	Labour	Susan Carstairs	4.5	109
	Conservative	Fiona Fawcett	4.4	107
	Scottish Libertarian	Nathan Lumb	0.6	15
Electorate: 8,985  Valid: 2,424  Spoilt: 25  Quota: 1,213  Turnout: 27.3

Source: ^[1]

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Highland Council election

Fort William and Ardnamurchan - 4 seats

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
	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%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2021 by-election

Fort William and Ardnamurchan By-election (2 December 2021) ^{[4] [5] [6]}

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
	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 election

2017 Highland Council election

Fort William and Ardnamurchan - 4 seats ^[7]

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 election

2012 Highland Council election

Fort William and Ardnamurchan - 4 seats ^[8]

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 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Fort William and Ardnamurchan ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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

References

1. "Ward 21 - Fort William and Ardnamurchan Results - 2024 Declaration of Results Report". Highland Council. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
2. "2022 local government election results Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
3. "2022 local government election results Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
4. "The Highland Council By-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
5. "The Highland Council Twitter" . Retrieved 3 December 2021.
6. "Ballot Box Scotland Twitter" . Retrieved 3 December 2021.
7. Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 council election Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan | Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk.
8. Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - Local government election results 2012 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting". www.highland.gov.uk.
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