Location of the ward [1]
Highland is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Perth and Kinross Council. It elects three Councillors.
Highland is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Perth and Kinross Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Eleanor Howie (SNP) | Ken Lyall (SNP) | Ian Campbell (Conservative) | |||||
| 2008 by- | Kaite Howie (SNP) | |||||||
| 2011 by- | Mike Williamson (SNP) | |||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Xander McDade (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2018 by- | John Duff (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
2022 Perth and Kinross Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | John Duff (incumbent) | 24.92% | 1,110 | 1,120 | |||||||
| Independent | Xander McDade (incumbent) | 21.93% | 977 | 1,009 | 1,010.1 | 1,076.15 | 1,148.16 | ||||
| SNP | Michael Williamson (incumbent) | 19.21% | 856 | 857 | 857.16 | 865.16 | 908.16 | 914.89 | 930.38 | 1,740.42 | |
| SNP | Sally Murray | 18.11% | 807 | 811 | 811.15 | 829.16 | 899.17 | 905.09 | 916.98 | ||
| Conservative | Rhona Metcalf | 6.02% | 268 | 275 | 279 | 283.03 | 291.06 | 297.86 | |||
| Green | Mary McDougall | 4.56% | 203 | 212 | 212.1 | 247.11 | |||||
| Labour | Paula Hunter | 3.3% | 147 | 166 | 166.18 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Barry McMahon | 1.95% | 87 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 7,674 Valid: 4,455 Quota: 1,114 Turnout: 58.8% | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | John Duff | 46.7 | 1,907 | 1,908 | 1,923 | 1,930 | 1,977 | 2,084 | |
| SNP | John Kellas | 35.9 | 1,466 | 1,467 | 1,472 | 1,509 | 1,594 | 1,712 | |
| Independent | Avril Taylor | 6.9 | 280 | 286 | 299 | 325 | 391 | ||
| Labour | Jayne Ramage | 5.8 | 239 | 240 | 256 | 280 | |||
| Green | Mary McDougall | 2.5 | 104 | 106 | 118 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Rennie | 1.9 | 78 | 78 | |||||
| Independent | Denise Baykal | 0.3 | 12 | ||||||
| Electorate: 7,333 Valid: 4,086 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 2,044 Turnout: 56.2% | |||||||||
2017 Perth and Kinross Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Ian Campbell (incumbent)†† | 45.44 | 1,927 | |||||
| SNP | Mike Williamson (incumbent) | 19.22 | 815 | 843.76 | 877.11 | 911.6 | 1,578.94 | |
| SNP | Kirsty Gowans | 17.31 | 734 | 757.82 | 791.27 | 822.21 | ||
| Independent | Xander McDade | 10.59 | 449 | 716.39 | 770.28 | 953.5 | 1,024.24 | |
| Green | Mary McDougall | 3.96 | 168 | 200.81 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Spittal | 3.49 | 148 | 332.71 | 385.39 | |||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,241 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,061 Turnout: 4,306 (58.4%) | ||||||||
2012 Perth and Kinross Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Katie Howie (incumbent) | 33.09% | 1,141 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ian Campbell (incumbent) | 23.93% | 825 | 839 | 849 | 902 | |||
| SNP | Mike Williamson (incumbent) | 15.28% | 527 | 727 | 742 | 776 | 780 | 879 | |
| Independent | Xander McDade | 9.08% | 313 | 334 | 368 | 410 | 418 | 559 | |
| Independent | William Leszke | 8.29% | 286 | 292 | 310 | 370 | 378 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Victor Clements | 6.24% | 215 | 227 | 250 | ||||
| Labour | Lorna Ferguson | 4.09% | 141 | 147 | |||||
| Electorate: - Valid: 3,448 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 863 Turnout: 3,500 (%) | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| SNP | Mike Williamson | 54.43 | 1,449 | ||
| Conservative | Graham Rees | 22.39 | 596 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Victor Clements | 12.06 | 321 | ||
| Independent | William Leske | 10.11 | 269 | ||
| Independent | Chris Rennie | 1.0 | 27 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
| Electorate: 7,183 Valid: 2,662 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,332 Turnout: 2,685 (37.38%) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| SNP | Katie Howie | 59.90 | 1,891 | ||
| Conservative | Graham Rees | 29.78 | 940 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Kenton | 7.25 | 229 | ||
| Labour | Anne Chatt | 3.07 | 97 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | ||||
| Electorate: 7,282 Valid: 3,157 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 1,579 Turnout: 43.6% | |||||
2007 Perth and Kinross Council election [8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Eleanor Howie | 32.9 | 1,489 | |
| Conservative | Ian Campbell | 25.6 | 1,158 | |
| SNP | Ken Lyall | 25.4 | 1,150 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Danus Skene | 13.5 | 609 | |
| Independent | Ron Rose | 2.5 | 115 | |
| Electorate: 7,312 Valid: 4,531 Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,131 Turnout: 63.14% | ||||
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