Inverness Central (ward)

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Location of the ward [1]

Inverness Central is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Dalneigh, Glebe, Haugh, Merkinch and South Kessock areas of urban Inverness. It elects four Councillors.

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Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Peter Corbett
(Ind.)
Donnie Kerr
(SNP)
Janet Campbell
(Liberal Democrats)
Bet McAllister
(Labour)
2012 Richard Laird
(SNP)
Janet Campbell
(Ind.)
2017 3 seats
Nov 2019 Emma Roddick
(SNP)
2022 Michael Cameron
(SNP)
Kate MacLean
(SNP)

Andrew Teale. "Local Elections Archive Project".

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Highland Council election [2]

Inverness Central - 3 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
Labour Bet McAllister (incumbent)24.13%793793 805 811 840
SNP Michael Cameron23.40%769770 772 773 796 797.4 809.6 867.9
SNP Kate MacLean17.92%589589 591 593 612 614.0 628.2 766.7 807.4 867.7
Conservative Donald MacKenzie12.78%420421 424 437 455 457.1 510.3 526.6 527.5
Scottish Green Arun Sharma7.46%245250 258 262 292 293.8 347.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Rattray6.42%211211 212 218 229 234.5
Independent Andrew Barnett4.29%141152 162 173
TUSC Sean Robertson1.43%4747
Scottish Family John William McColl1.37%4550 54
Independent Luigi Andrew MacKinnon0.79%26
Electorate: 8,647  Valid: 3,286  Spoilt: 76  Quota: 822  Turnout: 38.9%  

    2019 By-election

    Inverness Central By-election (14 November 2019) [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    SNP Emma Roddick45.151,0151,033 1,115
    Conservative Rachael Hatfield15.35345349 360
    Independent Richie Paxton12.32277303 338
    Liberal Democrats Mary Dormer10.54237266 325
    Scottish Green Russell Deacon9.79220238  
    Labour Ardalan Eghtedar6.85154  
    Electorate: 8,877  Valid: 2,248  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 1,125  Turnout: 2,276 (25.6%)  

      2017 Election

      2017 Highland Council election [4]

      Inverness Central - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      SNP Richard Laird (incumbent)†††††††32.8%1,122       
      Labour Bet McAllister (incumbent)16.9%577615.5 623.5 665.7 768.8 880.8  
      Independent Janet Campbell (incumbent)15.3%522546.03 560.9 577.8 640.4 828.8 839.4 1,063.4
      Conservative Donald MacKenzie12.5%426430.3 434.3 474.7 498.04 533.7 536.6  
      Independent Donnie Kerr (incumbent)10.5%360392.8 409.2 420.6 485.1    
      Scottish Green Russell Deacon6.08%208305.09 311.3 346.04     
      Liberal Democrats Margot Kerr4.5%154170.7 172.7      
      Independent Diane Wilkinson1.5%5058.8       
      Electorate: TBC  Valid: 3,419  Spoilt: 64  Quota: 855  Turnout: 3,483 (39.5%)  

        2012 Election

        2012 Highland Council election

        Inverness Central - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Independent Janet Campbell (incumbent)29.97%887      
        Labour Bet McAllister (incumbent)26.36%867      
        SNP Donnie Kerr††† (incumbent)20.43%672      
        SNP Richard Laird11.49%378420.6 462.5 473.6 490.2 500.5 619.6
        Liberal Democrats Angus Dick9.64%257316.9 360 360.6 372.9 452.8  
        Conservative Ray Doctor7.81%153175.7 184.4 184.6 210.8   
        Scottish Christian Rich Omand2.28%7591 103.5 103.9    
        Electorate: 9,251  Valid: 3,289  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 658  Turnout: 3,348 (36.19%)  

          2007 Election

          2007 Highland Council election

          The Highland Council election, 2007: Inverness Central
          PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
          SNP Donnie Kerr1,01921.911
          Independent Peter Corbett77616.649
          Liberal Democrats Janet Campbell72915.626
          Labour Bet McAllister72015.436
          Independent William Smith57512.3
          Conservative David Bonsor2685.8
          Independent Ivor Bisset2525.4
          Labour Tej Manda2375.1
          Solidarity George MacDonald881.9

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