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.
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.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||||||
| Sep 2024 | Michael Gregson (Labour) | |||||||
Andrew Teale. "Local Elections Archive Project".
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Martin MacGregor | 32.1 | 551 | 555 | 619 | 624 | 672 | ||
| Labour | Michael Gregson | 27.9 | 479 | 481 | 522 | 548 | 688 | 929 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Lewcock | 16.7 | 286 | 301 | 328 | 409 | |||
| Scottish Green | Andrew Barnett | 9.2 | 158 | 162 | |||||
| Conservative | Donald MacKenzie | 8.7 | 150 | 182 | 182 | ||||
| Reform UK | Iain Richmond | 5.4 | 93 | ||||||
| Electorate: 8,520 Valid: 1,702 Spoilt: 15 Quota: 859 Turnout: 20.3% | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Labour | Bet McAllister (incumbent) | 24.1 | 793 | 793 | 805 | 811 | 840 | ||||||
| SNP | Michael Cameron | 23.4 | 769 | 770 | 772 | 773 | 796 | 797 | 809 | 867 | |||
| SNP | Kate MacLean | 17.9 | 589 | 589 | 591 | 593 | 612 | 614 | 628 | 766 | 807 | 867 | |
| Conservative | Donald MacKenzie | 12.8 | 420 | 421 | 424 | 437 | 455 | 457 | 510 | 526 | 527 | ||
| Scottish Green | Arun Sharma | 7.4 | 245 | 250 | 258 | 262 | 292 | 293 | 347 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Rattray | 6.4 | 211 | 211 | 212 | 218 | 229 | 234 | |||||
| Independent | Andrew Barnett | 4.3 | 141 | 152 | 162 | 173 | |||||||
| TUSC | Sean Robertson | 1.4 | 47 | 47 | |||||||||
| Scottish Family | John William McColl | 1.3 | 45 | 50 | 54 | ||||||||
| Independent | Luigi Andrew MacKinnon | 0.8 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 8,647 Valid: 3,286 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 822 Turnout: 38.9% | |||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | Emma Roddick | 45.15 | 1,015 | 1,033 | 1,115 | |
| Conservative | Rachael Hatfield | 15.35 | 345 | 349 | 360 | |
| Independent | Richie Paxton | 12.32 | 277 | 303 | 338 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Dormer | 10.54 | 237 | 266 | 325 | |
| Scottish Green | Russell Deacon | 9.79 | 220 | 238 | ||
| Labour | Ardalan Eghtedar | 6.85 | 154 | |||
| Electorate: 8,877 Valid: 2,248 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 2,276 (25.6%) | ||||||
2017 Highland Council election [7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Richard Laird (incumbent)††††††† | 32.8% | 1,122 | ||||||||
| Labour | Bet McAllister (incumbent) | 16.9% | 577 | 615.5 | 623.5 | 665.7 | 768.8 | 880.8 | |||
| Independent | Janet Campbell (incumbent) | 15.3% | 522 | 546.03 | 560.9 | 577.8 | 640.4 | 828.8 | 839.4 | 1,063.4 | |
| Conservative | Donald MacKenzie | 12.5% | 426 | 430.3 | 434.3 | 474.7 | 498.04 | 533.7 | 536.6 | ||
| Independent | Donnie Kerr (incumbent) | 10.5% | 360 | 392.8 | 409.2 | 420.6 | 485.1 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Russell Deacon | 6.08% | 208 | 305.09 | 311.3 | 346.04 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Margot Kerr | 4.5% | 154 | 170.7 | 172.7 | ||||||
| Independent | Diane Wilkinson | 1.5% | 50 | 58.8 | |||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,419 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 855 Turnout: 3,483 (39.5%) | |||||||||||
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Janet Campbell (incumbent) | 29.97% | 887 | |||||||
| Labour | Bet McAllister (incumbent) | 26.36% | 867 | |||||||
| SNP | Donnie Kerr††† (incumbent) | 20.43% | 672 | |||||||
| SNP | Richard Laird | 11.49% | 378 | 420.6 | 462.5 | 473.6 | 490.2 | 500.5 | 619.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Angus Dick | 9.64% | 257 | 316.9 | 360 | 360.6 | 372.9 | 452.8 | ||
| Conservative | Ray Doctor | 7.81% | 153 | 175.7 | 184.4 | 184.6 | 210.8 | |||
| Scottish Christian | Rich Omand | 2.28% | 75 | 91 | 103.5 | 103.9 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,251 Valid: 3,289 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 658 Turnout: 3,348 (36.19%) | ||||||||||
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Donnie Kerr | 1,019 | 21.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Peter Corbett | 776 | 16.6 | 4 | 9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Campbell | 729 | 15.6 | 2 | 6 | |
| Labour | Bet McAllister | 720 | 15.4 | 3 | 6 | |
| Independent | William Smith | 575 | 12.3 | |||
| Conservative | David Bonsor | 268 | 5.8 | |||
| Independent | Ivor Bisset | 252 | 5.4 | |||
| Labour | Tej Manda | 237 | 5.1 | |||
| Solidarity | George MacDonald | 88 | 1.9 | |||
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