Inverness Ness-side is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Drummond, Hilton and Lochardil areas of Inverness, and a more rural area, east of the River Ness. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Norrie Donald (Ind.) | John Finnie (SNP) | David Henderson (Liberal Democrats) | Fraser Parr (Labour) | ||||
| 2012 | Jean Slater (SNP) | Alasdair Christie (Liberal Democrats) | ||||||
| 2017 | 3 seats | Ron MacWilliam (SNP) | Callum Smith (Conservative) | |||||
| 2022 | Jackie Hendry (SNP) | Andrew MacKintosh (Labour) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Christie (incumbent) | 44.5 | 1,934 | |||||||
| SNP | Jackie Hendry | 29.2 | 1,270 | |||||||
| Conservative | Ric Scott | 8.7 | 379 | 562 | 564 | 567 | 574 | 672 | ||
| Labour | Andrew MacKintosh | 6.3 | 276 | 453 | 482 | 490 | 606 | 782 | 1,016 | |
| Independent | Ron MacWilliam (incumbent) | 5.6 | 243 | 404 | 424 | 431 | 532 | |||
| Scottish Green | Claire MacLean | 5.2 | 226 | 320 | 405 | 410 | ||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Calum Mark Liptrot | 0.4 | 18 | 29 | 33 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,857 Valid: 4,346 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,087 Turnout: 49.4% | ||||||||||
2017 Highland Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Christie (incumbent) | 42.75% | 1,739 | ||||||
| SNP | Ron MacWilliam | 25.96% | 1,056 | ||||||
| Conservative | Callum Smith | 14.18% | 577 | 748.2 | 749.2 | 756 | 851.6 | 1,110.9 | |
| Labour | Fraser Parr (incumbent) | 9.27% | 377 | 537.9 | 546.6 | 588.2 | 744.2 | ||
| Independent | Jean Slater (incumbent) | 6.27% | 255 | 427.06 | 437.3 | 471.1 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Feargus Murray | 1.57% | 64 | 99.2 | 105.5 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,068 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,018 Turnout: 4,097 (51.1%) | |||||||||
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Jean Slater | 23.75% | 879 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Christie * | 21.48% | 795 | |||||
| Labour | Fraser Parr (incumbent) | 17.83% | 660 | 693.9 | 705.5 | 722.9 | 776.8 | |
| Independent | Norrie Donald (incumbent) | 16.78% | 621 | 653.9 | 671.2 | 712.1 | 863.7 | |
| Conservative | Peter Guthrie | 8.97% | 332 | 337.5 | 347.1 | 367.9 | 400.9 | |
| Independent | John West | 8.05% | 298 | 314.6 | 319.7 | 332.6 | ||
| Scottish Christian | Alasdair Moodie | 3.13% | 116 | 122.3 | 123.9 | |||
| Electorate: 8,822 Valid: 3,701 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 741 Turnout: 3,734 (42.33%) | ||||||||
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Henderson | 1,127 | 22.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | John Finnie | 1,016 | 20.2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Norrie Donald | 750 | 14.9 | 3 | 8 | |
| Labour | Fraser Parr | 688 | 13.7 | 4 | 10 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Angus Dick | 468 | 9.3 | |||
| Conservative | Margaret MacDonald | 361 | 7.1 | |||
| Independent | Thomas Lamont | 232 | 4.6 | |||
| Independent | Steve Rodger | 226 | 4.5 | |||
| Independent | Jean Slater | 82 | 1.6 | |||
| Solidarity | Steve Arnott | 70 | 1.4 | |||
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