Tain and Easter Ross (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Tain and Easter Ross is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. Between the Cromarty Firth and the Dornoch Firth and east of the Cromarty Firth ward, it includes the town of Tain and the Seaboard Villages. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Alasdair Rhind (Ind.)		Alan Torrance (Ind.)		Richard Durham (Liberal Democrats)
2011 by-	Fiona Robertson (Ind.)
2012			Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrats)
2017				Derek Louden (SNP)
Sep 2017			Alasdair Rhind (Ind.)
2022		Sarah Rawlings (Liberal Democrats)
Sep 2023		Maureen Ross (Ind.)
2024 by-	Laura Dundas (Ind.)

Election results

2024 by-election

Tain and Easter Ross by-election (13 June 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Laura Dundas	36.0	895	898	938	946	997	1,179	1,582
	SNP	Gordon Allison	25.4	630	636	643	682	689
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Cohen	25.0	621	625	637	668	708	890
	Conservative	Eva Short	5.4	134	135	143	145
	Scottish Green	Andrew Barnett	3.6	89	94	95
	Independent	John Shearer	3.6	89	91
	Scottish Libertarian	Harry Christian	1.0	25
Electorate: 7,179  Valid: 2,483  Spoilt: 24  Quota: 1,242  Turnout: 34.9%

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2023 by-election

Tain and Easter Ross by-election (28 September 2023) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Maureen Ross	41.5	1,022	1,025	1,033	1,058	1,131	1,312
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Stephen	24.5	603	605	618	644	705	801
	SNP	Gordon Allison	18.8	464	467	491	506	514
	Conservative	Veronica Morrison	8.4	207	210	210	216
	Labour	Michael Perera	3.6	88	90	96
	Scottish Green	Andrew Barnett	2.3	56	58
	Scottish Libertarian	Harry Christian	0.9	23
Electorate: 7,226  Valid: 2,463  Spoilt: 25  Quota: 1,232  Turnout: 34.4%

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2022 election

Main article: 2022 Highland Council election

Tain and Easter Ross - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Derek Louden (incumbent)	30.6	1,051
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Rawlings	21.5	739	780	922
	Independent	Alasdair Rhind (incumbent)	21.1	726	776	876
	Independent	Fiona Robertson (incumbent)	16.1	554	604	668
	Conservative	Veronica Morrison	10.6	364	368
Electorate: 7,234  Valid: 3,434  Spoilt: 37  Quota: 859  Turnout: 48%

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2017 by-election

Tain and Easter Ross By-election (28 September 2017) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Independent	Alasdair Rhind	48.8%	1,266	1,267	1,290
	SNP	Stan Peace	23.6%	612	616	634
	Liberal Democrats	William Sinclair	14.3%	372	376	387
	Conservative	Eva Short	9.0%	233	236	243
	Independent	Gerald Holdsworth	2.6%	68	69
	Scottish Libertarian	Harry Christian	0.5%	13
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 2,564  Spoilt: 29  Quota: 1,283  Turnout: 2,593 (36.1%)

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election ^[9]

Tain and Easter Ross - 3 seats ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Fiona Robertson (incumbent)	20.32%	708	751	903
	SNP	Derek Louden	23.85%	831	847	870	874
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Stone (incumbent) †	19.49%	679	696	851	860	861	1,342
	Independent	Alasdair Rhind (incumbent)	16.33%	569	587	722	736	736
	Conservative	Ron Ferguson	16.02%	558	583
	Independent	Sandra Skinner	3.99%	139
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 3,484  Spoilt: 64  Quota: 872  Turnout: 49.9%

2012 election

2012 Highland Council election

Tain and Easter Ross - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Alasdair Rhind (incumbent)	32.67%	1,008
	Independent	Fiona Robertson (incumbent)	24.44%	754	861.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Stone	16.47%	508	560.7	591.2	598.9	611.6	639.2	774.9
	SNP	Charlie Falconer	13.61%	420	432.2	441.8	446.8	450.9	468.8	514.8
	Independent	Richard Durham (incumbent)	8.14%	250	284.9	312.6	315.9	333.2	347.2
	Labour	Ron Stevenson	2.53%	78	81	82.8	86.2	89.6
	Conservative	David Rutherford	1.43%	44	48.7	52.3	54.1
	TUSC	Sean Robertson	0.74%	23	24.9	27.2
Electorate: 7,051  Valid: 3,085  Spoilt: 21  Quota: 772  Turnout: 3,106 (44.05%)

2011 by-election

Tain and Easter Ross By-Election (9 June 2011)- 1 seat ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Derek William Louden	33.2	837	860	928	1,037	1,037
	Independent	Fiona Robertson	32.2	811	840	933	1,204	1,204
	Independent	Ruairidh MacKenzie	18.54	467	481	547
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Gardner	12.19	307	318
	Independent	Michael Herd	3.9	97
Electorate: 6,962  Valid: 2,519  Spoilt: 17  Quota: 1,260  Turnout: 2,536

2007 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Tain and Easter Ross

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Alasdair Rhind	1,406	36.2	1	1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Durham	627	16.2	2	8
	SNP	Jim McCreath	465	12.0
	Independent	Alan Torrance	436	11.2	3	10
	Independent	Murray MacLeod	294	7.6
	Independent	Michael Herd	204	5.3
	Labour	Sunny Moodie	148	3.8
	Conservative	David Rutherford	124	3.2
	Independent	John Boocock	116	3.0
	Scottish Socialist	Donnie Fraser	59	1.5

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