Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Gairloch, Lochalsh, Strathpeffer and Ullapool. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Richard Greene (Ind.) | Audrey Sinclair (Ind.) | Jean Urquhart (SNP) | Biz Campbell (Liberal Democrats /Ind.) | ||||
| 2012 | Ian Cockburn (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Derek McLeod (Conservative) | Kate Stephen (Liberal Democrats) | ||||||
| Dec 2018 | Alexander MacInnes (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Patrick Logue (Conservative) | Liz Kraft (SNP) | Chris Birt (SNP) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Biz Campbell (incumbent) | 28.7 | 1,552 | |||||
| SNP | Liz Kraft | 22.8 | 1,234 | |||||
| SNP | Chris Birt | 18.2 | 988 | 1,092 | ||||
| Conservative | Patrick Logue | 17.3 | 937 | 1,029 | 1,032 | 1,032 | 1,479 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margot Kerr | 12.9 | 700 | 882 | 956 | 960 | ||
| Electorate: 10,406 Valid: 5,411 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,083 Turnout: 52.7% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Alexander MacInnes | 33.1% | 1,318 | 1,320 | 1,322 | 1,327 | 1,354 | 1,397 | 1,575 | 1,798 | |
| Conservative | Gavin Berkeneger | 26% | 1,037 | 1,038 | 1,043 | 1,061 | 1,071 | 1,147 | 1,186 | 1,374 | |
| Independent | Richard Greene | 15.6% | 622 | 624 | 627 | 677 | 699 | 785 | 905 | ||
| Scottish Green | Irene Francis Brandt | 9% | 359 | 359 | 359 | 364 | 411 | 483 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | George Scott | 8% | 320 | 320 | 322 | 346 | 379 | ||||
| Labour | Christopher Birt | 4.4% | 174 | 174 | 175 | 179 | |||||
| Independent | Jean Davis | 3.3% | 131 | 132 | 133 | ||||||
| UKIP | Les Durance | 0.4% | 16 | 18 | |||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian | 0.2% | 8 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 9,900 Valid: 3,985 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 1,993 Turnout: 4,024(40.65%) | |||||||||||
2017 Highland Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Ian Cockburn (incumbent) | 15.28% | 859 | 887 | 1,355 | ||||||
| Conservative | Derek MacLeod | 18.44% | 1,036 | 1,055 | 1,061 | 1,064 | 1,206 | ||||
| Independent | Biz Campbell (incumbent) | 14.16% | 796 | 843 | 876 | 900 | 1,146 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Stephen*†††††† | 13.38% | 752 | 841 | 864 | 883 | 993 | 1,026 | 1,035 | 1,560 | |
| Scottish Green | Topher Dawson | 11.18% | 628 | 674 | 721 | 839 | 928 | 935 | 939 | ||
| Independent | Richard Greene (incumbent) | 11.67% | 656 | 673 | 686 | 700 | |||||
| SNP | Alexander MacInnes | 10.82% | 608 | 610 | |||||||
| Labour | Christopher Birt | 5.07% | 285 | ||||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,620 Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 57.8% | |||||||||||
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Biz Campbell† (incumbent) | 27.59% | 1,162 | |||||||
| Independent | Richard Greene (incumbent) | 20.68% | 871 | |||||||
| Independent | Audrey Sinclair (incumbent) | 16.08% | 677 | 802.7 | 811.9 | 941.6 | ||||
| SNP | Ian Cockburn | 15.01% | 632 | 670.2 | 672.9 | 697.1 | 708.9 | 740.6 | 1,107.2 | |
| SNP | Paul Monaghan | 8.98% | 378 | 388.2 | 389.5 | 407.5 | 418.2 | 436.8 | ||
| Conservative | Alaine MacDonald | 6.1% | 257 | 284.7 | 286.3 | 303.2 | 315.4 | |||
| Independent | Richard Mitchell | 5.56% | 234 | 265 | 271.8 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,612 Valid: 4,211 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 843 Turnout: 4,273 (44.45%) | ||||||||||
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Jean Urquhart | 1,486 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Biz Campbell | 1,242 | 21.8 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Richard Greene | 792 | 13.9 | 3 | 7 | |
| Independent | Audrey Sinclair | 608 | 10.7 | 4 | 9 | |
| Conservative | John Scott | 451 | 7.9 | |||
| Labour | Christine Conniff | 354 | 6.2 | |||
| Independent | Marie Tait | 328 | 5.8 | |||
| Independent | Donald Macdonald | 232 | 4.1 | |||
| Independent | Alastair Armitstead | 199 | 3.5 | |||
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