Wick and East Caithness (ward)

Wick and East Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. This was a new ward in the 2017 election following boundary changes. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2017		A.I. Willie MacKay (Independent)		Nicola Sinclair (Independent)		Andrew Sinclair (Conservative)		Raymond Bremner (SNP)
Aug 2021				Jill Tilt (Liberal Democrat)
2022				Jan McEwan (Liberal Democrat)		Andrew Jarvie (Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Highland Council election

Wick and East Caithness - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Jan McEwan	29.8	1,245
	SNP	Raymond Bremner (incumbent)	25.3	1,059
	Conservative	Andrew Jarvie [note 1]	15.1	632	700	705	755	873
	Independent	A. I. Willie MacKay (incumbent)	12.8	534	635	699	801	1,125
	Independent	Bill Fernie	10.5	438	518	571	669
	Labour	Neil MacDonald	6.5	272	347	385
Electorate: 10,103  Valid: 4,180  Spoilt: 45  Quota: 837  Turnout: 41.8%

Source: ^{[1] [2]}

2021 by-election

Wick and East Caithness By-Election (12 August 2021) - 1 seat ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Tilt	27.25%	657	660	848	986	1,501
	Independent	Bill Fernie	25.79%	622	627	780	963
	SNP	Michael Cameron	24.59%	593	593	606
	Conservative	Daniel Ross	21.69%	523	525
	Scottish Libertarian	Harry Christian	0.66%	16
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 2,411  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 1,206  Turnout: 24.3%

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election

Wick and East Caithness - 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	A.I. Willie MacKay +	22.37%	1,046
	Independent	Nicola Sinclair	20.68%	967
	Conservative	Andrew Sinclair	13.88%	649	666	669	708	735	822	919	1,047
	SNP	Raymond Bremner	11.74%	549	557	559	577	600	655	723	831
	Labour	Neil MacDonald *	8.64%	404	417	420	455	495	556	671
	Independent	Linda Malik	7.23%	338	351	357	369	424
	Independent	Bill Fernie *	6.99%	327	353	361	396	436	518
	Independent	Catherine Patterson	4.79%	224	233	238	247
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Graham	3.68%	172	177	178
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,676  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 936  Turnout: 47.6%

*=Sitting Councillors for Wick Ward.

+=Sitting Councillor for Landward Caithness Ward.

Notes

1. Sitting councillor for Inverness South.

References

1. "2022 local government election results Ward 3 Wick and East Caithness Report - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
2. "2022 local government election results Ward 3 Wick and East Caithness Report - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
3. "The Highland Council download - Ward 3 (Wick and East Caithness) By-Election Results 2021 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting | Election results".
4. Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 3 Wick and East Caithness - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2021.