Cromarty Firth (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Cromarty Firth is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It consists of North of the Cromarty Firth, west of the Tain and Easter Ross ward
Includes the towns of Alness, Evanton and Invergordon. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Carolyn Wilson (Ind.) |
Mike Minlayson (Ind.) |
Maxine Morley-Smith (SNP/ Highland Matters) |
Martin Rattay (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Pauline Munro (SNP/ Highland Matters) | |||||||
| 2022 | Molly Nolan (Liberal Democrats) |
Tamala Collier (SNP) | ||||||
| Sept 2024 | John Edmondson (Liberal Democrats) |
Sinclair Coghill (Independent) | ||||||
Election results
[edit]2024 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Edmondson | 20.3 | 481 | 481 | 493 | 498 | 531 | 544 | 557 | 573 | 641 | 714 | 806 | |
| SNP | Odette MacDonald | 17.0 | 403 | 404 | 404 | 406 | 417 | 451 | 457 | 498 | 510 | 550 | ||
| Independent | Sinclair Coghill | 13.7 | 326 | 327 | 334 | 343 | 345 | 353 | 379 | 416 | 512 | 685 | 800 | |
| Independent | Martin Rattray | 13.6 | 323 | 323 | 332 | 338 | 346 | 350 | 381 | 422 | 491 | |||
| Independent | Richard Cross | 12.0 | 285 | 285 | 291 | 303 | 305 | 310 | 316 | 341 | ||||
| Independent | Brideen Godley-MacKenzie | 6.8 | 162 | 162 | 166 | 170 | 172 | 181 | 193 | |||||
| Independent | Tina McCaffery | 4.1 | 97 | 98 | 101 | 105 | 107 | 109 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Ryan Barrowman | 3.7 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 95 | |||||||
| Labour | Michael Perera | 3.2 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 83 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Innes Munro | 2.4 | 57 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Reform UK | Kim Jackson | 2.2 | 52 | 70 | 72 | |||||||||
| Reform UK | Roland Jackson | 1.0 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 9,932 Valid: 2,375 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 792 Turnout: 24.6% | ||||||||||||||
2022 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Tamala Collier | 29.1 | 1,127 | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Molly Nolan | 27.9 | 1,079 | |||||||||
| Independent | Pauline Munro (incumbent) | 17.5 | 679 | 749 | 804 | |||||||
| Independent | Maxine Morley-Smith (incumbent) | 7.3 | 283 | 323 | 355 | 370 | 383 | 446 | 498 | 575 | 705 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Phillip Baxter[note 1] | 6.7 | 261 | 266 | 315 | 315 | 322 | 346 | 350 | 397 | ||
| Labour | Kirsty Stewart | 4.2 | 162 | 194 | 238 | 239 | 249 | 267 | 343 | |||
| Independent | Kate Stevenson | 3.1 | 122 | 135 | 174 | 178 | 192 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Daniel Reat | 2.9 | 112 | 223 | 243 | 244 | 247 | 260 | ||||
| Independent | Eric Fraser | 1.1 | 45 | 54 | 64 | 65 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,918 Valid: 3,870 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 775 Turnout: 39.6% | ||||||||||||
2017 election
[edit]2017 Highland Council election[6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Carolyn Wilson (incumbent) | 27.01% | 1,108 | ||||||||
| SNP | Pauline Munro | 19.53% | 801 | 828 | |||||||
| Independent | Mike Finlayson (incumbent) | 9.87% | 405 | 483 | 483 | 532 | 567 | 639 | 773 | 1,047 | |
| SNP | Maxine Smith (incumbent) | 14.12% | 579 | 599 | 604 | 615 | 624 | 660 | 674 | 741 | |
| Independent | Martin Rattray (incumbent) | 7.85% | 322 | 378 | 378 | 399 | 422 | 498 | 591 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Smith | 8.43% | 346 | 368 | 368 | 373 | 390 | 468 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary MacDonald | 6.78 | 278 | 303 | 303 | 320 | 360 | ||||
| Labour | Bill Curran | 3.78% | 155 | 162 | 162 | 170 | |||||
| Independent | Sheila Fletcher | 2.63% | 108 | 122 | 122 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,102 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 821 Turnout: 43.4% | |||||||||||
2012 election
[edit]2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Carolyn Wilson (incumbent) | 23.60% | 768 | |||||||
| SNP | Maxine Smith (incumbent) | 17.95% | 584 | 604.7 | 606.9 | 660.8 | ||||
| SNP | Sheila Fletcher | 14.26% | 464 | 469.5 | 470.6 | 489.2 | 494.9 | 547.95 | ||
| Independent | Mike Finlayson (incumbent) | 11.95% | 389 | 429.4 | 452.3 | 519 | 519.8 | 621.3 | 777.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Rattray (incumbent)††† | 11.09% | 361 | 378.7 | 394.6 | 481.4 | 483.4 | 547.96 | 630.9 | |
| Labour | John McInnes | 9.96% | 324 | 332.2 | 336.5 | 367.4 | 367.9 | |||
| Independent | Tina Deborah McCaffery | 9.19% | 299 | 307.1 | 313.2 | |||||
| Conservative | Jane Rous | 1.99% | 65 | 68.5 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,456 Valid: 3,254 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 651 Turnout: 3,319 (35.1%) | ||||||||||
2007 election
[edit]2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Carolyn Wilson | 1,348 | 29.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Maxine Smith | 1,021 | 22.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Rattray | 647 | 14.3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Independent | Mike Finlayson | 438 | 9.7 | 4 | 9 | |
| Labour | John MacInnes | 438 | 9.7 | |||
| Independent | John Connell | 307 | 6.8 | |||
| Conservative | Hamish Keir | 141 | 3.1 | |||
| Independent | Mary MacDonald | 104 | 2.3 | |||
| Solidarity | Findlay Walker | 88 | 1.9 | |||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Sitting councillor for Fort William and Ardnamurchan.
References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Cromarty Firth". Highland Council. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 Cromarty Firth". Highland Council. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 6 Cromarty Firth Report - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 6 Cromarty Firth Report - candidate votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Community Council elections".
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 6 Cromarty Firth - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 6 Cromarty Firth - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.