Dingwall and Seaforth (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Dingwall and Seaforth is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns of Dingwall, Conon Bridge, and Muir of Ord. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Margaret Paterson (Ind.) |
David Chisholm (Ind.) |
Angela MacLean (Liberal Democrats) |
Peter Cairns (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | Alister MacKinnon (Ind.) |
Graham MacKenzie (SNP) | ||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Sean Edward Kennedy (Ind.) | |||||||
Election results
[edit]2022 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Graham Alexander MacKenzie (incumbent) | 32.2 | 1,494 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean (incumbent) | 16.7 | 773 | 853 | 947 | |||||
| Independent | Margaret Paterson (incumbent) | 15.0 | 698 | 833 | 863 | 871 | 1,033 | |||
| Conservative | Gavin Berkenheger | 14.0 | 650 | 659 | 688 | 691 | 701 | 715 | ||
| Independent | Sean Edward Kennedy | 12.9 | 599 | 663 | 694 | 697 | 741 | 790 | 1,136 | |
| Labour | Les Hood | 4.7 | 216 | 249 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Thomas Widrow | 4.5 | 210 | 366 | 399 | 401 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,385 Valid: 4,640 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 929 Turnout: 45.3% | ||||||||||
2017 election
[edit]2017 Highland Council election[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Graham MacKenzie (incumbent) | 28.62% | 1,267 | |||||||
| Independent | Margaret Paterson (incumbent) | 19.27 | 853 | 967 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean (incumbent) | 19.61% | 868 | 941 | ||||||
| Independent | Alister MacKinnon (incumbent) | 12.47% | 552 | 603 | 639 | 659 | 690 | 783 | 1,125 | |
| Conservative | Reiner Luyken | 14.36% | 636 | 644 | 652 | 662 | 670 | 716 | ||
| Labour | David Jardine | 4.47% | 198 | 233 | 240 | 249 | 265 | |||
| No Label | Dave Allison | 1.20% | 53 | 67 | 72 | 73 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,427 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 886 Turnout: 44.50% | ||||||||||
2012 election
[edit]2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Independent | Margaret Paterson (incumbent) | 20.98% | 748 | ||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean (incumbent) | 16.77% | 598 | 607.4 | 613.5 | 646.7 | 693.3 | 768.2 | |||||
| SNP | Graham MacKenzie | 12.20% | 435 | 440.5 | 441.5 | 441.5 | 465.9 | 495.9 | 503.2 | 835.7 | |||
| Labour | John Erskine | 11.78% | 420 | 422.8 | 424.8 | 429.9 | 448.9 | 486.1 | 495.8 | 533.5 | 554.6 | ||
| SNP | Peter Cairns (incumbent) | 10.88% | 388 | 389.3 | 393.3 | 396.3 | 406.4 | 438.5 | 443.4 | ||||
| Independent | David Chisholm (incumbent) | 8.36% | 298 | 300.4 | 305.4 | 318.6 | 349.2 | ||||||
| Independent | Alister MacKinnon | 7.57% | 270 | 274 | 298.2 | 315.3 | 405.5 | 507.4 | 521.4 | 543.2 | 564.7 | 718.6 | |
| Independent | Fred Lees | 6.17% | 220 | 223.8 | 258.9 | 270.1 | |||||||
| Conservative | Matthew MacDonald | 2.78% | 99 | 99.99 | 104.99 | ||||||||
| Scottish Christian | David Forbes | 2.52% | 90 | 90.50 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 9,256 Valid: 3,566 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 714 Turnout: 3,614 (39.04%) | |||||||||||||
2007 election
[edit]2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Margaret Paterson | 1,078 | 23.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean | 1,015 | 21.8 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Peter Cairns | 853 | 18.3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Independent | David Chisholm | 639 | 13.7 | 4 | 8 | |
| Labour | Michael MacMillan | 556 | 11.9 | |||
| Conservative | Gerald Lowe | 218 | 4.7 | |||
| Scottish Green | David Jardine | 207 | 4.4 | |||
| Independent | David Edes | 102 | 2.2 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 8 Dingwall and Seaforth Report - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 8 Dingwall and Seaforth Report - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Community Council elections".
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 8 Dingwall and Seaforth - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 8 Dingwall and Seaforth - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.