Inverness West (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Inverness West is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Kinmylies and Scorguie areas of urban Inverness, and a more rural area, west of the River Ness. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors[edit]

Election	Councillors
2007		Jimmy MacDonald (Ind.)		Pauline Munro (SNP)	Alex Graham (Liberal Democrats)
Apr 2009		Alasdair Christie (Liberal Democrats)		Pauline Munro (SNP)
2012		Graham Ross (Ind.)	Allan Duffy (SNP)
2017	Bill Boyd (SNP)	Graham Ross (Ind.)
Aug 2021			Colin Aitken (Liberal Democrats)
2022			Ryan MacKintosh (Greens)

Election Results[edit]

2022 Election[edit]

2022 Highland Council election^[2]

Inverness West - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Graham (incumbent)	34.20%	1,198
	SNP	Bill Boyd (incumbent)	31.17%	1,092
	Conservative	Ryan Forbes	9.33%	327	378.3	383.1	384.9	390.3	403.5	454.1	538.6
	Labour	Shaun Alexander Fraser	8.42%	295	361.1	389.2	389.4	401.9	409.6	453.8
	Scottish Green	Ryan MacKintosh	7.48%	262	299.4	381.6	385.3	416.0	448.1	483.3	597.3	690.4
	Independent	Duncan McDonald	4.94%	173	226.8	235.7	236.9	247.8	286.3
	Independent	Helen Smith	2.85%	100	121.0	126.9	130.5	137.5
	ISP	Iain Forsyth	1.31%	46	55.7	96.0	97.3
	Independent	David Sansum	0.29%	10	15.1	17.1
Electorate: 8,495 Valid: 3,503 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 876 Turnout: 41.7%

2021 By-election[edit]

A by-election was triggered by the resignation of Graham Ross for family reasons.^[3]

Inverness West By-Election (12 August 2021) - 1 seat^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Kate MacLean	33.69%	718	720	731	816	853	869
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Aitken	31.81%	678	678	680	705	799	970	1,246
	Conservative	Max Bannerman	13.74%	293	295	302	311	344
	Independent	Duncan McDonald	10.79%	230	232	239	251
	Scottish Green	Ryan MacKintosh	7.46%	159	160	164
	ISP	Iain Forsyth	1.97%	42	42
	Libertarian	Calum Liptrot	0.51%	11
Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,131 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,066 Turnout: 25.3%

2017 Election[edit]

2017 Highland Council election^[5]

Inverness West - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Graham (incumbent)	27.7%	964
	Independent	Graham Ross (incumbent)	20.6%	719	751.4	808.03	891.4
	SNP	Bill Boyd	20.7%	722	727.8	752.3	782.6	785.5	1,077.3
	Conservative	Fergus MacKenzie	11.9%	416	431.6	445.3	489.2	493.7	501.2
	SNP	Cath MacInnes	8.6%	300	304.9	317.2	345.5	347.8
	Labour	Addie Eghtedar	6.7%	235	244.9	261.7
	Independent	Allan Duffy (incumbent)	3.73%	130	139.4
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,486 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 872 Turnout: 3,550 (42.6%)

2012 Election[edit]

2012 Highland Council election

Inverness West - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Graham (incumbent)	24.68%	610	613	615	650
	Independent	Graham Ross	23.46%	580	594	611	639
	SNP	Allan Duffy	18.53%	458	467	472	481	485.9	488.4	725.9
	Labour	Robert Ford	13.88%	343	349	355	359	366.1	369.9	393.8
	SNP	Pauline Munro (incumbent)	11.37%	281	288	295	296	301.6	305.5
	Conservative	Mary Fraser	3.8%	94	94	107
	Scottish Christian	Alan Petitt	2.27%	56	60
	TUSC	George MacDonald	2.02%	50
Electorate: 6,659 Valid: 2,472 Spoilt: 41 Quota: 619 Turnout: 2,513 (37.74%)

2009 By-election[edit]

Inverness West By-Election (24 April 2009)- 1 seat^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Christie	59.6	1,503
	SNP	Brian ÓhEadhra	22.0	556
	Labour	Andrew James MacKintosh	8.3	210
	Scottish Christian	Dr Sheila McLaughlan	4.55	115
	Conservative	Donald Gunn MacDonald	4.4	111
	Solidarity_(Scotland)	George MacDonald	1.1	27
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
Electorate: 6,623 Valid: 2,522 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,270 Turnout: 2,540

2007 Election[edit]

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Inverness West
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
SNP	Pauline Munro	965	28.8	1	1
Liberal Democrats	Alex Graham	840	25.1	2	1
Independent	Jimmy MacDonald	778	23.2	3	4
Labour	Caroline Parr	536	16.0
Conservative	Mary Fraser	230	6.9

References[edit]

^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
^ "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
^ "By-election to replace Councillor Graham Ross to take place in August". Inverness Courier. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "The Highland Council download - Ward 13 (Inverness West) By-Election Results 2021 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting | Election results".
^ "Community Council elections".
^ "Inverness West By-Election Result" (Press release). Highland Council. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

[1] "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".

[Results-2] "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

[3] "By-election to replace Councillor Graham Ross to take place in August". Inverness Courier. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[4] "The Highland Council download - Ward 13 (Inverness West) By-Election Results 2021 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting | Election results".

[5] "Community Council elections".

[6] "Inverness West By-Election Result" (Press release). Highland Council. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

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