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
| 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) | ||||||
Election Results
2022 Election
2022 Highland Council election[2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Tamala Collier | 29.12% | 1,127 | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Molly Nolan | 27.88% | 1,079 | |||||||||
| Independent | Pauline Munro (incumbent) | 17.55% | 679 | 749.3 | 804.5 | |||||||
| Independent | Maxine Morley-Smith (incumbent) | 7.31% | 283 | 323.0 | 355.9 | 370.8 | 383.2 | 446.6 | 498.9 | 575.6 | 705.0 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Phillip Baxter[FWA] | 6.74% | 261 | 266.0 | 315.0 | 315.8 | 322.1 | 346.3 | 350.4 | 397.4 | ||
| Labour | Kirsty Stewart | 4.19% | 162 | 194.2 | 238.1 | 239.5 | 249.3 | 267.9 | 343.6 | |||
| Independent | Kate Stevenson | 3.15% | 122 | 135.7 | 174.3 | 178.9 | 192.0 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Daniel Reat | 2.89% | 112 | 223.5 | 243.2 | 244.4 | 247.3 | 260.7 | ||||
| Independent | Eric Fraser | 1.16% | 45 | 54.7 | 64.0 | 65.7 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,918 Valid: 3,870 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 775 Turnout: 39.6% | ||||||||||||
2017 Election
2017 Highland Council election[3]
| 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
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
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 | |||
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.