East Sutherland and Edderton (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
East Sutherland and Edderton is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Brora, Dornoch, Edderton, Golspie and Helmsdale. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jim McGillivray (Ind.) |
Deirdre Mackay (Labour) |
Ian Ross (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012 | Graham Phillips (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Richard Gale (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
| 2022 | Leslie-anne Niven (SNP) | |||||||
Election Results
2022 Election
2022 Highland Council election[2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Gale (incumbent) | 35.81% | 1,151 | ||||
| SNP | Leslie-anne Niven | 26.54% | 853 | ||||
| Independent | Jim McGillivray (incumbent) | 19.01% | 611 | 775.6 | 796.6 | 834.1 | |
| Conservative | Max Bannerman | 16.99% | 546 | 613.8 | 615.4 | 635.1 | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian | 1.65% | 53 | 80.4 | 84.6 | ||
| Electorate: 6,446 Valid: 3,214 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 804 Turnout: 50.5% | |||||||
2017 Election
2017 Highland Council election[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Deirdre MacKay (incumbent) | 21.20% | 755 | 757 | 831 | 946 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Gale | 19.63% | 699 | 715 | 773 | 889 | 909 | |||
| Independent | Jim McGillivray (incumbent) | 16.76% | 597 | 600 | 649 | 793 | 806 | 814 | 1,155 | |
| SNP | Graham Phillips (incumbent) | 18.20% | 648 | 653 | 711 | 725 | 732 | 735 | ||
| Conservative | Eva Short | 14.52% | 517 | 518 | 532 | |||||
| No Label | George Gunn | 8.68% | 309 | 311 | ||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian | 1.01% | 36 | |||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,561 Spoilt: 30 Quota: 891 Turnout: 57.1% | ||||||||||
2012 Election
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Deirdre MacKay (incumbent) | 32.21% | 966 | |||||||
| Independent | Jim McGillivray (incumbent) | 19.27% | 578 | 622 | 642.9 | 691.2 | 811 | |||
| SNP | Graham Phillips | 17.34% | 520 | 544.6 | 548 | 554.7 | 605.8 | 618.1 | 771.7 | |
| Independent | Richard Gale | 12.74% | 382 | 424.5 | 442.8 | 485.3 | 567.8 | 585.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robbie Rowantree * | 9.67% | 290 | 334.5 | 340.1 | 402.1 | ||||
| Conservative | Kerensa Carr | 6.27% | 188 | 198.5 | 220.6 | |||||
| UKIP | Annie Murray | 2.5% | 75 | 81.9 | ||||||
| Electorate: 6,179 Valid: 2,999 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 750 Turnout: 3,034 (49.1%) | ||||||||||
2007 Election
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Ross | 838 | 22.8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Labour | Deirdre Mackay | 703 | 19.2 | 2 | 10 | |
| SNP | Derek Louden | 511 | 13.9 | |||
| Independent | Jim McGillivray | 482 | 13.1 | 3 | 10 | |
| Conservative | Michael Napper | 423 | 11.5 | |||
| Independent | Jimmy Melville | 252 | 6.9 | |||
| Independent | Evelyn MacKenzie | 155 | 4.2 | |||
| Independent | Gordon Campbell | 125 | 3.4 | |||
| Independent | Gordon Clunie | 114 | 3.1 | |||
| Independent | Richard Easson | 40 | 1.1 | |||
| Solidarity | Frank Ward | 27 | 0.7 | |||
References
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ The Highland Council. "Community Councils | Community Council elections | The Highland Council". Highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 4 East Sutherland and Edderton - Council and government". The Highland Council. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 4 East Sutherland and Edderton - Council and government". The Highland Council. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.