1995 Highland Council election

1995 Highland Council election
All 72 seats to Highland Council; 37 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing results by ward
	Council Convener after election ; Peter Peacock; Independent

The first elections to the Highland Council were held on 6 April 1995; the same day as elections to the 31 other new councils in Scotland. 72 councillors were elected from 72 wards using the plurality system (a.k.a. 'First Past the Post'). Independent councillors retained their status as the majority group, with councillors also being elected representing the Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and Scottish National Party. The newly elected council existed in 'shadow' form until it assumed its full powers on 1 April 1996.

Overall result[edit]

The Highland Council elections, 1995
	Seats	Gains	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Independent	49		68.06	61.22	40,358
SNP	9		12.50	17.36	11,441
Labour	7		9.72	12.20	8,043
Liberal Democrats	6		8.33	7.65	5,041
Conservative	1		1.39	0.90	596
Scottish Green	0	0	0.00	0.54	358
Scottish Christian Democrats	0	0	0.00	0.13	83

Ward results[edit]

Caithness[edit]

The Highland Council election, 1995: Thurso West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	EC MacDonald	759
	Independent	JH Fry	508
Majority			251

The Highland Council election, 1995: Thurso East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	DM Waters	920
	Independent	WS Smith	415
Majority			505

The Highland Council election, 1995: Wick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Murray	Unopposed

The Highland Council election, 1995: Pulteney
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	JW Oag	579
	Independent	A Henderson	470
Majority			109

The Highland Council election, 1995: North-East Caithness
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	JH Green	587
	Independent	DA Richard	476
Majority			111

The Highland Council election, 1995: South-East Caithness
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	WA Mowat	611
	Independent	P Sutherland	354
	Independent	J Smith	118
Majority			257

The Highland Council election, 1995: Central Caithness
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	JM Young	919
	SNP	WD Brown	182
	Scottish Christian Democrats	N MacInnes	83
Majority			737

The Highland Council election, 1995: West Caithness
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	JM Mowat	366
	Independent	AI MacDonald	291
	SNP	DA Manson	277
Majority			75

Sutherland[edit]

The Highland Council election, 1995: Dornoch
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	JD Allan	680
	Independent	S Board	206
Majority			474

The Highland Council election, 1995: Ardgay and Bonar Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	GW Holden	426
	Independent	RE Taylor	307
Majority			119

The Highland Council election, 1995: Central Sutherland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	AL Magee	366
	Liberal Democrats	A Murray	281
Majority			281

The Highland Council election, 1995: North-West Sutherland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	FR Keith	405
	Independent	L MacKenzie	346
Majority			59

The Highland Council election, 1995: Tongue and Farr
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A MacKay	341
	Liberal Democrats	EB Jardine	336
Majority			5

The Highland Council election, 1995: Golspie
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	DI MacRae	466
	Independent	HM Houston	355
Majority			111

The Highland Council election, 1995: Brora and Kildonan
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	RR McDonald	757
	Independent	M Fielding	241
Majority			516

Skye and Lochalsh[edit]

The Highland Council election, 1995: Lochalsh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	JF Munro	Unopposed

The Highland Council election, 1995: Kyle and Sleat
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	W Fulton	320
	Independent	JA Mackay	169
	Independent	AR McKerlich	134
Majority			151

The Highland Council election, 1995: Broadford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SNP	FM MacLennan	331
	Independent	E MacKenzie	279
	Independent	T Rayner	119
Majority			52

The Highland Council election, 1995: Portree
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	AM Millar	248
	Independent	DM Burd	210
	Labour	V Samuels	133
Majority			38

The Highland Council election, 1995: Staffin
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SNP	GC Moncrieff	322
	Liberal Democrats	D Grant	260
	Independent	D MacDonald	175
Majority			62

The Highland Council election, 1995: Dunvegan
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	AM Beaton	447
	Labour	LS Shurmer	134
Majority			313

Ross and Cromarty[edit]

The Highland Council election, 1995: Tain
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	JH Stone	1,079
	Independent	A Rhind	653
	SNP	DW Louden	412
Majority			426

The Highland Council election, 1995: Fearn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	JW Paterson	627
	Labour	JK Boocock	472
	Liberal Democrats	AD Scobbie	257
Majority			155

The Highland Council election, 1995: Invergordon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	I Rhind	663
	SNP	R Gibson	490
	Independent	G Kelman	308
	Labour	AM Byron	199
Majority			173

The Highland Council election, 1995: Black Isle East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	DJ McPherson	1,127
	Liberal Democrats	IJ MacLeod	736
Majority			391

The Highland Council election, 1995: Black Isle West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	B Beattie	627
	Labour	M MacMillan	459
	Independent	T Anderson	346
Majority			168

The Highland Council election, 1995: Alness and Ardross
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SNP	A Anderson	666
	Independent	JE MacInnes	314
	Independent	R Mardon	137
Majority			352

The Highland Council election, 1995: Ferindonald
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	V MacIver	713
	Independent	DL Dunbar	453
	Labour	ME MacDonald	282
Majority			260

The Highland Council election, 1995: Dingwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	MB Paterson	Unopposed

The Highland Council election, 1995: Ord and Conon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	DY Philip	654
	Independent	H Fraser	548
	SNP	S MacKenzie	407
	Independent	N McWhinney	39
Majority			106

The Highland Council election, 1995: Maryburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SNP	DW Briggs	896
	Conservative	J Scott	448
	Scottish Green	E Scott	136
Majority			448

The Highland Council election, 1995: Lochbroom
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	DR Green	443
	SNP	J Urquhart	201
	Labour	L Chilton	78
Majority			242

The Highland Council election, 1995: Gairloch and Garve
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	HR MacIntyre	616
	Independent	GJ Harvey	286
Majority			330

The Highland Council election, 1995: Lochcarron
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	DN Cameron	478
	Independent	AI MacArthur	150
Majority			328

Inverness[edit]

The Highland Council election, 1995: Strathnairn and Strathdearn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	KG Matheson	443
	SNP	DA Cunningham	253
	Independent	CM Thomson	167
Majority			190

The Highland Council election, 1995: East Loch Ness
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	E MacRae	483
	SNP	LA MacRae	184
Majority			299

The Highland Council election, 1995: Fort Augustus
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	PC Paterson	415
	Independent	HM Cary	290
	Independent	AW MacKenzie	217
	SNP	PJ Findlay	171
Majority			125

The Highland Council election, 1995: Drumnadrochit
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	MC Davidson	251
	SNP	AK MacPherson	236
Majority			15

The Highland Council election, 1995: Beauly
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SNP	JS Munro	611
	Independent	JA Sellar	297
Majority			314

The Highland Council election, 1995: Kirkhill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	SJ Shiels	360
	Independent	M Doyle	263
	Conservative	CF Spencer-Nairn	148
Majority			97

The Highland Council election, 1995: Scorguie
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	JT MacDonald	639
	Liberal Democrats	RJ Mackay	237
	SNP	S MacKenzie	168
Majority			402

The Highland Council election, 1995: Merkinch
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	AD MacLean	813
	SNP	IA MacIllechiar	640
Majority			173

The Highland Council election, 1995: Muirtown
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	CM Cumming	788
	Independent	A Chisholm	382
	SNP	NG Will	172
	Liberal Democrats	J Horne	124
Majority			406

The Highland Council election, 1995: Columba
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	JW Thomson	547
	Independent	A Milne	524
	SNP	G Totten	121
Majority			23

The Highland Council election, 1995: Drummond
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	MA MacLennan	708
	Independent	WA Fraser	495
	SNP	JM Murgatroyd	190
Majority			213

The Highland Council election, 1995: Alt na Sgitheach
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	CL Goodman	667
	Independent	HH Sutherland	442
	SNP	A Begbie	337
Majority			225

The Highland Council election, 1995: Hilton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A Darlington	643
	SNP	SA Brogan	496
Majority			147

The Highland Council election, 1995: Old Edinburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A Sellar	1,027
	SNP	AJ Paterek	247
Majority			780

The Highland Council election, 1995: Canal
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	WJ Smith	621
	Labour	CM Grant	502
	SNP	CM Forbes	223
Majority			119

The Highland Council election, 1995: Raigmore
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	DR Munro	722
	Independent	M Bernardi	321
	SNP	C Brogan	138
Majority			401

The Highland Council election, 1995: Inshes
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	JN Home	633
	Liberal Democrats	DW Fraser	440
	SNP	I Cameron	231
	Labour	A Watson	189
	Scottish Green	MT Falconer	100
	Independent	TM Honnor	96
Majority			193

The Highland Council election, 1995: Culloden
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	JC Cole	680
	SNP	R Wynd	564
	Labour	W McGarrity	284
Majority			116

The Highland Council election, 1995: Ardersier
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	PJ Peacock	971
	Independent	J Cattell	257
	SNP	WJ Reynolds	208
Majority			714

Nairn[edit]

The Highland Council election, 1995: East Nairn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	W Shand	370
	Independent	D McDonald	360
Majority			10

The Highland Council election, 1995: North Nairn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	JN Matheson	303
	Independent	PL Gordon	279
	Independent	T Crane	85
Majority			24

The Highland Council election, 1995: Auldearn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	AS Park	411
	SNP	E MacDonald	311
Majority			100

The Highland Council election, 1995: Cawdor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	NJ Graham	Unopposed

The Highland Council election, 1995: West Nairn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D Fraser	Unopposed

Badenoch and Strathspey[edit]

The Highland Council election, 1995: Laggan, Dalwhinnie and Newtonmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	AJ Russell	Unopposed

The Highland Council election, 1995: Kingussie and Kincraig
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	TR Wade	324
	Independent	S Paton	280
	Independent	WD MacKenzie	228
	SNP	A Lindsay	140
Majority			44

The Highland Council election, 1995: Aviemore
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SNP	I Glen	385
	Independent	CA Haggerty	326
Majority			59

The Highland Council election, 1995: Carrbridge and Nethy Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	FD Black	565
	Independent	D Ritchie	186
Majority			379

The Highland Council election, 1995: Dulnain Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Gordon	Unopposed

The Highland Council election, 1995: Grantown
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	BM Dunlop	367
	Independent	G McCulloch	363
Majority			4

Lochaber[edit]

The Highland Council election, 1995: Mallaig and the Small Isles
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	C King	434
	SNP	FM Dickson	251
Majority			183

The Highland Council election, 1995: Ardnamurchan and Morvern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	ME Foxley	Unopposed

The Highland Council election, 1995: Kilmallie and Invergarry
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SNP	E Harper	660
	Independent	EH Wallace	194
Majority			466

The Highland Council election, 1995: Caol
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	O Macdonald	657
	Labour	JK MacKay	492
Majority			165

The Highland Council election, 1995: North Fort William and Inverlochy
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	IJ MacDonald	660
	Scottish Green	DL Tayar	122
Majority			538

The Highland Council election, 1995: Claggan and Glen Spean
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SNP	I MacDonald	320
	Independent	J Anderson	207
	Independent	M Fraser	167
	Independent	A Mackin	104
Majority			113

The Highland Council election, 1995: Fort William South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	N Clark	436
	Independent	RW Morgan	294
	Independent	IM Chisholm	154
Majority			142

The Highland Council election, 1995: Glencoe and Nether Lochaber
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	AR MacFarlane-Slack	Unopposed

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