North, West and Central Sutherland is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Altnaharra, Ardgay, Bettyhill, Bonar Bridge, Durness, Lairg, Lochinver and Tongue. With Lairg and Bonar being the most populated settlements in the area. It elects three Councillors.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Linda Munro (Ind./ Liberal Democrats) |
George Farlow (SNP) |
Robbie Rowantree (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012 | Hugh Morrison (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2017 | Kirsteen Currie (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Michael Baird (Liberal Democrats) |
Marianne Hutchison (SNP) | ||||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Marianne Hutchison | 35.1 | 968 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Baird | 28.0 | 773 | ||||||
| Independent | Hugh Morrison (incumbent) | 17.3 | 477 | 573 | 594 | 618 | 657 | 714 | |
| Conservative | Charlotte Gibson | 11.0 | 302 | 309 | 333 | 338 | 354 | 383 | |
| Labour | Clive Soley | 3.9 | 108 | 164 | 179 | 181 | 197 | ||
| Scottish Family | Philipp Tanzer | 2.9 | 80 | 92 | 96 | 107 | |||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | Robert Alan Jardine | 1.7 | 48 | 58 | 61 | ||||
| Electorate: 4,998 Valid: 2,756 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 690 Turnout: 55.8% | |||||||||
2017 election
edit2017 Highland Council election[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Munro (incumbent) | 17.96% | 504 | 510 | 521 | 587 | 671 | 899 | |
| Independent | Hugh Morrison (incumbent) | 16.85% | 473 | 480 | 521 | 556 | 669 | 804 | |
| SNP | Kirsteen Currie | 19.81% | 556 | 564 | 571 | 612 | 681 | 689 | |
| Conservative | Russell Taylor | 19.84% | 557 | 561 | 565 | 622 | 658 | ||
| Independent | Malcolm Bangor-Jones | 11.08% | 311 | 327 | 341 | 367 | |||
| Labour | William Sinclair | 9.44% | 265 | 269 | 274 | ||||
| Independent | Michael Simpson | 3.17% | 89 | 91 | |||||
| Independent | Brendan O'Hanrahan | 1.85% | 52 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,807 Spoilt: 38 Quota: 702 Turnout: 58.0% | |||||||||
2012 election
edit2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | George Farlow (incumbent) | 26.23% | 626 | ||||||||
| Independent | Hugh Morrison | 22.5% | 537 | 541.5 | 554.9 | 563.9 | 601.3 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Munro (incumbent)††††††††† | 18.89% | 451 | 455.6 | 478.7 | 506.8 | 529.2 | 530.5 | 566.7 | 613.4 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Russell Taylor | 8.21% | 196 | 199.1 | 210.5 | 225.6 | 235.8 | 236.2 | 257.7 | 349 | |
| Independent | Neil MacInnes | 7.21% | 172 | 175.4 | 180.1 | 190.1 | 198.4 | 198.9 | 234.1 | ||
| Scottish Christian | Hector MacLennan | 5.32% | 127 | 127.9 | 129.1 | 140.2 | 147.2 | 147.6 | |||
| Conservative | Les Mason | 4.06% | 97 | 97.5 | 100.6 | ||||||
| Independent | Jess Thomas | 4.02% | 96 | 97.7 | 110.5 | 118.5 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Mandy Haggith | 3.56% | 85 | 89.9 | |||||||
| Electorate: 4,913 Valid: 2,387 Spoilt: 16 Quota: 597 Turnout: 2,403 (48.91%) | |||||||||||
2007 election
edit2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | George Farlow | 586 | 19.9 | 1 | 8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robbie Rowantree | 410 | 14.0 | 2 | 10 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Russel Taylor | 314 | 10.7 | |||
| Independent | Linda Munro | 303 | 10.3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Independent | David Forbes | 297 | 10.1 | |||
| Independent | William Johnston | 282 | 9.6 | |||
| Conservative | Margaret Payne | 216 | 7.4 | |||
| Labour | Dave Andrews | 184 | 6.3 | |||
| Scottish Green | Ailsa Spindler | 168 | 5.7 | |||
| Independent | Kirstie Dawson | 99 | 3.4 | |||
| Independent | Michael Otter | 80 | 2.7 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 1 North, West and Central Sutherland Report - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 1 North, West and Central Sutherland Report - candidate votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Community Council elections".
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 1 North, West and Central Sutherland - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 1 North, West and Central Sutherland - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.