Caol and Mallaig (ward)

Caol and Mallaig is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the Caol area of the town of Fort William, Arisaig, the town of Mallaig, and the Small Isles. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Bill Clark (Ind.)		Allan Henderson (Ind.)		Eddie Huner (Ind.)
2012
2014 by	Ben Thompson (Ind.)
2017			Billy McLachlan (SNP)
2018 by			Denis Rixson (Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2018 By-election

Caol and Mallaig By-election (5 April 2018)[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Rixson	31.1%	658	671	706	791	968
	SNP	Alex MacInnes	27.2%	574	591	615	617	737
	Independent	Colin 'Woody' Wood	21.5%	454	471	539	580
	Conservative	Ian Smith	8.7%	183	188	200
	Independent	Catherine MacKinnon	6.9%	146	176
	Independent	Ronald Joseph Campbell	4.6	98
Electorate: 7088   Valid:   Quota: 1,057   Turnout: 2131 (30.1%)

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election [3]

Caol and Mallaig - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Allan Henderson (incumbent)	28.3%	917
	Independent	Ben Thompson (incumbent)	23.7%	767	809.4	826.4
	SNP	Billy MacLachlan††††	23.9%	778	793.4	796.6	800.7	838.9
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Rixson	9.4%	304	324.7	328.04	331.03	402.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Saggers	8.2%	265	271.4	275.5	276.9	290.6
	Labour	Alan Carstairs	5.6%	181	187.4	189.4	191.5
	Independent	Liam Simmonds	0.93%	30	34.04
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,242   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 811   Turnout: 3,294 (46.6%)

2014 By-election

Caol and Mallaig By-election (1 May 2014) - 1 Seat[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Ben Thompson	38.98	932	950	1,009	1,176
	SNP	William MacDonald	30.36	726	739	756	881
	Independent	Sandy Watson	22.46	537	541	551
	UKIP	Liam Simmonds	5.56	133	139
	Scottish Christian	Susan Wallace	2.84	68

2012 Election

2012 Highland Council election

Caol and Mallaig - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Allan Henderson (incumbent)	32.64%	905
	Independent	Bill Clark†† (incumbent)	25.59%	710
	Independent	Eddie Hunter (incumbent)†††††††	18.24%	506	627.7	636.1	648.9	676.2	691.9	731.2
	SNP	Niall Rownatree	14.82%	411	436.9	438.6	448.1	459.3	474	492.4
	Independent	George Kerr	2.56%	71	83.1	84.4	88.7	95.2	106.1
	Conservative	Elizabeth Saggers	2.38%	66	73.7	74.1	77.4	80.6
	Independent	Sally Semple	2.16%	60	66.9	67.5	71.2
	Scottish Christian	Susan Wallace	1.62%	45	50	50
Electorate: 6,752   Valid: 2,774   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 694   Turnout: 2,818 (41.74%)

2007 Election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Caol and Mallaig

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Bill Clark	975	24.8	1	2
	Independent	Allan Henderson	881	22.4	2	7
	Independent	Eddie Hunter	550	14.0	3	10
	Labour	Mairi MacLean	473	12.0
	SNP	David Ingham	389	9.9
	Independent	Sandra Casey	188	4.8
	Conservative	Chris Carver	156	4.0
	Independent	George MacLeod	151	3.8
	Independent	Alistair MacGregor	100	2.5
	Independent	Scott Waugh	64	1.6

References

1. http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/5th-reviews-ward-maps
2. Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/799/elections_and_voting/643/community_councils
4. http://www.highland.gov.uk/downloads/file/6421/preference_summary_report_-_caol_and_mallaig_by-election_may_2014