East Sutherland and Edderton (ward)

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.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jim McGillivray (Ind.)		Deirdre Mackay (Labour)		Ian Ross (Liberal Democrats)
2012			Graham Phillips (SNP)
2017			Richard Gale (Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election [2]

East Sutherland and Edderton - 3 seats[3][4]

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

East Sutherland and Edderton - 3 seats

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

The Highland Council election, 2007: East Sutherland and Edderton

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	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

1. http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/5th-reviews-ward-maps
2. https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/799/elections_and_voting/643/community_councils
3. Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 4 East Sutherland and Edderton - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
4. Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 4 East Sutherland and Edderton - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.