Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (ward)

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Gairloch, Lochalsh, Strathpeffer and Ullapool. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Richard Greene (Ind.)		Audrey Sinclair (Ind.)		Jean Urquhart (SNP)		Biz Campbell (Liberal Democrats /Ind.)
2012	Ian Cockburn (SNP)
2017			Derek McLeod (Conservative)		Kate Stephen (Liberal Democrats)
2018 by				Alexander MacInnes (SNP)

Election Results

2018 By-election

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh By-election (7 December 2018)[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Alexander MacInnes	33.1%	1,318	1,320	1,322	1,327	1,354	1,397	1,575	1,798
	Conservative	Gavin Berkeneger	26%	1,037	1,038	1,043	1,061	1,071	1,147	1,186	1,374
	Independent	Richard Greene	15.6%	622	624	627	677	699	785	905
	Scottish Green	Irene Francis Brandt	9%	359	359	359	364	411	483
	Liberal Democrats	George Scott	8%	320	320	322	346	379
	Labour	Christopher Birt	4.4%	174	174	175	179
	Independent	Jean Davis	3.3%	131	132	133
	UKIP	Les Durance	0.4%	16	18
	Scottish Libertarian	Harry Christian	0.2%	8
Electorate: 9,900   Valid: 3,985   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 1,993   Turnout: 4,024(40.65%)

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election [3]

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - 4 seats[4][5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Ian Cockburn (incumbent)	15.28%	859	887	1,355
	Conservative	Derek MacLeod	18.44%	1,036	1,055	1,061	1,064	1,206
	Independent	Biz Campbell (incumbent)	14.16%	796	843	876	900	1,146
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Stephen*††††††	13.38%	752	841	864	883	993	1,026	1,035	1,560
	Scottish Green	Topher Dawson	11.18%	628	674	721	839	928	935	939
	Independent	Richard Greene (incumbent)	11.67%	656	673	686	700
	SNP	Alexander MacInnes	10.82%	608	610
	Labour	Christopher Birt	5.07%	285
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,620   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 57.8%

2012 Election

2012 Highland Council election

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Biz Campbell† (incumbent)	27.59%	1,162
	Independent	Richard Greene (incumbent)	20.68%	871
	Independent	Audrey Sinclair (incumbent)	16.08%	677	802.7	811.9	941.6
	SNP	Ian Cockburn	15.01%	632	670.2	672.9	697.1	708.9	740.6	1,107.2
	SNP	Paul Monaghan	8.98%	378	388.2	389.5	407.5	418.2	436.8
	Conservative	Alaine MacDonald	6.1%	257	284.7	286.3	303.2	315.4
	Independent	Richard Mitchell	5.56%	234	265	271.8
Electorate: 9,612   Valid: 4,211   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 843   Turnout: 4,273 (44.45%)

2007 Election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Jean Urquhart	1,486	26.1	1	1
	Liberal Democrats	Biz Campbell	1,242	21.8	2	1
	Independent	Richard Greene	792	13.9	3	7
	Independent	Audrey Sinclair	608	10.7	4	9
	Conservative	John Scott	451	7.9
	Labour	Christine Conniff	354	6.2
	Independent	Marie Tait	328	5.8
	Independent	Donald Macdonald	232	4.1
	Independent	Alastair Armitstead	199	3.5

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. Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 5 Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
5. Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 5 Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.