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Chapter 59  Highland Councils

59.1  Argyll and Bute

Ardconnel-Kilmore [No. 14]

Duncan Macintyre  Ind  696
George Berry  SNP  249
Michael MacKenzie  Ind  248

Ardenslate [No. 23]

James McQueen  Ind  633
Alister MacAlister  SNP  199
Philip Norris  LD  146
Desmond Divers  SSP  114

Arrochar, Luss, Arden and Ardenconnel [No. 34]

Billy Petrie  Ind  634
Thomas McCormick  SNP  184
Peter Ramsay  C  167

Auchamore and Innellan [No. 25]

Dick Walsh  Ind  740
Alan Clayton  SNP  244
Linda Pursley  C  227

Awe [No. 10]

Allan Macaskill  Ind  590
Alexander MacKinnon  SNP  339
Ray Norris  C  135

Bute Central [No. 19]

Isobel Strong  SNP  752
Fraser Gillies  Ind  316

Bute North [No. 18]

Robert Macintyre  SNP  777
Robert Colquhoun  Ind  184
Roberta McPherson  SSP  82

Bute South [No. 20]

Len Scoullar  Ind  888
Anthony Edwards  SSP  121

Campbeltown Central [No. 2]

Alastair McKinlay  Ind  414
Morris McIntyre  LD  320
John Sloey  Ind  106
Anne Baird  SNP  99
David Card  Ind  96

Cardross [No. 36]

Ronald Kinloch  Ind  803
Ian Smith  C  253

Craignish-Glenaray [No. 7]

Alison Hay  LD  645
David Litster  Ind  449
Miranda Van Lynden  C  84

East Central Helensburgh [No. 28]

Moyra Stewart  LD  591
Tony Dance  Ind  238
David McEwan  C  130

East Central Kintyre [No. 3]

Rory Colville  LD  505
George McMillan  Lab  272
Johnny Durnan  Ind  238
John MacLellan  SNP  155

East Lochfyne [No. 21]

Douglas Currie  Ind  468
Alexander McNaughton  Ind  453
Gordon Neish  SNP  251
John Geary  C  190

Garelochhead and Cove [No. 33]

George Freeman  Ind  705
Jacqueline Findlay  C  84
Eric Routley  LD  84

Helensburgh Central [No. 29]

John Tacchi  LD  323
Sheila Wilson  C  322
Gordon Hanning  Ind  294

Helensburgh East [No. 27]

Eric Thompson  LD  625
Jeanette Scobie  Ind  153
Brett Weintz  Lab  145
Sharon Spruce  C  65

Helensburgh North [No. 30]

Ellen Morton  LD  417
Nigel Spruce  C  210
Wilma Hanlon  Ind  205
Caroline Weintz  Lab  161
Elizabeth Buist  SNP  72

Helensburgh West [No. 31]

Al Reay  LD  529
John Stirling  C  426
David Sinclair  Ind  306

Holy Loch [No. 26]

Bruce Marshall  C  735
Andrew MacNicol  SNP  469

Islay North, Jura and Colonsay [No. 8]

Robin Currie  LD  Unop.

Islay South [No. 9]

John Findlay  Ind  Unop.

Kirn and Hunter's Quay [No. 22]

Brian Chennell  Ind  764
Roy Rees  SNP  301

Knapdale [No. 5]

Bruce Robertson  Ind  595
Sandy Cameron  Ind  437
Hew Service  C  93

Lochgilphead [No. 6]

Donnie MacMillan  Ind  663
Douglas Philand  Lab  426
Trevor Oxborrow  LD  84

Milton [No. 24]

Gordon McKinven  Ind  588
Marco Pellicci  LD  211
David Hill  SNP  133
John Dysart  SSP  122

Mull [No. 16]

Alistair Macdougall  Ind  716
Gordon Chalmers  SNP  595

North and West Kintyre [No. 4]

John McAlpine  Ind  338
Mary Smith  Ind  252
Douglas Robertson  LD  214
Dugie Mackinnon  Ind  198
Alexander Horn  SNP  136
Arthur McFarlane  Ind  76

North Lorn [No. 15]

Elaine Robertson  Ind  853
Campbell Cameron  SNP  520

Oban Central [No. 12]

Robin Banks  Ind  563
Donald MacDonald  SNP  238
Roy Rutherford  C  238

Oban North [No. 11]

Sidney MacDougall  Ind  390
David Webster  Ind  267
Neil MacKay  Ind  256
David Petrie  C  133

Oban South [No. 13]

Donald McIntosh  SNP  551
Frederick MacKenzie  Ind  364
Allan McKie  Ind  142

Roseneath, Clynder and Kilcreggan [No. 35]

Daniel Kelly  Ind  543
Robert MacIntyre  Ind  379
Alison Cameron  LD  179
William Reaney  Ind  96
Cyril Skrastin  C  51

South Kintyre [No. 1]

Donald Kelly  C  900
Joyce Oxborrow  LD  184

Tiree and Coll [No. 17]

Ian Gillies  Ind  Unop.

West Helensburgh and Rhu [No. 32]

Gary Mulvaney  C  386
Stanley Latimer  Ind  368
Nigel Millar  LD  324

Consolidated Results — Argyll and Bute

Independents            18,705  51.1%  22 cllrs (2 unopposed)
Scottish National Party  6,264  17.1%   3 cllrs
Liberal Democrat         5,381  14.7%   8 cllrs (1 unopposed)
Conservative             4,829  13.2%   3 cllrs
Labour                   1,004   2.7%
Scottish Socialist Party   439   1.2%

59.2  Highland

Country = Countryside Party

Alness and Ardross [No. 18]

Andrew Anderson  SNP  961
Jean Cadden  SSP  88

Ardersier, Croy and Petty [No. 48]

Roderick Balfour  Ind  Unop.

Ardnamurchan and Morvern [No. 76]

Michael Foxley  LD  545
Iain Thornber  Ind  468

Avoch Fortrose [No. 34]

Billy Barclay  Ind  598
Okain McLennan  Ind  584
Morris Downie  Ind  496
Leslie Hood  Lab  136

Badenoch East [No. 69]

Gregor Rimell  Ind  348
Robert Severn  SNP  309
Hendy Pollock  Ind  285

Badenoch West [No. 68]

Sheena Slimon  Ind  Unop.

Ballifeary [No. 52]

Alistair Milne  Ind  625
Jim Thomson  Lab  465

Balloch [No. 63]

Robert Wynd  SNP  647
Glynis Sinclair  LD  409
Tony Lister  C  202

Beauly and Strathglass [No. 41]

Garry Coutts  Ind  555
Helen Carmichael  Ind  549

Black Isle North [No. 33]

David Alston  Ind  Unop.

Brora [No. 15]

Rita Finlayson  Ind  634
Robbie Rowantree  Ind  602

Caithness Central [No. 5]

David Flear  LD  Unop.

Caithness North East [No. 6]

John Green  Ind  Unop.

Caithness North West [No. 1]

Alastair MacDonald  LD  Unop.

Caithness South East [No. 10]

William Mowat  Ind  Unop.

Canal [No. 51]

William Smith  Ind  Unop.

Caol [No. 77]

Olwyn Macdonald  Ind  656
Edward Hunter  Ind  627

Claggan and Glen Spean [No. 75]

Thomas MacLennan  Ind  449
William MacLachlan  Ind  325
Alistair Macgregor  Ind  168

Conon and Maryburgh [No. 31]

Angela MacLean  LD  786
David Philip  Ind  519

Crown [No. 56]

James Gray  Lab  734
Hamish Sutherland  Ind  622

Culduthel [No. 59]

Norrie Donald  Ind  1,061
Ralph Sauer  Ind  245

Culloden [No. 47]

John Ford  Lab  434
James McCreath  SNP  377
Michael Perrin  LD  187

Dingwall North [No. 29]

Michael MacMillan  Lab  576
Andrew Paterson  Ind  532

Dingwall South [No. 28]

Margaret Paterson  SNP  470
Marilyn Ross  Lab  439

Dornoch Firth [No. 16]

Duncan Allan  Ind  826
James Campbell  Ind  339

Drumossie [No. 61]

Kathleen Matheson  Ind  754
Farquhar Forbes  Ind  482

Ferindonald [No. 26]

Val MacIver  Ind  531
Mike Finlayson  Ind  492
Dennis Dunbar  Ind  173

Fort William North [No. 78]

Brian Murphy  Ind  733
Douglas Nolan  SSP  309

Fort William South [No. 79]

Neil Clark  Ind  450
Mary Alexander  Ind  238
Euan Harper  Ind  187

Gairloch [No. 24]

Roy Macintyre  Ind  601
Christine Conniff  Lab  351

Glencoe [No. 80]

Andrew Slack  Ind  722
David Ingham  SNP  486

Golspie and Rogart [No. 14]

Ian Ross  Ind  912
Frank Ward  SSP  79

Grantown on Spey [No. 72]

Basil Dunlop  Ind  Unop.

Hilton [No. 54]

Angus Dick  LD  547
Thomas Lamont  Ind  368

Inshes [No. 60]

Janet Home  Ind  746
John Holden  Ind  540

Invergordon [No. 22]

John Connell  Ind  622
Maxine Smith  Ind  251
Lou Wilkerson  Lab  203

Inverness Central [No. 46]

Eilidh MacDonald  Lab  319
Jim Alexander  Ind  316
Daniel Farthing  LD  174
Hector MacDonald  Ind  170
Donald Mackay  Ind  116

Inverness West [No. 50]

Ronald Lyon  Ind  546
Joan Stewart  Ind  280

Kilmallie and Invergarry [No. 74]

William Clark  Ind  582
George Bruce  Ind  411

Kinlochshiel [No. 40]

Isabelle Campbell  LD  Unop.

Kirkhill [No. 42]

Jack Shiels  Ind  572
Graham Cross  Ind  407
Hamish Wood  Ind  312

Knockbain and Killearnan [No. 32]

Isobel McCallum  Ind  980
Andrew Duncan  C  226

Kyle and Sleat [No. 39]

William Fulton  Ind  529
Audrey Sinclair  Ind  450

Lochardil [No. 53]

Margaret MacLennan  Ind  712
Michael Gimson  Ind  377
Andrew Ingram  Lab  211

Lochbroom [No. 17]

Jean Urquhart  SNP  393
Kenneth MacLeod  Ind  338
Lauri Chilton  Lab  239

Lochcarron [No. 25]

Ewen Mackinnon  Ind  746
Neveille-Suzanette Macdonald-Rolfe
                Country  116

Loch Ness East [No. 58]

Ella MacRae  Ind  Unop.

Loch Ness West [No. 49]

Margaret Davidson  Ind  Unop.

Mallaig and Small Isles [No. 73]

Charles King  Ind  Unop.

Merkinch [No. 45]

Peter Corbett  Ind  642
Simon Cann  SSP  92

Milton [No. 55]

Clive Goodman  Lab  494
Ian Brown  SNP  429
Ruth Hunt  LD  199

Muir of Ord [No. 30]

David Chisholm  Ind  806
Tom Davis  Ind  380

Muirtown [No. 44]

Christine Cumming  Lab  Unop.

Nairn Alltan [No. 64]

John Matheson  Ind  363
Jim Lennon  Ind  300
Bill Shand  Ind  297
Jane Gordon  SNP  217
Nigel Hanlin  Ind  53

Nairn Auldearn [No. 67]

Alexander Park  Ind  837
James Young  Ind  394

Nairn Cawdor [No. 66]

Laurie Fraser  Ind  766
Graham Marsden  Ind  242

Nairn Ninian [No. 65]

Elizabeth MacDonald  SNP  606
Andrew Brown  Ind  330
Duncan McDonald  Ind  310

Portree [No. 37]

Drew Millar  LD  Unop.

Pulteneytown [No. 9]

Katrina MacNab  Ind  599
James Oag  Lab  301

Raigmore [No. 57]

David Munro  Lab  521
Scott MacKenzie  SNP  217
Donald Robertson  Ind  89
David Gallant  Ind  81

Rosskeen and Saltburn [No. 23]

Carolyn Wilson  Ind  900
Dot MacLennan  Ind  292

Scorguie [No. 43]

Jimmy MacDonald  Ind  452
Shanea Fraser  LD  227
Christine Forbes  Ind  195
Mark Grant  Lab  179

Seaboard [No. 21]

Richard Durham  Ind  554
Linda Bruce  Ind  232
Andrew Currie  SNP  232

Skye Central [No. 38]

Hamish Fraser  Ind  Unop.

Skye West [No. 36]

John Laing  Ind  538
William Sutherland  Ind  330

Snizort and Trotternish [No. 35]

Iain MacDonald  Ind  547
Rod Liddon  SNP  306
Ben Palmer  Ind  87

Strathpeffer and Strathconon [No. 27]

Douglas Briggs  Ind  812
John Scott  C  219

Strathspey North East [No. 71]

Francis Black  LD  Unop.

Strathspey South [No. 70]

Angus Gordon  Ind  Unop.

Sutherland Central [No. 13]

Alison Magee  Ind  Unop.

Sutherland North West [No. 11]

Francis Keith  Ind  519
David Forbes  Ind  442

Tain East [No. 20]

Alan Torrance  Ind  540
James Paterson  Ind  497

Tain West [No. 19]

Alasdair Rhind  Ind  1,025
Sean Robertson  SSP  162

Thurso Central [No. 3]

Donald Mackay  Ind  636
John Rosie  Lab  527

Thurso East [No. 4]

Thomas Jackson  Ind  Unop.

Thurso West [No. 2]

Roger Saxon  Lab  543
James Fry  Ind  425

Tongue and Farr [No. 12]

Sandy Mackay  Ind  518
Barbara Jardine  LD  376

Westhill and Smithton [No. 62]

Gillian McCreath  SNP  461
Malcolm Jack  Lab  397
Peter Saggers  C  152
George Davidson  Ind  107

Wick [No. 7]

Graeme Smith  LD  536
Bill Mowat  Lab  242
Niall Smith  SNP  198

Wick West [No. 8]

William Fernie  Ind  469
James Sutherland  SNP  355
Neil MacDonald  Lab  225

Consolidated Results — Highland

Independents            45,525  69.7%  57 cllrs (14 unopposed)
Labour                   7,536  11.6%   8 cllrs  (1 unopposed)
Scottish National Party  6,664  10.2%   6 cllrs
Liberal Democrat         3,986   6.1%   9 cllrs  (5 unopposed)
Conservative               799   1.2%
Scottish Socialist Party   730   1.1%
Countryside Party          116   0.2%

59.3  Moray

Buckie Central [No. 19]

John Leslie  Lab  406
Joe Mackay  Ind  316
Gordon McDonald  SNP  264

Buckie East and Findochty [No. 20]

Sinclair Longmore  Ind  406
Linda McDonald  SNP  355
David Anderson  C  263
Gordon Holm  LD  88

Buckie West [No. 18]

Bill Jappy  Ind  682
Ian Hamilton  SNP  326

Burghsea [No. 11]

Eric McGillivray  Ind  636
Alastair MacKenzie  Ind  353
Cath Millar  Ind  204
Angus Munro  SNP  170
Allison Bullock  LD  103

Elgin – Bishopmill East [No. 2]

Sandy Keith  Lab  794
Donald Morrison  SNP  282
Mary McLintock  LD  101

Elgin – Bishopmill West [No. 1]

Alan Burgess  Lab  431
Norman McKay  Ind  330
Elaine Cooper  SNP  203
David Terron  C  187
Peter Horton  LD  78

Elgin – Cathedral [No. 3]

Ronald Sim  Lab  391
Hamish McDonald  SNP  259
Alexander Thomson  C  136
Norma Anderson  SSP  56

Elgin – Central West [No. 4]

Alastair Bisset  Ind  919
Caroline Dunn  SNP  391

Fife-Keith and Strathisla [No. 22]

Percy Watt  Ind  838
Keith Alderson  SNP  279

Finderne [No. 9]

Jeff Hamilton  Ind  Unop.

Forres Central [No. 8]

Rex McIntosh  Ind  943
Angela Cameron  LD  260

Forres East [No. 7]

Iain Young  C  643
Lorna Creswell  Ind  400
Jimmy Dingwall  SNP  206
Sheila Cameron  LD  95

Forres West and Altyre [No. 10]

Alasdair Urquhart  Ind  673
Elizabeth Main  LD  193

Glenlivet [No. 26]

Bob Wilson  Ind  607
Michael McConachie  SNP  421

Heldon and Laich [No. 12]

John Hogg  Ind  810
Peter Bullock  LD  207
Albert Main  SNP  203

Innes [No. 16]

Eddie Coutts  Ind  637
Graeme McDonald  SNP  365
Peter Cromar  LD  263
Kenneth Stuart  Ind  46

Keith [No. 23]

Linda Gorn  LD  477
Rhona Paterson  SNP  273
Edwin Henderson  Ind  171
Mary McGregor  Lab  128

Lennox [No. 17]

George McIntyre  Ind  506
Mike Watt  SNP  336
Robert Innes  Ind  213
Michael Reid  LD  120
William Graham  Ind  68

Lhanbryde and Birnie [No. 15]

Roma Hossack  Ind  687
Stephen McBean  Lab  267
Donald Cameron  LD  165

Lossiemouth East [No. 13]

Tom Bothwell  Ind  802
Iain Allan  SNP  366

Lossiemouth West [No. 14]

Joyce Stewart  SNP  522
Ian Frame  Ind  466

New Elgin East [No. 6]

John Divers  Lab  579
Graham Leadbitter  SNP  353
Alexander MacGillivary  SSP  119

New Elgin West [No. 5]

Robert Burns  SNP  535
Muriel Ettles  Lab  491

Rathford [No. 21]

Ron Shepherd  Ind  607
Daniel Cook  Ind  530
Margaret Hamilton  SNP  144

Rural Keith and Rothes [No. 24]

Pearl Paul  SNP  581
Gordon Henderson  Ind  252
Shuna Dicks  Lab  135
James Milton  LD  100

Speyside [No. 25]

Edward Aldridge  Ind  982
Peter Farquharson  SNP  360

Consolidated Results — Moray

Independents            14,084  49.3%  16 councillors
Scottish National Party  7,194  25.2%   3 councillors
Labour                   3,622  12.7%   5 councillors
Liberal Democrat         2,250   7.9%   1 councillor
Conservative             1,229   4.3%   1 councillor
Scottish Socialist Party   175   0.6%
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