Local Election Results 2003
Highland
Whole council up for election. One Labour councillor, five Liberal Democrat councillors and fourteen Independent councillors were elected unopposed.
Country = Countryside Party
Other results for Highland:
2007
2012
2017
2022
By-elections for Highland (may be incomplete): 10th June 2004 (Beauly & Strathglass)
— 10th August 2006 (Lochardil)
— 23rd April 2009 (Inverness W.)
— 7th April 2011 (Wick)
— 9th June 2011 (Tain & Easter Ross)
— 3rd November 2011 (Inverness S.)
— 2nd May 2013 (Landward Caithness)
— 28th November 2013 (Landward Caithness)
— 19th December 2013 (Black Isle)
— 1st May 2014 (Caol & Mallaig)
— 7th May 2015 (Nairn)
— 8th October 2015 (Aird & Loch Ness)
— 6th October 2016 (Culloden & Ardersier)
— 28th September 2017 (Tain & Easter Ross)
— 5th April 2018 (Caol & Mallaig)
— 6th December 2018 (Wester Ross, Strathpeffer & Lochalsh)
— 14th November 2019 (Inverness C.)
— 12th March 2020 (Eilean a' Cheò)
— 11th March 2021 (Aird & Loch Ness)
— 12th August 2021 (Inverness W.; Wick & East Caithness)
— 2nd December 2021 (Fort William & Ardnamurchan)
— 28th September 2023 (Tain & Easter Ross)
— 11th April 2024 (Inverness S.)
— 13th June 2024 (Tain & Easter Ross)
— 26th September 2024 (Cromarty Firth; Inverness C.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Independent |
45365 |
69.6% |
57 |
| Labour |
7536 |
11.6% |
8 |
| Scottish National Party |
6664 |
10.2% |
6 |
| Liberal Democrat |
3986 |
6.1% |
9 |
| Conservative |
799 |
1.2% |
0 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
730 |
1.1% |
0 |
| Countryside Party |
116 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Andrew Anderson |
SNP |
961 |
91.6% |
| Jean Cadden |
SSP |
88 |
8.4% |
| Roderick Balfour |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Michael Foxley |
LD |
545 |
53.8% |
| Iain Thornber |
Ind |
468 |
46.2% |
| Billy Barclay |
Ind |
598 |
33.0% |
| Okain McLennan |
Ind |
584 |
32.2% |
| Morris Downie |
Ind |
496 |
27.3% |
| Leslie Hood |
Lab |
136 |
7.5% |
| Gregor Rimell |
Ind |
348 |
36.9% |
| Robert Severn |
SNP |
309 |
32.8% |
| Hendy Pollock |
Ind |
285 |
30.3% |
| Alistair Milne |
Ind |
625 |
57.3% |
| Jim Thomson |
Lab |
465 |
42.7% |
| Robert Wynd |
SNP |
647 |
51.4% |
| Glynis Sinclair |
LD |
409 |
32.5% |
| Tony Lister |
C |
202 |
16.1% |
| Garry Coutts |
Ind |
555 |
50.3% |
| Helen Carmichael |
Ind |
549 |
49.7% |
| Rita Finlayson |
Ind |
634 |
51.3% |
| Robbie Rowantree |
Ind |
602 |
48.7% |
| Alastair MacDonald |
LD |
unop. |
|
| Olwyn Macdonald |
Ind |
656 |
51.1% |
| Edward Hunter |
Ind |
627 |
48.9% |
| Thomas MacLennan |
Ind |
449 |
47.7% |
| William MacLachlan |
Ind |
325 |
34.5% |
| Alistair Macgregor |
Ind |
168 |
17.8% |
| Angela MacLean |
LD |
786 |
60.2% |
| David Philip |
Ind |
519 |
39.8% |
| James Gray |
Lab |
734 |
54.1% |
| Hamish Sutherland |
Ind |
622 |
45.9% |
| Norrie Donald |
Ind |
1061 |
81.2% |
| Ralph Sauer |
Ind |
245 |
18.8% |
| John Ford |
Lab |
434 |
43.5% |
| James McCreath |
SNP |
377 |
37.8% |
| Michael Perrin |
LD |
187 |
18.7% |
| Michael MacMillan |
Lab |
576 |
52.0% |
| Andrew Paterson |
Ind |
532 |
48.0% |
| Margaret Paterson |
SNP |
470 |
51.7% |
| Marilyn Ross |
Lab |
439 |
48.3% |
| Duncan Allan |
Ind |
826 |
70.9% |
| James Campbell |
Ind |
339 |
29.1% |
| Kathleen Matheson |
Ind |
754 |
61.0% |
| Farquhar Forbes |
Ind |
482 |
39.0% |
| Val MacIver |
Ind |
531 |
44.4% |
| Mike Finlayson |
Ind |
492 |
41.1% |
| Dennis Dunbar |
Ind |
173 |
14.5% |
| Brian Murphy |
Ind |
733 |
70.3% |
| Douglas Nolan |
SSP |
309 |
29.7% |
| Neil Clark |
Ind |
450 |
51.4% |
| Mary Alexander |
Ind |
238 |
27.2% |
| Euan Harper |
Ind |
187 |
21.4% |
| Roy Macintyre |
Ind |
601 |
63.1% |
| Christine Conniff |
Lab |
351 |
36.9% |
| Andrew Slack |
Ind |
722 |
59.8% |
| David Ingham |
SNP |
486 |
40.2% |
| Ian Ross |
Ind |
912 |
92.0% |
| Frank Ward |
SSP |
79 |
8.0% |
| Angus Dick |
LD |
547 |
59.8% |
| Thomas Lamont |
Ind |
368 |
40.2% |
| Janet Home |
Ind |
746 |
58.0% |
| John Holden |
Ind |
540 |
42.0% |
| John Connell |
Ind |
622 |
57.8% |
| Maxine Smith |
Ind |
251 |
23.3% |
| Lou Wilkerson |
Lab |
203 |
18.9% |
| Eilidh MacDonald |
Lab |
319 |
29.1% |
| Jim Alexander |
Ind |
316 |
28.9% |
| Daniel Farthing |
LD |
174 |
15.9% |
| Hector MacDonald |
Ind |
170 |
15.5% |
| Donald Mackay |
Ind |
116 |
10.6% |
| Ronald Lyon |
Ind |
546 |
66.1% |
| Joan Stewart |
Ind |
280 |
33.9% |
| William Clark |
Ind |
582 |
58.6% |
| George Bruce |
Ind |
411 |
41.4% |
| Isabelle Campbell |
LD |
unop. |
|
| Jack Shiels |
Ind |
572 |
44.3% |
| Graham Cross |
Ind |
407 |
31.5% |
| Hamish Wood |
Ind |
312 |
24.2% |
| Isobel McCallum |
Ind |
980 |
81.3% |
| Andrew Duncan |
C |
226 |
18.7% |
| William Fulton |
Ind |
529 |
54.0% |
| Audrey Sinclair |
Ind |
450 |
46.0% |
| Margaret Davidson |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Margaret MacLennan |
Ind |
712 |
54.8% |
| Michael Gimson |
Ind |
377 |
29.0% |
| Andrew Ingram |
Lab |
211 |
16.2% |
| Jean Urquhart |
SNP |
393 |
40.5% |
| Kenneth MacLeod |
Ind |
338 |
34.8% |
| Lauri Chilton |
Lab |
239 |
24.6% |
| Ewen Mackinnon |
Ind |
746 |
86.5% |
| Neveille-Suzanette MacDonald-Rolfe |
Country |
116 |
13.5% |
| Peter Corbett |
Ind |
642 |
87.5% |
| Simon Cann |
SSP |
92 |
12.5% |
| Clive Goodman |
Lab |
494 |
44.0% |
| Ian Brown |
SNP |
429 |
38.2% |
| Ruth Hunt |
LD |
199 |
17.7% |
| David Chisholm |
Ind |
806 |
68.0% |
| Tom Davis |
Ind |
380 |
32.0% |
| Christine Cumming |
Lab |
unop. |
|
| John Matheson |
Ind |
363 |
29.5% |
| Jim Lennon |
Ind |
300 |
24.4% |
| Bill Shand |
Ind |
297 |
24.1% |
| Jane Gordon |
SNP |
217 |
17.6% |
| Nigel Hanlin |
Ind |
53 |
4.3% |
| Alexander Park |
Ind |
837 |
68.0% |
| James Young |
Ind |
394 |
32.0% |
| Laurie Fraser |
Ind |
766 |
76.0% |
| Graham Marsden |
Ind |
242 |
24.0% |
| Elizabeth MacDonald |
SNP |
606 |
48.6% |
| Andrew Brown |
Ind |
330 |
26.5% |
| Duncan McDonald |
Ind |
310 |
24.9% |
| Katrina MacNab |
Ind |
599 |
66.6% |
| James Oag |
Lab |
301 |
33.4% |
| David Munro |
Lab |
521 |
57.4% |
| Scott MacKenzie |
SNP |
217 |
23.9% |
| Donald Robertson |
Ind |
89 |
9.8% |
| David Gallant |
Ind |
81 |
8.9% |
| Carolyn Wilson |
Ind |
900 |
75.5% |
| Dot MacLennan |
Ind |
292 |
24.5% |
| Jimmy MacDonald |
Ind |
452 |
42.9% |
| Shanea Fraser |
LD |
227 |
21.6% |
| Christine Forbes |
Ind |
195 |
18.5% |
| Mark Grant |
Lab |
179 |
17.0% |
| Richard Durham |
Ind |
554 |
54.4% |
| Linda Bruce |
Ind |
232 |
22.8% |
| Andrew Currie |
SNP |
232 |
22.8% |
| John Laing |
Ind |
538 |
62.0% |
| William Sutherland |
Ind |
330 |
38.0% |
| Iain MacDonald |
Ind |
547 |
58.2% |
| Rod Liddon |
SNP |
306 |
32.6% |
| Ben Palmer |
Ind |
87 |
9.3% |
| Douglas Briggs |
Ind |
812 |
78.8% |
| John Scott |
C |
219 |
21.2% |
| Francis Keith |
Ind |
519 |
54.0% |
| David Forbes |
Ind |
442 |
46.0% |
| Alan Torrance |
Ind |
540 |
52.1% |
| James Paterson |
Ind |
497 |
47.9% |
| Alasdair Rhind |
Ind |
1025 |
86.4% |
| Sean Robertson |
SSP |
162 |
13.6% |
| Donald Mackay |
Ind |
636 |
54.7% |
| John Rosie |
Lab |
527 |
45.3% |
| Roger Saxon |
Lab |
543 |
56.1% |
| James Fry |
Ind |
425 |
43.9% |
| Sandy Mackay |
Ind |
518 |
57.9% |
| Barbara Jardine |
LD |
376 |
42.1% |
| Gillian McCreath |
SNP |
461 |
41.3% |
| Malcolm Jack |
Lab |
397 |
35.5% |
| Peter Saggers |
C |
152 |
13.6% |
| George Davidson |
Ind |
107 |
9.6% |
| Graeme Smith |
LD |
536 |
54.9% |
| Bill Mowat |
Lab |
242 |
24.8% |
| Niall Smith |
SNP |
198 |
20.3% |
| William Fernie |
Ind |
469 |
44.7% |
| James Sutherland |
SNP |
355 |
33.8% |
| Neil MacDonald |
Lab |
225 |
21.4% |
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