Local Election Results 2022

Highland

Whole council up for election. One Conservative councillor, one Green Party councillor and one Liberal Democrat councillor were elected unopposed.

FdmAll = Freedom Alliance
IndScot = Independence for Scotland Party
Libtn = Libertarian Party
ScFam = Scottish Family Party

Other results for Highland: 2003 2007 2012 2017
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

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Consolidated results — Highland 2022

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Scottish National Party	25915	30.1%	22
Independent	22035	25.6%	21
Liberal Democrat	16920	19.7%	15
Conservative	12544	14.6%	10
Labour	4308	5.0%	2
Green Party	3459	4.0%	4
Alba Party	484	0.6%	0
Scottish Family Party	163	0.2%	0
Libertarian Party	71	0.1%	0
Freedom Alliance	48	0.1%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	47	0.1%	0
Independence for Scotland Party	46	0.1%	0

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Aird and Loch Ness (4) [1 Grn gain from Ind]

Emma Knox	SNP	1364	26.2%
David Fraser	Ind	1182	22.7%
Helen Crawford	C	1099	21.1%
Chris Ballance	Grn	528	10.2%
Aarron Duncan-Macleod	Ind	430	8.3%
Holly Kingham	LD	342	6.6%
Michael Perera	Lab	253	4.9%

Consolidated results:— Ind 1612 (31.0%; 1 seat); SNP 1364 (26.2%; 1 seat); C 1099 (21.1%; 1 seat); Grn 528 (10.2%; 1 seat); LD 342 (6.6%); Lab 253 (4.9%)

Transfers (Quota = 1040)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Emma Knox	1364	1040	1040	1040	1040	1040
David Fraser	1182	1182	1040	1040	1040	1040
Helen Crawford	1099	1099	1099	1040	1040	1040
Chris Ballance	528	706	727	729	782	924
Aarron Duncan-Macleod	430	471	535	556	596	774
Holly Kingham	342	369	385	398	523
Michael Perera	253	276	286	291

Badenoch and Strathspey (4) [1 Ind gain from Grn]

Russell Jones	Ind	1280	23.2%
Muriel Cockburn	SNP	886	16.0%
John Bruce	C	861	15.6%
Bill Lobban	Ind	842	15.2%
Pippa Hadley	Grn	568	10.3%
Declan Gallacher	LD	489	8.8%
Dave Fallows	SNP	371	6.7%
Charlie Whelan	Lab	232	4.2%

Consolidated results:— Ind 2122 (38.4%; 2 seats); SNP 1257 (22.7%; 1 seat); C 861 (15.6%; 1 seat); Grn 568 (10.3%); LD 489 (8.8%); Lab 232 (4.2%)

Transfers (Quota = 1106)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Russell Jones	1280	1106	1106	1106	1106	1106
Muriel Cockburn	886	900	914	1210	1106	1106
John Bruce	861	878	899	906	907	1043
Bill Lobban	842	895	946	962	978	1133
Pippa Hadley	568	593	624	655	702	850
Declan Gallacher	489	503	575	596	605
Dave Fallows	371	381	397
Charlie Whelan	232	241

Black Isle (3)

Lyndsey Johnston	SNP	1171	24.9%
Morven-May MacCallum	LD	739	15.7%
Theo Stratton	C	695	14.8%
Sarah Atkin	Ind	634	13.5%
Anne Thomas	Grn	624	13.3%
Okain McLennan	Ind	317	6.7%
Bev Smith	Ind	286	6.1%
Margaret Bryant	Lab	243	5.2%

Consolidated results:— Ind 1237 (26.3%; 1 seat); SNP 1171 (24.9%; 1 seat); LD 739 (15.7%; 1 seat); C 695 (14.8%); Grn 624 (13.3%); Lab 243 (5.2%)

Transfers (Quota = 1178)

Stage	I	II	III	V	VI
Lyndsey Johnston	1171	1199	1178	1178	1178
Morven-May MacCallum	739	826	829	927	1146
Theo Stratton	695	703	703	774	789
Sarah Atkin	634	660	661	947	1195
Anne Thomas	624	646	655	713
Okain McLennan	317	338	339
Bev Smith	286	298	298
Margaret Bryant	243

Caol and Mallaig (3) [1 Grn, 1 LD and 1 C gain from 2 Ind and 1 SNP]

Andrew Baldrey	Grn	unop.
John Grafton	LD	unop.
Liz Saggers	C	unop.

Cromarty Firth (4) [1 LD gain from SNP]

Tamala Collier	SNP	1127	29.1%
Molly Nolan	LD	1079	27.9%
Pauline Munro	Ind	679	17.5%
Maxine Morley-Smith	Ind	283	7.3%
Andrew Baxter	C	261	6.7%
Kirsty Stewart	Lab	162	4.2%
Kate Stevenson	Ind	122	3.2%
Daniel Reat	Grn	112	2.9%
Eric Fraser	Ind	45	1.2%

Consolidated results:— Ind 1129 (29.2%; 2 seats); SNP 1127 (29.1%; 1 seat); LD 1079 (27.9%; 1 seat); C 261 (6.7%); Lab 162 (4.2%); Grn 112 (2.9%)

Transfers (Quota = 775)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
Tamala Collier	1127	775	775	775	775	775	775	775
Molly Nolan	1079	1079	775	775	775	775	775	775
Pauline Munro	679	749	804	775	775	775	775	775
Maxine Morley-Smith	283	322	355	370	383	446	498	575
Andrew Baxter	261	265	315	315	322	346	350	397
Kirsty Stewart	162	194	238	239	249	267	343
Kate Stevenson	122	135	174	178	192
Daniel Reat	112	223	243	244	247	260
Eric Fraser	45	54	63	65

Culloden and Ardersier (3)

Glynis Campbell-Sinclair	SNP	1542	37.6%
Mary Scanlon	C	732	17.9%
Morven Reid	Ind	626	15.3%
Trish Robertson	LD	626	15.3%
Steven Calvert	Lab	413	10.1%
Mya Chemonges-Murzynowska	Alba	137	3.3%
Mel Robertson	Ind	24	0.6%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1542 (37.6%; 1 seat); C 732 (17.9%); Ind 650 (15.9%; 1 seat); LD 626 (15.3%; 1 seat); Lab 413 (10.1%); Alba 137 (3.3%)

Transfers (Quota = 1026)

Stage	I	II	IV	V
Glynis Campbell-Sinclair	1542	1026	1026	1026
Mary Scanlon	732	743	753	805
Morven Reid	626	721	831	959
Trish Robertson	626	693	727	931
Steven Calvert	413	505	545
Mya Chemonges-Murzynowska	137	244
Mel Robertson	24	31

Dingwall and Seaforth (4)

Graham Mackenzie	SNP	1494	32.2%
Angela Maclean	LD	773	16.7%
Margaret Paterson	Ind	698	15.0%
Gavin Berkenheger	C	650	14.0%
Sean Kennedy	Ind	599	12.9%
Les Hood	Lab	216	4.7%
Thomas Widrow	Grn	210	4.5%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1494 (32.2%; 1 seat); Ind 1297 (28.0%; 2 seats); LD 773 (16.7%; 1 seat); C 650 (14.0%); Lab 216 (4.7%); Grn 210 (4.5%)

Transfers (Quota = 929)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Graham Mackenzie	1494	929	929	929	929	929
Angela Maclean	773	853	947	929	929	929
Margaret Paterson	698	833	863	871	1033	929
Gavin Berkenheger	650	659	687	691	701	715
Sean Kennedy	599	663	694	697	741	790
Les Hood	216	249
Thomas Widrow	210	366	398	401

East Sutherland and Edderton (3) [1 SNP gain from Lab]

Richard Gale	LD	1151	35.8%
Leslie-Anne Niven	SNP	853	26.5%
Jim McGillivray	Ind	611	19.0%
Max Bannerman	C	546	17.0%
Harry Christian	Libtn	53	1.6%

Consolidated results:— LD 1151 (35.8%; 1 seat); SNP 853 (26.5%; 1 seat); Ind 611 (19.0%; 1 seat); C 546 (17.0%); Libtn 53 (1.6%)

Transfers (Quota = 804)

Stage	I	II
Richard Gale	1151	804
Leslie-Anne Niven	853	853
Jim McGillivray	611	775
Max Bannerman	546	613
Harry Christian	53	80

Eilean a' Cheò (4) [1 C gain from Ind]

John Finlayson	Ind	1450	32.1%
Drew Millar	SNP	1019	22.6%
Calum Munro	Ind	583	12.9%
Ruraidh Stewart	C	485	10.7%
Fay Thomson	Ind	258	5.7%
Donald Macdonald	Ind	240	5.3%
Hector Macleod	Alba	166	3.7%
Jack Clark	LD	157	3.5%
Peter Ó Donnghaile	Lab	157	3.5%

Consolidated results:— Ind 2531 (56.1%; 2 seats); SNP 1019 (22.6%; 1 seat); C 485 (10.7%; 1 seat); Alba 166 (3.7%); LD 157 (3.5%); Lab 157 (3.5%)

Transfers (Quota = 904)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
John Finlayson	1450	904	904	904	904	904	904	904
Drew Millar	1019	1019	904	904	904	904	904	904
Calum Munro	583	791	813	838	928	904	904	904
Ruraidh Stewart	485	521	522	535	538	539	595	654
Fay Thomson	258	339	348	372	409	416	464	632
Donald Macdonald	240	319	329	342	369	376	429
Hector Macleod	166	185	208	211
Jack Clark	157	188	196	258	271	273
Peter Ó Donnghaile	157	180	189

Fort William and Ardnamurchan (4) [1 LD and 1 Grn gain from 1 SNP and 1 C]

Angus Macdonald	LD	1500	37.5%
Sarah Fanet	SNP	1341	33.5%
Fiona Fawcett	C	404	10.1%
Kate Willis	Grn	385	9.6%
Thomas Maclennan	Ind	373	9.3%

Consolidated results:— LD 1500 (37.5%; 1 seat); SNP 1341 (33.5%; 1 seat); C 404 (10.1%); Grn 385 (9.6%; 1 seat); Ind 373 (9.3%; 1 seat)

Transfers (Quota = 801)

Stage	I	II	III
Angus Macdonald	1500	801	801
Sarah Fanet	1341	1341	801
Fiona Fawcett	404	551	570
Kate Willis	385	500	798
Thomas Maclennan	373	640	724

Inverness Central (3) [1 SNP gain from Ind]

Bet McAllister	Lab	793	24.1%
Michael Cameron	SNP	769	23.4%
Kate Maclean	SNP	589	17.9%
Donald Mackenzie	C	420	12.8%
Arun Sharma	Grn	245	7.5%
Martin Rattray	LD	211	6.4%
Andrew Barnett	Ind	141	4.3%
Sean Robertson	TUSC	47	1.4%
John McColl	ScFam	45	1.4%
Luigi Mackinnon	Ind	26	0.8%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1358 (41.3%; 2 seats); Lab 793 (24.1%; 1 seat); C 420 (12.8%); Grn 245 (7.5%); LD 211 (6.4%); Ind 167 (5.1%); TUSC 47 (1.4%); ScFam 45 (1.4%)

Transfers (Quota = 822)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
Bet McAllister	793	793	805	811	840	822	822	822
Michael Cameron	769	770	772	773	796	797	809	867
Kate Maclean	589	589	591	593	612	613	628	766
Donald Mackenzie	420	421	424	437	455	457	510	526
Arun Sharma	245	250	258	262	292	293	347
Martin Rattray	211	211	212	218	229	234
Andrew Barnett	141	152	162	173
Sean Robertson	47	47
John McColl	45	50	54
Luigi Mackinnon	26

Inverness Millburn (3) [1 LD gain from Lab]

Ian Brown	SNP	1430	40.8%
David Gregg	LD	835	23.8%
Isabelle Mackenzie	C	757	21.6%
Lewis Whyte	Lab	486	13.9%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1430 (40.8%; 1 seat); LD 835 (23.8%; 1 seat); C 757 (21.6%; 1 seat); Lab 486 (13.9%)

Transfers (Quota = 878)

Stage	I	II	III
Ian Brown	1430	878	878
David Gregg	835	1009	878
Isabelle Mackenzie	757	781	818
Lewis Whyte	486	657	722

Inverness Ness-side (3) [1 Lab gain from C]

Alasdair Christie	LD	1934	44.5%
Jackie Hendry	SNP	1270	29.2%
Ric Scott	C	379	8.7%
Andrew Mackintosh	Lab	276	6.4%
Ron Macwilliam	Ind	243	5.6%
Claire Maclean	Grn	226	5.2%
Calum Liptrot	Libtn	18	0.4%

Consolidated results:— LD 1934 (44.5%; 1 seat); SNP 1270 (29.2%; 1 seat); C 379 (8.7%); Lab 276 (6.4%; 1 seat); Ind 243 (5.6%); Grn 226 (5.2%); Libtn 18 (0.4%)

Transfers (Quota = 1087)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Alasdair Christie	1934	1087	1087	1087	1087	1087
Jackie Hendry	1270	1270	1087	1087	1087	1087
Ric Scott	379	562	564	566	574	672
Andrew Mackintosh	276	453	482	490	606	782
Ron Macwilliam	243	404	424	431	532
Claire Maclean	226	320	405	410
Calum Liptrot	18	29	33

Inverness South (4)

Ken Gowans	SNP	1949	35.2%
Duncan Macpherson	Ind	1375	24.8%
Andrew Sinclair	C	936	16.9%
Colin Aitken	LD	478	8.6%
David Jardine	Lab	402	7.3%
Claire Filer	Grn	299	5.4%
Jimmy Duncan	Alba	104	1.9%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1949 (35.2%; 1 seat); Ind 1375 (24.8%; 1 seat); C 936 (16.9%; 1 seat); LD 478 (8.6%; 1 seat); Lab 402 (7.3%); Grn 299 (5.4%); Alba 104 (1.9%)

Transfers (Quota = 1109)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
Ken Gowans	1949	1109	1109	1109	1109
Duncan Macpherson	1375	1375	1109	1109	1109
Andrew Sinclair	936	949	1007	1017	1073
Colin Aitken	478	549	618	640	868
David Jardine	402	501	536	557
Claire Filer	299	597	628	724	841
Jimmy Duncan	104	216	225

Inverness West (3) [1 Grn gain from Ind]

Alex Graham	LD	1198	34.2%
Bill Boyd	SNP	1092	31.2%
Ryan Forbes	C	327	9.3%
Shaun Fraser	Lab	295	8.4%
Ryan Mackintosh	Grn	262	7.5%
Duncan McDonald	Ind	173	4.9%
Helen Smith	Ind	100	2.9%
Iain Forsyth	IndScot	46	1.3%
David Sansum	Ind	10	0.3%

Consolidated results:— LD 1198 (34.2%; 1 seat); SNP 1092 (31.2%; 1 seat); C 327 (9.3%); Lab 295 (8.4%); Ind 283 (8.1%); Grn 262 (7.5%; 1 seat); IndScot 46 (1.3%)

Transfers (Quota = 876)

Stage	I	II	III	V	VII	VIII
Alex Graham	1198	876	876	876	876	876
Bill Boyd	1092	1092	876	876	876	876
Ryan Forbes	327	378	383	390	454	538
Shaun Fraser	295	361	389	401	453
Ryan Mackintosh	262	299	381	415	483	597
Duncan McDonald	173	226	235	247
Helen Smith	100	120	126	137
Iain Forsyth	46	55	96
David Sansum	10	15	17

Nairn and Cawdor (4)

Paul Oldham	SNP	1401	27.2%
Laurie Fraser	Ind	1215	23.6%
Michael Green	Ind	857	16.6%
Barbara Jarvie	C	836	16.2%
Kevin Reid	LD	540	10.5%
Kevin Brooks	Ind	192	3.7%
Marjory Smith	Alba	77	1.5%
Cal Macleod	ScFam	38	0.7%

Consolidated results:— Ind 2264 (43.9%; 2 seats); SNP 1401 (27.2%; 1 seat); C 836 (16.2%; 1 seat); LD 540 (10.5%); Alba 77 (1.5%); ScFam 38 (0.7%)

Transfers (Quota = 1032)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Paul Oldham	1401	1032	1032	1032	1032	1032	1032
Laurie Fraser	1215	1215	1032	1032	1032	1032	1032
Michael Green	857	929	1015	1024	1054	1032	1032
Barbara Jarvie	836	840	861	866	872	875	914
Kevin Reid	540	609	631	640	666	671	783
Kevin Brooks	192	229	254	263	294	301
Marjory Smith	77	142	145	151
Cal Macleod	38	48	50

North, West and Central Sutherland (3)

Marianne Hutchison	SNP	968	35.1%
Michael Baird	LD	773	28.0%
Hugh Morrison	Ind	477	17.3%
Charlotte Gibson	C	302	11.0%
Clive Soley	Lab	108	3.9%
Philipp Tanzer	ScFam	80	2.9%
Robert Jardine	FdmAll	48	1.7%

Consolidated results:— SNP 968 (35.1%; 1 seat); LD 773 (28.0%; 1 seat); Ind 477 (17.3%; 1 seat); C 302 (11.0%); Lab 108 (3.9%); ScFam 80 (2.9%); FdmAll 48 (1.7%)

Transfers (Quota = 690)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
Marianne Hutchison	968	690	690	690	690
Michael Baird	773	773	690	690	690
Hugh Morrison	477	573	594	618	657
Charlotte Gibson	302	309	333	337	354
Clive Soley	108	164	179	181	197
Philipp Tanzer	80	92	96	107
Robert Jardine	48	58	61

Tain and Easter Ross (3)

Derek Louden	SNP	1051	30.6%
Sarah Rawlings	LD	739	21.5%
Alasdair Rhind	Ind	726	21.1%
Fiona Robertson	Ind	554	16.1%
Veronica Morrison	C	364	10.6%

Consolidated results:— Ind 1280 (37.3%; 1 seat); SNP 1051 (30.6%; 1 seat); LD 739 (21.5%; 1 seat); C 364 (10.6%)

Transfers (Quota = 859)

Stage	I	II	III
Derek Louden	1051	859	859
Sarah Rawlings	739	780	922
Alasdair Rhind	726	776	876
Fiona Robertson	554	604	668
Veronica Morrison	364	368

Thurso and Northwest Caithness (4) [1 LD gain from Ind]

Ron Gunn	LD	1411	27.5%
Matthew Reiss	Ind	1049	20.4%
Karl Rosie	SNP	947	18.4%
Struan Mackie	C	921	17.9%
Iain Gregory	Ind	660	12.8%
Alexander Glasgow	Ind	151	2.9%

Consolidated results:— Ind 1860 (36.2%; 1 seat); LD 1411 (27.5%; 1 seat); SNP 947 (18.4%; 1 seat); C 921 (17.9%; 1 seat)

Transfers (Quota = 1028)

Stage	I	II
Ron Gunn	1411	1028
Matthew Reiss	1049	1049
Karl Rosie	947	1004
Struan Mackie	921	1043
Iain Gregory	660	765
Alexander Glasgow	151	174

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (4) [1 SNP gain from LD]

Biz Campbell	Ind	1552	28.7%
Liz Kraft	SNP	1234	22.8%
Chris Birt	SNP	988	18.3%
Patrick Logue	C	937	17.3%
Margot Kerr	LD	700	12.9%

Consolidated results:— SNP 2222 (41.1%; 2 seats); Ind 1552 (28.7%; 1 seat); C 937 (17.3%; 1 seat); LD 700 (12.9%)

Transfers (Quota = 1083)

Stage	I	II	III
Biz Campbell	1552	1083	1083
Liz Kraft	1234	1234	1083
Chris Birt	988	1092	1092
Patrick Logue	937	1029	1032
Margot Kerr	700	882	956

Wick and East Caithness (4) [1 LD gain from Ind]

Jan McEwan	LD	1245	29.8%
Raymond Bremner	SNP	1059	25.3%
Andrew Jarvie	C	632	15.1%
Willie Mackay	Ind	534	12.8%
Bill Fernie	Ind	438	10.5%
Neil Macdonald	Lab	272	6.5%

Consolidated results:— LD 1245 (29.8%; 1 seat); SNP 1059 (25.3%; 1 seat); Ind 972 (23.3%; 1 seat); C 632 (15.1%; 1 seat); Lab 272 (6.5%)

Transfers (Quota = 837)

Stage	I	II	III	IV
Jan McEwan	1245	837	837	837
Raymond Bremner	1059	1059	837	837
Andrew Jarvie	632	700	705	755
Willie Mackay	534	635	699	801
Bill Fernie	438	518	571	669
Neil Macdonald	272	347	385

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