Black Isle (ward)
Electoral ward of Highland Council, Scotland
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Black Isle is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns of Cromarty and Fortrose. It elects three Councillors.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Billy Barclay (Ind.) |
Isobel McCallum (Ind.) |
David Alston (Liberal Democrats) |
Craig Fraser (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2013 by- | Jennifer Barclay (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2017 | 3 seats | Gordon Adam (Liberal Democrats) | ||||||
| 2022 | Sarah Atkin (Ind.) |
Morven-May MacCallum (Liberal Democrats) |
Lyndsey Johnston (SNP) | |||||
Election results
2022 election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Lyndsey Johnston | 24.9 | 1,171 | 1,199 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Morven-May MacCallum | 15.7 | 739 | 826 | 829 | 869 | 927 | 1,146 | 1,153 | 1,494 | |
| Conservative | Theo Stratton | 14.7 | 695 | 703 | 703 | 727 | 774 | 789 | 791 | ||
| Independent | Sarah Atkin | 13.4 | 634 | 660 | 661 | 769 | 947 | 1,195 | |||
| Green | Anne Thomas | 13.2 | 624 | 646 | 655 | 682 | 713 | ||||
| Independent | Okain John McLennan | 6.7 | 317 | 338 | 339 | 402 | |||||
| Independent | Bev Smith | 6.1 | 286 | 298 | 298 | ||||||
| Labour | Margaret Bryant | 5.1 | 243 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 8,842 Valid: 4,709 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,178 Turnout: 53.7% | |||||||||||
2017 election
2017 Highland Council election[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Craig Fraser (incumbent) | 26.88% | 1,234 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Adam | 20.02% | 919 | 930 | 1,005 | 1,077 | 1,307 | |||
| Independent | Jennifer Barclay (incumbent) | 16.16% | 742 | 754 | 783 | 842 | 939 | 995 | 1,457 | |
| Conservative | Rainie Smith | 18.71% | 859 | 860 | 878 | 927 | 940 | 974 | ||
| Green | Vikki Trelfer | 8.45% | 388 | 427 | 466 | 494 | ||||
| Independent | Bev Smith | 5.36% | 246 | 250 | 263 | |||||
| Labour | Michael MacMillan | 4.42% | 203 | 209 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,591 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 4,633 (54.9%) | ||||||||||
2012 election
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Independent | Billy Barclay (incumbent)†††††† | 26.77% | 1,130 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Isobel McCallum (incumbent) | 16.04% | 677 | 759.7 | 776.9 | 815.7 | 868.8 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | David Alston (incumbent) | 15.3% | 646 | 691.4 | 698.9 | 742.7 | 789.2 | 795.4 | 842.5 | 912.9 | |||
| SNP | Craig Fraser (incumbent) | 14.45% | 610 | 636.5 | 640.5 | 649.7 | 678.7 | 681.5 | 713.6 | 755 | 767.8 | 917 | |
| Green | Myra Carus | 6.92% | 292 | 308.9 | 311.9 | 318.7 | 349.9 | 351.6 | 390.5 | 438.9 | 458.8 | ||
| Independent | Morris MacKenzie Downie | 5.69% | 240 | 276.8 | 283.8 | 296.3 | 302.8 | 306.5 | 358.6 | ||||
| Labour | Michael MacMillan | 5.12% | 216 | 226.1 | 229.3 | 230.6 | |||||||
| Independent | Okain McLennan | 5.03% | 212 | 236.7 | 242.5 | 249.2 | 265.5 | 269.1 | |||||
| Conservative | Pamela Cornwell | 3.34% | 141 | 149.3 | 153.1 | ||||||||
| Scottish Christian | Paul Horwood | 1.35% | 57 | 60.5 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 8,205 Valid: 4,221 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 845 Turnout: 4,260 (51.92%) | |||||||||||||
2013 by-election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Jennifer Barclay | 32.8 | 1,003 | 1,031 | 1,061 | 1,157 | 1,210 | 1,343 | |
| SNP | Jackie Hendry | 14.3 | 439 | 439 | 453 | 470 | 530 | 594 | |
| Independent | Bill Fraser | 12.5 | 382 | 413 | 431 | 486 | 556 | 663 | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Normington | 10.9 | 334 | 373 | 408 | 434 | 489 | ||
| Independent | Gwyn Phillips | 9.0 | 275 | 289 | 304 | ||||
| Green | Myra Carus | 8.8 | 269 | 280 | 319 | 362 | |||
| Labour | Shaun Finlayson | 6.0 | 184 | 194 | |||||
| Conservative | Douglas MacLean | 5.7 | 175 | ||||||
| Valid: 3,061 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,531 Turnout: 3,084 (35.81%) | |||||||||
2007 election
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Billy Barclay | 1,233 | 24.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Isobel McCallum | 985 | 19.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Alston | 973 | 19.3 | 3 | 3 | |
| SNP | Craig Fraser | 558 | 11.1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Independent | Okain McLennan | 433 | 8.6 | |||
| Conservative | Morris Downie | 408 | 8.1 | |||
| Green | John Wood | 267 | 5.3 | |||
| Labour | Chris Birt | 192 | 3.8 | |||