Fort William and Ardnamurchan (ward)
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Council ward in the Scottish Highlands
Fort William and Ardnamurchan is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Michael Foxley (Liberal Democrats) |
Donald Cameron (Ind.) |
Brian Murphy (Labour) |
Bren Gormley (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | Andrew Baxter (Independent/ Real Independent/ Conservative) |
Thomas MacLennan (Ind.) | ||||||
| 2017 | Blair Allan (SNP) |
Ian Ramon (Conservative) |
Niall McLean (SNP) | |||||
| Dec 2021 | Sarah Fanet (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrats) |
Kate Willis (Greens) |
Thomas MacLennan (Ind.) | |||||
| Sep 2024 | Andrew Baxter (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
Election results
2024 by-election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Baxter | 58.9 | 1,428 | |
| SNP | Rebecca Machin | 25.5 | 619 | |
| Green | Marit Behner-Coady | 6.0 | 146 | |
| Labour | Susan Carstairs | 4.5 | 109 | |
| Conservative | Fiona Fawcett | 4.4 | 107 | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Nathan Lumb | 0.6 | 15 | |
| Electorate: 8,985 Valid: 2,424 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 27.3 | ||||
Source:[1]
2022 election
Main article: 2022 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Angus MacDonald | 37.5 | 1,500 | ||||
| SNP | Sarah Fanet (incumbent) | 33.5 | 1,341 | ||||
| Conservative | Fiona Fawcett | 10.1 | 404 | 551 | 570 | ||
| Green | Kate Willis | 9.6 | 385 | 500 | 798 | 837 | |
| Independent | Thomas MacLennan | 9.3 | 373 | 640 | 724 | 1,057 | |
| Electorate: 9,021 Valid: 4,003 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 801 Turnout: 45% | |||||||
2021 by-election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Sarah Fanet | 39.6% | 905 | 915 | 925 | 952 | 968 | 1182 | |
| Conservative | Ruraidh Stewart | 21.2% | 485 | 488 | 504 | 547 | 651 | 688 | |
| Green | Kate Willis | 14.3% | 328 | 330 | 344 | 385 | 442 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Liley | 10.1% | 231 | 234 | 248 | 294 | |||
| Independent | Andy McKenna | 8.5% | 194 | 202 | 238 | ||||
| Independent | Joanne Matheson | 3.8% | 88 | 109 | |||||
| No Label | Mark Drayton | 2.4% | 56 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,015 Valid: 2,307 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,144 Turnout: 2,327 (25.6%) | |||||||||
2017 election
2017 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Baxter (incumbent) | 37.2% | 1,550 | |||||||
| SNP | Blair Allan | 22.4% | 932 | |||||||
| Conservative | Ian Ramon | 12.7% | 530 | 648.9 | 650.0 | 713.5 | 842.3 | |||
| SNP | Niall McLean | 10.5% | 437 | 550.3 | 630.2 | 650.9 | 715.9 | 716.1 | 852.2 | |
| Labour | Sally Semple | 8.3% | 344 | 425.9 | 428.5 | 488.9 | 595.9 | 599.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Escott | 4.6% | 192 | 250.7 | 254.6 | |||||
| Independent | Joanne Matheson | 4.3% | 177 | 389.3 | 392.6 | 454.7 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,162 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 833 Turnout: 4,242 (48.4%) | ||||||||||
2012 election
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Baxter††† | 18.63% | 647 | 678 | 713 | ||||||
| Labour | Brian Murphy (incumbent) | 16.53% | 574 | 585 | 631 | 633.3 | 688.5 | 719.3 | |||
| SNP | Bren Gormley (incumbent) | 16.33% | 567 | 577 | 583 | 585.4 | 855.7 | ||||
| Independent | Davie Corrigan | 13.48% | 468 | 489 | 514 | 518.2 | 552.2 | 580.7 | 584.9 | ||
| Independent | Thomas MacLennan††† | 12.9% | 448 | 473 | 518 | 521.8 | 555.9 | 582.7 | 590.1 | 873.3 | |
| SNP | William MacDonald | 11.9% | 413 | 418 | 434 | 435 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie MacKie | 5.18% | 180 | 219 | |||||||
| Conservative | Alexander Gillespie | 5.04% | 175 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 8,593 Valid: 3,472 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 695 Turnout: 3,530 (41.08%) | |||||||||||
2007 election
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Foxley | 1,059 | 20.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Donald Cameron | 939 | 18.1 | 2 | 7 | |
| SNP | Bren Gormley | 778 | 15.0 | 3 | 10 | |
| Labour | Brian Murphy | 501 | 9.7 | 4 | 10 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Baxter | 372 | 7.2 | |||
| Independent | Thomas MacLennan | 322 | 6.2 | |||
| Independent | Darren Woods | 317 | 6.1 | |||
| Independent | Patricia Jordan | 271 | 5.2 | |||
| Independent | Drew McFarlane-Slack | 241 | 4.6 | |||
| Independent | Iain Thornber | 195 | 3.8 | |||
| Independent | Neil Clark | 194 | 3.7 | |||
References
- ↑ "Ward 21 - Fort William and Ardnamurchan Results - 2024 Declaration of Results Report". Highland Council. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ "2022 local government election results Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ↑ "2022 local government election results Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ↑ "The Highland Council By-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ↑ "The Highland Council Twitter". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ↑ "Ballot Box Scotland Twitter". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ↑ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 council election Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan | Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk.
- ↑ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - Local government election results 2012 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting". www.highland.gov.uk.
- ↑ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - Highland Council election results 2007 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting". www.highland.gov.uk.