Highland Council elections
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Local government elections in Highland, Scotland
Highland Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.
As a regional council
| Year | SNP | Liberal[a] | Conservative | Green | Labour | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 37 |
| 1978 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 37 |
| 1982[b] | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 42 |
| 1986 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 37[c] |
| 1990 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 35[d] |
| 1994[e] | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 35[d] |
As a unitary authority
| Year | SNP | Liberal Democrats | Conservative | Green | Labour | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 49 |
| 1999[a] | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 50[b] |
| 2003 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 57 |
| 2007[c] | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
| 2012 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35 |
| 2017[d] | 22 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| 2022 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
Results maps
1995 results map
1999 results map
2003 results map
2012 results map
By-elections
2003-2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Helen Carmichael | 564 | 54.9 | +5.2 | |
| Independent | David Martin | 271 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Sean Wood | 103 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Farthing | 89 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
| Majority | 293 | 28.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,027 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Henderson | 514 | 43.9 | +43.9 | |
| Independent | Michael Gimson | 263 | 22.4 | −6.6 | |
| SNP | John Finnie | 212 | 18.1 | +18.1 | |
| Labour | Fraser Parr | 108 | 9.2 | −7.0 | |
| Conservative | Graeme Nicol | 49 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
| Independent | Robert Rodger | 26 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 251 | 21.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,172 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2007-2012
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Christie | 59.6 | 1,503 | |
| SNP | Brian ÓhEadhra | 22.1 | 556 | |
| Labour | Andrew MacKintosh | 8.3 | 210 | |
| Scottish Christian | Sheila McLaughlan | 4.6 | 115 | |
| Conservative | Donald MacDonald | 4.4 | 111 | |
| Solidarity | George MacDonald | 1.1 | 27 | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | ||||
| Valid: 2,522 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,270 Turnout: 2,540 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SNP | Gail Elizabeth Ross | 46.8 | 979 | 984 | 999 | 1,049 | |
| Labour | Neil MacDonald | 19.6 | 409 | 410 | 421 | 463 | |
| Independent | Niall Smith | 9.9 | 207 | 209 | 217 | 245 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Mairi Clarke | 9.9 | 206 | 211 | 219 | 236 | |
| Independent | Jim Oag | 8.8 | 184 | 191 | 202 | ||
| Independent | Laurel Bush | 3.5 | 73 | 75 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Carr | 1.6 | 33 | ||||
| SNP gain from Independent | |||||||
| Valid: 2,091 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,047 Turnout: 2,124 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Independent | Fiona Robertson | 32.2 | 811 | 840 | 933 | 1,204 | |
| SNP | Derek Louden | 33.2 | 837 | 860 | 928 | 1,037 | |
| Independent | Ruairidh MacKenzie | 18.5 | 467 | 481 | 547 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Antony Gardner | 12.2 | 307 | 318 | |||
| Independent | Michael Herd | 3.9 | 97 | ||||
| Independent gain from SNP | |||||||
| Valid: 2,519 Spoilt: 17 Quota: 1,260 Turnout: 2,536 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Caddick | 28.7 | 747 | 761 | 777 | 830 | 971 | 1,091 | |
| SNP | Kenneth Gowans | 33.9 | 885 | 903 | 922 | 967 | 1,005 | 1,084 | |
| Labour | Katherine MacKenzie-Geegan | 11.8 | 308 | 319 | 327 | 357 | 379 | ||
| Conservative | David Bonsor | 11.1 | 290 | 300 | 336 | 339 | |||
| Green | Gale Falconer | 6.0 | 157 | 172 | 189 | ||||
| Scottish Christian | Donald Boyd | 4.8 | 126 | 130 | |||||
| Independent | David McGrath | 3.6 | 94 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||||||
| Valid: 2,607 Spoilt: 13 Quota: 1,304 Turnout: 2,620 | |||||||||
2012-2017
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Gillian Coghill | 53.5 | 1,317 | |
| SNP | Hanna Miedema | 21.3 | 525 | |
| Labour | David Baron | 16.9 | 417 | |
| Conservative | Barbara Anne Watson | 8.3 | 203 | |
| Independent hold | ||||
| Valid: 2,462 Spoilt: 17 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 2,479 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Matthew Reiss | 44.8 | 1,150 | |
| Independent | Winifred Sutherland | 23.1 | 593 | |
| SNP | Ed Boyter | 20.5 | 526 | |
| Conservative | Kerensa Carr | 6.7 | 171 | |
| Independent | Tina Irving | 5.0 | 128 | |
| Independent gain from SNP | ||||
| Valid: 2,568 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,295 Turnout: 2,616 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Independent hold | |||||||||
| Valid: 3,061 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,531 Turnout: 3,084 | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Independent | Ben Thompson | 39.0 | 932 | 950 | 1,009 | 1,176 | |
| SNP | William MacDonald | 30.4 | 726 | 739 | 756 | 881 | |
| Independent | Sandy Watson | 22.5 | 537 | 541 | 551 | ||
| UKIP | Liam Simmonds | 5.6 | 133 | 139 | |||
| Scottish Christian | Susan Wallace | 2.8 | 68 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||||
| Valid: 2,391 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,196 Turnout: 2,414 (34.43%) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SNP | Stephen Fuller | 41.0 | 2,709 | 2,782 | 2,854 | 3,135 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ritchie Cunningham | 24.1 | 1,589 | 1,701 | 1,890 | 2,406 | |
| Independent | Paul McIvor | 15.3 | 1,011 | 1,042 | 1,440 | ||
| Independent | Mairi MacGregor | 12.7 | 837 | 893 | |||
| Labour | Chris Johnson | 6.9 | 455 | ||||
| SNP hold | |||||||
| Valid: 6,601 Spoilt: 149 Quota: 3,302 Turnout: 6,750 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Davis | 33.5 | 1,029 | 1,099 | 1,208 | 1,511 | |
| SNP | Emma Ann Knox | 32.5 | 1,000 | 1,097 | 1,144 | 1,167 | |
| Conservative | George Cruickshank | 15.2 | 467 | 480 | 544 | ||
| Independent | Zofia Fraser | 9.5 | 293 | 330 | |||
| Green | Vikki Tania Trelfer | 9.3 | 287 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||||
| Valid: 3,076 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 1,538 Turnout: 3,100 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Trish Robertson | 16.7 | 463 | 464 | 479 | 515 | 564 | 703 | 793 | 1,026 | |
| SNP | Pauline Munro | 27.2 | 753 | 755 | 775 | 796 | 862 | 908 | 970 | 1,001 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Jarvie | 15.9 | 439 | 442 | 452 | 468 | 478 | 515 | 589 | ||
| Independent | Duncan MacPherson | 9.9 | 274 | 285 | 324 | 346 | 369 | 414 | |||
| Independent | John Ross | 11.4 | 315 | 317 | 330 | 339 | 362 | ||||
| Green | Isla MacLeod-O'Reilly | 6.5 | 180 | 182 | 188 | 209 | |||||
| Labour | Andrew MacKintosh | 5.9 | 163 | 163 | 180 | ||||||
| Independent | David McGrath | 5.7 | 158 | 158 | |||||||
| Independent | Thomas Lamont | 0.8 | 23 | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||||||||
| Valid: 2,768 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,385 Turnout: 2,818 | |||||||||||
2017-2022
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Independent | Alasdair Rhind | 49.4 | 1,266 | 1,267 | 1,290 | |
| SNP | Stan Peace | 23.9 | 612 | 616 | 634 | |
| Liberal Democrats | William Sinclair | 14.5 | 372 | 376 | 387 | |
| Conservative | Eva Short | 9.1 | 233 | 236 | 243 | |
| Independent | Gerald Holdsworth | 2.7 | 68 | 69 | ||
| Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian | 0.5 | 13 | |||
| Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||||
| Valid: 2,564 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,283 Turnout: 2,593 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Denis Rixson | 31.1 | 658 | 671 | 706 | 791 | 968 | |
| SNP | Alex MacInnes | 27.2 | 574 | 591 | 615 | 617 | 737 | |
| Independent | Colin 'Woody' Wood | 21.5 | 454 | 471 | 539 | 580 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Smith | 8.7 | 183 | 188 | 200 | |||
| Independent | Catherine MacKinnon | 6.9 | 146 | 176 | ||||
| Independent | Ronald Joseph Campbell | 4.6 | 98 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from SNP | ||||||||
| Valid: 2,113 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,057 Turnout: 2,131 | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Alexander MacInnes | 33.1 | 1,318 | 1,320 | 1,322 | 1,327 | 1,354 | 1,397 | 1,575 | 1,798 | |
| Conservative | Gavin Berkeneger | 26.0 | 1,037 | 1,038 | 1,043 | 1,061 | 1,071 | 1,147 | 1,186 | 1,374 | |
| Independent | Richard Greene | 15.6 | 622 | 624 | 627 | 677 | 699 | 785 | 905 | ||
| Green | Irene Francis Brandt | 9.0 | 359 | 359 | 359 | 364 | 411 | 483 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | George Scott | 8.0 | 320 | 320 | 322 | 346 | 379 | ||||
| Labour | Christopher Birt | 4.4 | 174 | 174 | 175 | 179 | |||||
| Independent | Jean Davis | 3.3 | 131 | 132 | 133 | ||||||
| UKIP | Les Durance | 0.4 | 16 | 18 | |||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian | 0.2 | 8 | ||||||||
| SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||||||||
| Valid: 3,985 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 1,993 Turnout: 4,024 | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | Emma Roddick | 45.2 | 1,015 | 1,033 | 1,115 | |
| Conservative | Rachael Hatfield | 15.4 | 345 | 349 | 360 | |
| Independent | Richie Paxton | 12.3 | 277 | 303 | 338 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Dormer | 10.5 | 237 | 266 | 325 | |
| Green | Russell Deacon | 9.8 | 220 | 238 | ||
| Labour | Ardalan Eghtedar | 6.9 | 154 | |||
| SNP hold | ||||||
| Electorate: 8,877 Valid: 2,248 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 2,276 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Calum Munro | 28.5 | 911 | 927 | 1,017 | 1,117 | 1,464 | |
| SNP | Andrew Kiss | 27.3 | 874 | 885 | 889 | 1,019 | 1,135 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Fay Thomson | 21.8 | 698 | 698 | 801 | 881 | ||
| Green | Dawn Kroonstuiver Campbell | 11.2 | 357 | 367 | 379 | |||
| Conservative | Ruriadh Stewart | 9.8 | 314 | 315 | ||||
| No description | Màrtainn Mac a’ Bhàillidh | 1.4 | 45 | |||||
| Independent hold | ||||||||
| Valid: 3,199 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,600 Turnout: 3,228 | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | David Fraser | 28.3 | 997 | 1,010 | 1,076 | 1,194 | 1,663 | 2,109 | |
| SNP | Gordon Shanks | 28.2 | 994 | 1,010 | 1,129 | 1,198 | 1,211 | ||
| Conservative | Gavin Berkenheger | 23.41% | 824 | 835 | 847 | 929 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Robertson | 8.52% | 300 | 335 | 397 | ||||
| Green | Ryan MacKintosh | 7.7 | 272 | 297 | |||||
| Labour | Bill Moore | 3.8 | 133 | ||||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||||||
| Valid: 3,520 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 1,761 Turnout: 3,564 | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Tilt | 27.3 | 657 | 660 | 848 | 986 | 1,501 | |
| Independent | Bill Fernie | 25.8 | 622 | 627 | 780 | 963 | ||
| SNP | Michael James Cameron | 24.6 | 593 | 593 | 606 | |||
| Conservative | Daniel Ross | 21.8 | 523 | 525 | ||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian | 0.7 | 16 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | ||||||||
| Valid: 2,411 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,206 Turnout: 2,439 | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Aitken | 31.8 | 678 | 678 | 680 | 705 | 799 | 970 | 1,246 | |
| SNP | Kate MacLean | 33.7 | 718 | 720 | 731 | 816 | 853 | 869 | ||
| Conservative | Max Bannerman | 13.8 | 293 | 295 | 302 | 311 | 344 | |||
| Independent | Duncan McDonald | 10.8 | 230 | 232 | 239 | 251 | ||||
| Green | Ryan MacKintosh | 7.5 | 159 | 160 | 164 | |||||
| ISP | Iain Cullens Forsyth | 2.0 | 42 | 42 | ||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Calum Mark Liptrot | 0.5 | 11 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | ||||||||||
| Valid: 2,131 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,066 Turnout: 2,149 | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Sarah Fanet | 39.8 | 905 | 915 | 925 | 952 | 968 | 1,182 | |
| 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 | 3.9 | 88 | 109 | |||||
| No description | Mark Drayton | 2.6 | 56 | ||||||
| SNP gain from Conservative | |||||||||
| Valid: 2,287 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,144 Turnout: 2,327 | |||||||||
2022-2027
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Maureen Ross | 41.5 | 1,022 | 1,025 | 1,033 | 1,058 | 1,131 | 1,312 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Stephen | 24.5 | 603 | 605 | 618 | 644 | 705 | 801 | |
| SNP | Gordon Allison | 18.8 | 464 | 467 | 491 | 506 | 514 | ||
| Conservative | Veronica Morrison | 8.4 | 207 | 210 | 210 | 216 | |||
| Labour | Michael Perera | 3.6 | 88 | 90 | 96 | ||||
| Green | Andrew Barnett | 2.3 | 56 | 58 | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian | 0.9 | 23 | ||||||
| Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||||||
| Electorate: 7,226 Valid: 2,463 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 2,488 | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Duncan Cameron McDonald | 21.9 | 730 | 740 | 768 | 798 | 872 | 1,050 | 1,247 | 1,800 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Chartier | 19.6 | 652 | 658 | 665 | 699 | 834 | 1,065 | 1,235 | ||
| SNP | Gordon Shanks | 19.2 | 641 | 647 | 679 | 778 | 830 | 838 | |||
| Conservative | Ryan Forbes | 16.0 | 533 | 535 | 541 | 551 | 595 | ||||
| Labour | Ron Stevenson | 10.9 | 364 | 365 | 370 | 404 | |||||
| Green | Arun Sharma | 7.1 | 237 | 237 | 246 | ||||||
| Alba | Jimmy Duncan | 3.2 | 107 | 112 | |||||||
| Sovereignty | Andrew Macdonald | 1.2 | 41 | ||||||||
| Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||||||||
| Valid: 3,305 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,653 Turnout: 3,325 | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Laura Dundas | 36.0 | 895 | 898 | 938 | 946 | 997 | 1,179 | 1,582 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Cohen | 25.0 | 621 | 625 | 637 | 668 | 708 | 890 | ||
| SNP | Gordon Allison | 25.4 | 630 | 636 | 643 | 682 | 689 | |||
| Conservative | Eva Short | 5.4 | 134 | 135 | 143 | 145 | ||||
| Green | Andrew Barnett | 3.6 | 89 | 94 | 95 | |||||
| Independent | John Shearer | 3.6 | 89 | 91 | ||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian | 1.0 | 25 | |||||||
| Independent hold | ||||||||||
| Valid: 2,483 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 1,242 Turnout: 2,507 | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Edmondson | 20.3 | 481 | 481 | 493 | 498 | 531 | 544 | 557 | 573 | 641 | 714 | 806 | |
| Independent | Sinclair Coghill | 13.7 | 326 | 327 | 334 | 343 | 345 | 353 | 379 | 416 | 512 | 685 | 800 | |
| SNP | Odette MacDonald | 17.0 | 403 | 404 | 404 | 406 | 417 | 451 | 457 | 498 | 510 | 550 | ||
| Independent | Martin Rattray | 13.6 | 323 | 323 | 332 | 338 | 346 | 350 | 381 | 422 | 491 | |||
| Independent | Richard Cross | 12.0 | 285 | 285 | 291 | 303 | 305 | 310 | 316 | 341 | ||||
| Independent | Brideen Godley-MacKenzie | 6.8 | 162 | 162 | 166 | 170 | 172 | 181 | 193 | |||||
| Independent | Tina McCaffery | 4.1 | 97 | 98 | 101 | 105 | 107 | 109 | ||||||
| Green | Ryan Barrowman | 3.7 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 95 | |||||||
| Labour | Michael Perera | 3.2 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 83 | ||||||||
| Reform | Kim Jackson | 2.2 | 52 | 70 | 72 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Innes Munro | 2.4 | 57 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Reform | Roland Jackson | 1.0 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||||||||||||
| Independent hold | ||||||||||||||
| Valid: 2,375 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 792 Turnout: 2,420 | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Michael Gregson | 27.9 | 479 | 481 | 522 | 548 | 688 | 929 | |
| SNP | Martin MacGregor | 32.1 | 551 | 555 | 619 | 624 | 672 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Lewcock | 16.7 | 286 | 301 | 328 | 409 | |||
| Conservative | Donald MacKenzie | 8.7 | 150 | 182 | 182 | ||||
| Green | Andrew Barnett | 9.2 | 158 | 162 | |||||
| Reform | Iain Richmond | 5.4 | 93 | ||||||
| Labour hold | |||||||||
| Valid: 1,702 Spoilt: 15 Quota: 859 Turnout: 1,717 | |||||||||
| 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 | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | ||||
| Valid: 2,424 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 2,449 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Independent | Richard James Cross | 21.1 | 503 | 512 | 518 | 529 | 544 | 646 | 740 | 986 | 1,211 | |
| SNP | Odette MacDonald | 23.8 | 568 | 570 | 584 | 627 | 667 | 709 | 749 | 812 | ||
| Independent | Martin Rattray | 15.4 | 368 | 374 | 383 | 389 | 393 | 454 | 524 | |||
| Reform | Allan Macdonald | 14.6 | 348 | 356 | 362 | 369 | 372 | 396 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Costigane | 12.2 | 290 | 298 | 323 | 329 | 349 | |||||
| Green | Anne Thomas | 3.9 | 92 | 93 | 98 | 101 | ||||||
| Alba | Steve Chisolm | 3.8 | 91 | 92 | 93 | |||||||
| Labour | Michael Robert Perera | 3.2 | 77 | 79 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Ryan Forbes | 2.0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Independent hold | ||||||||||||
| Valid: 2,385 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,193 Turnout: 2,410 | ||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Christine Gillies | 23.5 | 823 | 834 | 846 | 912 | 1,021 | 1,224 | 1,515 | 2,009 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Fay Thomson | 21.1 | 741 | 765 | 795 | 847 | 902 | 1,023 | 1,228 | ||
| Independent | Campbell Dickson | 18.7 | 655 | 658 | 698 | 717 | 775 | 854 | |||
| SNP | Mártainn Mac A'bhàillidh | 15.0 | 527 | 530 | 536 | 593 | 613 | ||||
| Independent | Jonathan Macdonald | 7.9 | 276 | 285 | 301 | 316 | |||||
| Green | Katy Lawrence | 6.8 | 239 | 241 | 243 | ||||||
| Reform | John Coupland | 4.5 | 157 | 169 | |||||||
| Conservative | George Macpherson | 2.5 | 86 | ||||||||
| Independent hold | |||||||||||
| Valid: 3,504 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,753 Turnout: 3,523 | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Sammy Cameron | 36.0 | 867 | 871 | 873 | 888 | 914 | 972 | 1,139 | 1,607 | |
| Independent | Allan Henderson | 30.0 | 723 | 723 | 725 | 728 | 752 | 806 | 967 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Isla Campbell | 16.8 | 404 | 412 | 423 | 427 | 444 | 492 | |||
| SNP | Aaron Taylor | 8.6 | 207 | 208 | 212 | 216 | 219 | ||||
| Reform | Ryan Forbes | 4.8 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | |||||
| Independent | Matthew Prosser | 1.2 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| Labour | Michael Perera | 1.0 | 25 | 27 | |||||||
| Conservative | Donald Mackenzie | 0.7 | 18 | ||||||||
| Independent gain from Green | |||||||||||
| Valid: 2,408 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,196 Turnout: 2,426 | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Connie Ramsay | 38.8 | 935 | 944 | 971 | 1,042 | 1,141 | 1,584 | |
| Independent | Eric Nimmons | 28.4 | 686 | 704 | 712 | 812 | 924 | ||
| SNP | Peter Newman | 14.8 | 356 | 359 | 392 | 405 | |||
| Reform | Stuart Wilson | 12.9 | 312 | 319 | 322 | ||||
| Green | Andrew Barnett | 3.2 | 78 | 82 | |||||
| Conservative | Manuel Androulakis | 1.9 | 45 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from SNP | |||||||||
| Valid: 2,430 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,207 Turnout: 2,448 | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Prosser | 40.4 | 925 | 957 | 1,036 | 1,133 | 1,231 | |
| SNP | Norrie Maclean | 29.1 | 665 | 680 | 692 | 781 | 808 | |
| Reform | Allan Macdonald | 9.6 | 220 | 226 | 253 | 256 | ||
| Green | Ollie Crookwood | 9.4 | 216 | 224 | 230 | |||
| Conservative | Julia Peill | 7.6 | 175 | 181 | ||||
| Labour | Michael Perera | 3.8 | 87 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from SNP | ||||||||
| Valid: 2,288 Spoilt: 17 Quota: 1,145 Turnout: 2,305 | ||||||||
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