Aird and Loch Ness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Loch Ness, the town of Beauly, and the village of Fort Augustus. It elects four Councillors.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Margaret Davidson (Ind.) |
Helen Carmichael (Ind.) |
Drew Hendry (SNP) |
Hamish Wood (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| Oct 2015 | Jean Davis (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
| 2017 | Emma Knox (SNP) |
George Cruickshank (Conservative) | ||||||
| Mar 2021 | David Fraser (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2022 | Helen Crawford (Conservative) |
Chris Ballance (Green) | ||||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Emma Knox (incumbent) | 26.2 | 1,364 | |||||||
| Independent | David Fraser (incumbent) | 22.7 | 1,182 | |||||||
| Conservative | Helen Crawford | 21.1 | 1,099 | |||||||
| Scottish Green | Chris Ballance | 10.2 | 528 | 706 | 727 | 730 | 783 | 924 | 1,165 | |
| Independent | Aarron Duncan-MacLeod | 8.3 | 430 | 471 | 535 | 556 | 596 | 774 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Holly Kingham | 6.6 | 342 | 369 | 385 | 398 | 523 | |||
| Labour | Michael Perera | 4.9 | 253 | 276 | 286 | 291 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,213 Valid: 5,198 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,040 Turnout: 51.5% | ||||||||||
2021 by-election
editA by-election was originally scheduled to take place on 5 November 2020 to elect one councillor after the death of George Cruickshank. However, it was postponed to 11 March 2021.[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | David Fraser | 28.3% | 997 | 1010 | 1076 | 1194 | 1663 | 2109 | |
| SNP | Gordon Shanks | 28.2% | 994 | 1010 | 1129 | 1198 | 1211 | ||
| Conservative | Gavin Berkenheger | 23.4% | 824 | 835 | 847 | 929 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Robertson | 8.5% | 300 | 335 | 397 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Ryan MacKintosh | 7.7% | 272 | 297 | |||||
| Labour | Bill Moore | 3.8% | 133 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,147 Valid: 3,520 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 1,761 Turnout: 3,564 (35.1%) | |||||||||
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Margaret Davidson (incumbent) | 27.8% | 1,405 | ||||||
| Conservative | George Cruickshank | 19.7% | 998 | 1,045.3 | |||||
| SNP | Emma Knox | 14.2% | 719 | 734.1 | 734.3 | 842.07 | 1,270.6 | ||
| Independent | Helen Carmichael (incumbent) | 12.4% | 625 | 837.02 | 848.6 | 947.6 | 960.7 | 1,049.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dr. Jean Davis (incumbent) | 10.2% | 515 | 558.6 | 568.1 | 654.5 | 671.2 | 714.9 | |
| SNP | Matt Friess | 8.08% | 409 | 424.9 | 425.3 | 491.8 | |||
| Scottish Green | Chris Ballance | 7.7% | 388 | 411.8 | 413.5 | ||||
| Electorate: between 9,735 and 9,752 Valid: 5,059 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 5,125 (52.6%) | |||||||||
2015 by-election
editA by-election was triggered by the resignation of Drew Hendry in July 2015, following his election as an MP.[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Mary Elizabeth 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 | |||
| Scottish Green | Vikki Tania Trelfer | 9.3% | 287 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,584 Valid: 3,076 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 1,538 Turnout: 3,100 (32.35%) | |||||||
2012 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Margaret Davidson (incumbent) | 36.94% | 1,194 | ||||||||
| SNP | Drew Hendry (incumbent) | 20.77% | 840 | ||||||||
| Independent | Helen Carmichael (incumbent) | 16.3% | 659 | 894.4 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Hamish Wood (incumbent) | 12.31% | 498 | 546 | 575.4 | 579 | 585.9 | 652.4 | 768 | 858.1 | |
| SNP | Robert Stewart | 7.1% | 287 | 314.1 | 322.7 | 345.3 | 358.5 | 387 | 413.2 | ||
| Conservative | George Cruickshank | 6.89% | 279 | 297.4 | 307.4 | 307.9 | 335.8 | 351.9 | |||
| Labour | Mike Robb | 5.46% | 221 | 234.2 | 242.1 | 243.3 | 246.2 | ||||
| UKIP | Fred Pidcock | 1.63% | 66 | 72.1 | 75.8 | 76.3 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,999 Valid: 4,044 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 809 Turnout: 4,100 (45.56%) | |||||||||||
2007 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Margaret Davidson | 1,215 | 24.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Helen Carmichael | 1,125 | 22.8 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Drew Hendry | 892 | 18.1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hamish Wood | 550 | 11.1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Chown | 355 | 7.2 | |||
| Independent | John Martin | 322 | 6.5 | |||
| Labour | Andrew MacKintosh | 292 | 5.9 | |||
| Independent | Alexander Nicol | 192 | 3.9 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 12 Aird and Loch Ness Report - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 12 Aird and Loch Ness Report - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Ward 12 Aird and Loch Ness By-Election Results 2021". The Highland Council. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "2017 council election Ward 12 Aird and Loch Ness". The Highland Council. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Ramage, Iain (13 July 2015). "Drew Hendry steps down, triggering Highland by-election". Press and Journal. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Ward 13 - Aird and Loch Ness By-election - Thursday 8 October 2015". highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015.