Badenoch and Strathspey is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It encompasses the towns and villages of Aviemore, Boat of Garten, Carrbridge, Cromdale, Dulnain Bridge, Grantown-on-Spey, Kingussie, Newtonmore and Nethy Bridge. It elects four Councillors.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | David Fallows (SNP) |
Stuart Black (Liberal Democrats) |
Gregor Rimell (Ind./Liberal Democrats) |
Jaci Douglas (Ind.) | ||||
| 2012 | Bill Lobban (SNP/ Ind.) |
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| 2017 | Muriel Cockburn (SNP) |
John Bruce (Conservative) |
Pippa Hadley (Greens) | |||||
| 2022 | Russell Jones (Ind.) | |||||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Russell Jones | 23.1 | 1,280 | ||||||||
| SNP | Muriel Cockburn (incumbent) | 16.0 | 886 | 900 | 914 | 1,210 | |||||
| Conservative | John Bruce (incumbent) | 15.6 | 861 | 878 | 899 | 906 | 907 | 1,043 | 1,051 | 1,217 | |
| Independent | Bill Lobban (incumbent) | 15.2 | 842 | 895 | 946 | 962 | 978 | 1,133 | |||
| Scottish Green | Pippa Hadley (incumbent) | 10.3 | 568 | 593 | 624 | 655 | 702 | 850 | 858 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Declan Gallacher | 8.8 | 489 | 503 | 575 | 596 | 605 | ||||
| SNP | Dave Fallows | 6.7 | 371 | 381 | 397 | ||||||
| Labour | Charlie Whelan | 4.2 | 232 | 241 | |||||||
| Electorate: 10,899 Valid: 5,529 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,106 Turnout: 51.6% | |||||||||||
2017 election
edit2017 Highland Council election[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | John Bruce | 23.58% | 1,266 | ||||||||
| Independent | Bill Lobban (incumbent) | 22.15% | 1,189 | ||||||||
| SNP | Muriel Cockburn | 18.48% | 992 | 993.8 | 1,005.9 | 1,014.8 | 1,040.5 | 1,089.9 | |||
| Scottish Green | Pippa Hadley | 14.04% | 754 | 763.7 | 784.1 | 808.3 | 820.6 | 905.7 | 915.4 | 1,230.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gregor Rimell (incumbent) | 9.61% | 516 | 571.4 | 601.5 | 663.9 | 689.6 | 793.7 | 795.4 | ||
| Independent | Stewart Dick | 6.26% | 336 | 362.8 | 371.7 | 401.1 | 455.7 | ||||
| UKIP | Les Durance | 3.15% | 169 | 198.6 | 202.7 | 210.9 | |||||
| Independent | Donald MacDonald | 2.74% | 147 | 167.8 | 185.3 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,369 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,074 Turnout: 5,412 (51%) | |||||||||||
2012 election
edit2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Jaci Douglas (incumbent) | 24.68% | 1,082 | ||||||
| SNP | Bill Lobban | 17.99% | 789 | 813.3 | 818.9 | 840.1 | 844.8 | 970.6 | |
| SNP | David Fallows (incumbent)††††††††††† | 16.49% | 723 | 750.3 | 764.5 | 796.6 | 805.8 | 912.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gregor Rimell (incumbent) | 14.73% | 646 | 707.3 | 720.3 | 927.9 | |||
| Labour | Kieran Turner | 12.91% | 566 | 596.5 | 610.7 | 640.6 | 653.6 | ||
| Conservative | Les Durance | 10.22% | 448 | 466.5 | 518.1 | ||||
| UKIP | Ross Durance | 2.99% | 131 | 141.4 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,348 Valid: 4,385 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 878 Turnout: 4,434 (42.85%) | |||||||||
2007 election
edit2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Black | 1,720 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | David Fallows | 1,347 | 24.4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Gregor Rimell | 736 | 13.3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Conservative | Les Durance | 532 | 9.6 | |||
| Independent | Jaci Douglas | 484 | 8.8 | 4 | 7 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Donald Scobbie | 350 | 6.4 | |||
| Independent | Angela Cox | 347 | 6.3 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 20 Badenoch and Strathspey - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 20 Badenoch and Strathspey - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Butlin, Heather. "Community Council elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.