Inverness Central (ward)

Inverness Central is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Dalneigh, Glebe, Haugh, Merkinch and South Kessock areas of urban Inverness. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Peter Corbett (Ind.)	Donnie Kerr (SNP)		Janet Campbell (Liberal Democrats)	Bet McAllister (Labour)
2012		Richard Laird (SNP)	Donnie Kerr (SNP)	Janet Campbell (Ind.)
2017	3 seats	Richard Laird (SNP)
Nov 2019		Emma Roddick (SNP)
2022		Michael Cameron (SNP)	Kate MacLean (SNP)
Sep 2024		Michael Cameron (SNP)	Kate MacLean (SNP)	Michael Gregson (Labour)

Andrew Teale. "Local Elections Archive Project".

Election results

2024 by-election

Inverness Central by-election (26 September 2024) - 1 seat
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Martin MacGregor	32.1	551	555	619	624	672
	Labour	Michael Gregson	27.9	479	481	522	548	688	929
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lewcock	16.7	286	301	328	409
	Scottish Green	Andrew Barnett	9.2	158	162
	Conservative	Donald MacKenzie	8.7	150	182	182
	Reform UK	Iain Richmond	5.4	93
Electorate: 8,520 Valid: 1,702 Spoilt: 15 Quota: 859 Turnout: 20.3%

Source:^[2]^[3]

2022 election

Inverness Central - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Bet McAllister (incumbent)	24.1	793	793	805	811	840
	SNP	Michael Cameron	23.4	769	770	772	773	796	797	809	867
	SNP	Kate MacLean	17.9	589	589	591	593	612	614	628	766	807	867
	Conservative	Donald MacKenzie	12.8	420	421	424	437	455	457	510	526	527
	Scottish Green	Arun Sharma	7.4	245	250	258	262	292	293	347
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Rattray	6.4	211	211	212	218	229	234
	Independent	Andrew Barnett	4.3	141	152	162	173
	TUSC	Sean Robertson	1.4	47	47
	Scottish Family	John William McColl	1.3	45	50	54
	Independent	Luigi Andrew MacKinnon	0.8	26
Electorate: 8,647 Valid: 3,286 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 822 Turnout: 38.9%

Source:^[4]^[5]

2019 by-election

Inverness Central By-election (14 November 2019)^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	SNP	Emma Roddick	45.15	1,015	1,033	1,115
	Conservative	Rachael Hatfield	15.35	345	349	360
	Independent	Richie Paxton	12.32	277	303	338
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Dormer	10.54	237	266	325
	Scottish Green	Russell Deacon	9.79	220	238
	Labour	Ardalan Eghtedar	6.85	154
Electorate: 8,877 Valid: 2,248 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 2,276 (25.6%)

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election^[7]

Inverness Central - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Richard Laird (incumbent)†††††††	32.8%	1,122
	Labour	Bet McAllister (incumbent)	16.9%	577	615.5	623.5	665.7	768.8	880.8
	Independent	Janet Campbell (incumbent)	15.3%	522	546.03	560.9	577.8	640.4	828.8	839.4	1,063.4
	Conservative	Donald MacKenzie	12.5%	426	430.3	434.3	474.7	498.04	533.7	536.6
	Independent	Donnie Kerr (incumbent)	10.5%	360	392.8	409.2	420.6	485.1
	Scottish Green	Russell Deacon	6.08%	208	305.09	311.3	346.04
	Liberal Democrats	Margot Kerr	4.5%	154	170.7	172.7
	Independent	Diane Wilkinson	1.5%	50	58.8
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,419 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 855 Turnout: 3,483 (39.5%)

2012 election

2012 Highland Council election

Inverness Central - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Janet Campbell (incumbent)	29.97%	887
	Labour	Bet McAllister (incumbent)	26.36%	867
	SNP	Donnie Kerr††† (incumbent)	20.43%	672
	SNP	Richard Laird	11.49%	378	420.6	462.5	473.6	490.2	500.5	619.6
	Liberal Democrats	Angus Dick	9.64%	257	316.9	360	360.6	372.9	452.8
	Conservative	Ray Doctor	7.81%	153	175.7	184.4	184.6	210.8
	Scottish Christian	Rich Omand	2.28%	75	91	103.5	103.9
Electorate: 9,251 Valid: 3,289 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 658 Turnout: 3,348 (36.19%)

2007 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Inverness Central
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
SNP	Donnie Kerr	1,019	21.9	1	1
Independent	Peter Corbett	776	16.6	4	9
Liberal Democrats	Janet Campbell	729	15.6	2	6
Labour	Bet McAllister	720	15.4	3	6
Independent	William Smith	575	12.3
Conservative	David Bonsor	268	5.8
Independent	Ivor Bisset	252	5.4
Labour	Tej Manda	237	5.1
Solidarity	George MacDonald	88	1.9

References

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 14 Inverness Central". Highland Council. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
^ "Candidates Votes Per Stage Report Ward 14 Inverness Central". Highland Council. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
^ "2022 local government election results Ward 14 Inverness Central - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "2022 local government election results Ward 14 Inverness Central - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "Local Government by-elections". highland.gov.uk.
^ "Community Council elections".

[lgbc-scotland-1] "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

[2] "Declaration of Results Report Ward 14 Inverness Central". Highland Council. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

[3] "Candidates Votes Per Stage Report Ward 14 Inverness Central". Highland Council. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

[4] "2022 local government election results Ward 14 Inverness Central - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[5] "2022 local government election results Ward 14 Inverness Central - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[6] "Local Government by-elections". highland.gov.uk.

[7] "Community Council elections".

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