Inverness South is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Cradlehall, Inshes and Westhill areas in or near urban Inverness, and the village of Tomatin, on the River Findhorn. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
editElection | Councillors | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Roy Pedersen (SNP) |
Thomas Prag (Liberal Democrats) |
John Holden (Labour) |
Jim Crawford (Ind.) | ||||
Nov 2011 | Carolyn Ann Caddick (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
2012 | Ken Gowans (SNP) | |||||||
2017 | Andrew Jarvie (Conservative) |
Duncan MacPherson (Ind.) | ||||||
2022 | Andrew Sinclair (Conservative) |
Colin Aitken (Liberal Democrats) | ||||||
Apr 2024 | Duncan McDonald (Ind.) |
Election results
edit2024 by-election
editParty | 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 | |||||
Scottish Green | Arun Sharma | 7.1 | 237 | 237 | 246 | ||||||
Alba | Jimmy Duncan | 3.2 | 107 | 112 | |||||||
Sovereignty | Andrew Macdonald | 1.2 | 41 | ||||||||
Electorate: 12,664 Valid: 3,305 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,653 Turnout: 26.3% |
2022 election
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Ken Gowans (incumbent) | 35.2 | 1,949 | ||||||
Independent | Duncan MacPherson (incumbent) | 24.8 | 1,375 | ||||||
Conservative | Andrew Sinclair[note 1] | 16.9 | 936 | 949 | 1,007 | 1,017 | 1,073 | 1,096 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Aitken[note 2] | 8.6 | 478 | 550 | 618 | 640 | 868 | 1,228 | |
Labour | David Jardine | 7.2 | 402 | 502 | 536 | 557 | |||
Scottish Green | Claire Filer | 5.4 | 299 | 597 | 628 | 724 | 841 | ||
Alba | Jimmy Duncan | 1.9 | 104 | 216 | 225 | ||||
Electorate: 12,571 Valid: 5,543 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 1,109 Turnout: 44.4% |
2017 election
edit2017 Highland Council election[6]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Ken Gowans (incumbent) †† | 25.3% | 1,287 | |||||||
Conservative | Andrew Jarvie | 20.1% | 1,022 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Caddick (incumbent) | 15.7% | 799 | 810.5 | 811.6 | 833.8 | 970.5 | 1,151.2 | ||
Independent | Duncan MacPherson | 11.5% | 583 | 593.7 | 594.3 | 619.6 | 678.2 | 971.2 | 1,029.6 | |
Independent | Jim Crawford (incumbent) | 10.4% | 527 | 537.5 | 538.3 | 564.3 | 621.8 | |||
Labour | Shaun Fraser | 7.6% | 387 | 394.9 | 395.3 | 401.3 | ||||
SNP | Michelle Gowans | 7.4% | 376 | 592.3 | 592.4 | 599.6 | 646.4 | 682.2 | 696.4 | |
Scottish Christian | Donald MacLeod Boyd | 2.05% | 104 | 105.05 | 105.3 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,085 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,018 Turnout: 5,133 (45.3%) |
2012 election
edit2012 Highland Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SNP | Ken Gowans | 20.34% | 696 | ||||||||
Independent | Jim Crawford (incumbent) | 17.36% | 594 | 594.5 | 659.5 | 772.5 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Caddick (incumbent) | 16.63% | 569 | 569.6 | 590.7 | 688.7 | |||||
SNP | Bill Boyd | 11.49% | 393 | 401.3 | 411.3 | 429.4 | 437.9 | 438.2 | 495.6 | ||
Labour | Katherine MacKenzie | 10.32% | 353 | 353.3 | 363.3 | 385.3 | 398.8 | 399.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Prag (incumbent) | 9.79% | 335 | 335.2 | 346.2 | 378.2 | 401.4 | 403.9 | 505.3 | 631.9 | |
Conservative | David Bonsor | 9.38% | 321 | 321.1 | 343.1 | ||||||
Scottish Christian | Donald MacLeod Boyd | 4.68% | 160 | 160.1 | |||||||
Electorate: 9,479 Valid: 3,421 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 685 Turnout: 3,458 (36.48%) |
2011 by-election
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Kenneth Archer Gowans | 33.94 | 885 | 903 | 922 | 967 | 1,005 | 1,084 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Ann Caddick | 28.65 | 747 | 761 | 777 | 830 | 971 | 1,091 | |
Labour | Katherine MacKenzie-Geegan | 11.81 | 308 | 319 | 327 | 357 | 379 | ||
Conservative | David Louis Kinsley Bonsor | 11.12 | 290 | 300 | 336 | 339 | |||
Scottish Green | Gale Louise Falconer | 6.02 | 157 | 172 | 189 | ||||
Scottish Christian | Donald MacLeod Boyd | 4.83 | 126 | 130 | |||||
Independent | David McGrath | 3.60 | 94 | ||||||
Electorate: 9,760 Valid: 2,607 Spoilt: 13 Quota: 1,304 Turnout: 2,620 |
2007 election
edit2007 Highland Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Roy Pedersen | 1,058 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Prag | 902 | 23.0 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | John Holden | 671 | 17.1 | 4 | 4 | |
Independent | Jim Crawford | 524 | 13.4 | 3 | 4 | |
Conservative | Donald MacDonald | 413 | 10.5 | |||
Independent | Barrie Haycock | 353 | 9.0 |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Ward 19 (Inverness South) By-Election Results 2024 Candidate_Votes_Per_Stage_Report_Ward-19". Highland Council. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Ward 19 (Inverness South) By-Election Results 2024 Declaration_Of_Results_Report_Ward 19". Highland Council. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 19 Inverness South - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 19 Inverness South - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Community Council elections".
- ^ http://www.highland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F39E89BF-C07B-47D4-82E8-EF76C10FC015/0/ElectionSTVspreadsheetWard20InvernessFinal.pdf [dead link]