Cromarty Firth (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Cromarty Firth is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It consists of North of the Cromarty Firth, west of the Tain and Easter Ross ward

Includes the towns of Alness, Evanton and Invergordon. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Carolyn Wilson
(Ind.) 		Mike Minlayson
(Ind.) 		Maxine Morley-Smith
(SNP/
Highland Matters) 		Martin Rattay
(Liberal Democrats)
2012
2017 Pauline Munro
(SNP/
Highland Matters)
2022 Molly Nolan
(Liberal Democrats) 		Tamala Collier
(SNP)
Sept 2024 John Edmondson
(Liberal Democrats) 		Sinclair Coghill
(Independent)

Election results

2024 by-election

Cromarty Firth by-election (26 September 2024) - 2 seats
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
SNP Odette MacDonald 17.0 403 404 404 406 417 451 457 498 510 550  
Independent Sinclair Coghill 13.7 326 327 334 343 345 353 379 416 512 685 800
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          
Scottish Green Ryan Barrowman 3.7 89 89 89 90 95            
Labour Michael Perera 3.2 77 77 82 83              
Conservative Innes Munro 2.4 57 59                  
Reform UK Kim Jackson 2.2 52 70 72                
Reform UK Roland Jackson 1.0 23                    
Electorate: 9,932   Valid: 2,375   Spoilt: 45   Quota: 792   Turnout: 24.6%  

Source:[2][3]

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Highland Council election
Cromarty Firth - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SNP Tamala Collier 29.1 1,127                
Liberal Democrats Molly Nolan 27.9 1,079                
Independent Pauline Munro (incumbent) 17.5 679 749 804            
Independent Maxine Morley-Smith (incumbent) 7.3 283 323 355 370 383 446 498 575 705
Conservative Andrew Phillip Baxter[note 1] 6.7 261 266 315 315 322 346 350 397  
Labour Kirsty Stewart 4.2 162 194 238 239 249 267 343    
Independent Kate Stevenson 3.1 122 135 174 178 192        
Scottish Green Daniel Reat 2.9 112 223 243 244 247 260      
Independent Eric Fraser 1.1 45 54 64 65          
Electorate: 9,918   Valid: 3,870   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 775   Turnout: 39.6%  

Source:[4][5]

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election[6]

Cromarty Firth - 4 seats[7][8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Carolyn Wilson (incumbent) 27.01% 1,108              
SNP Pauline Munro 19.53% 801 828            
Independent Mike Finlayson (incumbent) 9.87% 405 483 483 532 567 639 773 1,047
SNP Maxine Smith (incumbent) 14.12% 579 599 604 615 624 660 674 741
Independent Martin Rattray (incumbent) 7.85% 322 378 378 399 422 498 591  
Conservative Ian Smith 8.43% 346 368 368 373 390 468    
Liberal Democrats Mary MacDonald 6.78 278 303 303 320 360      
Labour Bill Curran 3.78% 155 162 162 170        
Independent Sheila Fletcher 2.63% 108 122 122          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,102   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 821   Turnout: 43.4%  

2012 election

2012 Highland Council election

Cromarty Firth - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Carolyn Wilson (incumbent) 23.60% 768            
SNP Maxine Smith (incumbent) 17.95% 584 604.7 606.9 660.8      
SNP Sheila Fletcher 14.26% 464 469.5 470.6 489.2 494.9 547.95  
Independent Mike Finlayson (incumbent) 11.95% 389 429.4 452.3 519 519.8 621.3 777.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Rattray (incumbent)††† 11.09% 361 378.7 394.6 481.4 483.4 547.96 630.9
Labour John McInnes 9.96% 324 332.2 336.5 367.4 367.9    
Independent Tina Deborah McCaffery 9.19% 299 307.1 313.2        
Conservative Jane Rous 1.99% 65 68.5          
Electorate: 9,456   Valid: 3,254   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 651   Turnout: 3,319 (35.1%)  

2007 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Cromarty Firth
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Independent Carolyn Wilson 1,348 29.7 1 1
SNP Maxine Smith 1,021 22.5 2 1
Liberal Democrats Martin Rattray 647 14.3 3 7
Independent Mike Finlayson 438 9.7 4 9
Labour John MacInnes 438 9.7
Independent John Connell 307 6.8
Conservative Hamish Keir 141 3.1
Independent Mary MacDonald 104 2.3
Solidarity Findlay Walker 88 1.9

Notes

  1. ^ Sitting councillor for Fort William and Ardnamurchan.

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Cromarty Firth". Highland Council. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 Cromarty Firth". Highland Council. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  4. ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 6 Cromarty Firth Report - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 6 Cromarty Firth Report - candidate votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Community Council elections".
  7. ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 6 Cromarty Firth - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  8. ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 6 Cromarty Firth - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.