A council ward in the Highlands of Scotland
Thurso and North West Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council . This was a new ward in the 2017 election following boundary changes. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
Election Results
2022 Election
2022 Highland Council election [ 3]
Thurso and North West Caithness - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Liberal Democrats
Ron Gunn
27.46%
1,411
Independent
Matthew Reiss (incumbent )
20.41%
1,049
SNP
Karl Rosie (incumbent )
18.43%
947
1,004.0
1,007.7
1,008.8
1,056.4
Conservative
Struan Mackie (incumbent )
17.92%
921
1,044.0
Independent
Iain Gregory
12.84%
660
765.3
776.1
782.6
869.6
Independent
Alexander Glasgow
2.94%
151
174.1
175.6
177.0
Electorate: 10,242 Valid: 5,139 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,028 Turnout: 50.5%
2017 Election
2017 Highland Council election
Thurso and North West Caithness - 4 seats[ 4] [ 5]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Independent
Matthew Reiss*
36.69%
1,924
Conservative
Struan Mackie
17.18%
901
1,111
Independent
Donnie MacKay + †††††
10.81%
567
678
687
706
717
763
878
1,263
SNP
Karl Rosie
14.23%
746
813
816
823
875
899
957
1,059
Independent
Gillian Coghill *
7.95%
417
643
658
683
703
758
870
Labour
Roger Saxon +
6.25%
328
405
410
412
427
488
Liberal Democrats
Alexander Glasgow
3.78%
198
241
250
257
276
Scottish Green
Sandra Owsnett
1.98%
104
128
129
137
Independent
Tommy Farmer
1.13%
59
82
85
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,244 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,049 Turnout: 51.4%
* = Sitting Councillors for Landward Caithness Ward.
+ = Sitting Councillors for Thurso Ward.
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