Black Isle is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns of Cromarty and Fortrose. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors edit

Election Councillors
2007 Billy Barclay
(Ind.)
Isobel McCallum
(Ind.)
David Alston
(Liberal Democrats)
Craig Fraser
(SNP)
2012
2013 by- Jennifer Barclay
(Ind.)
2017 3 seats Gordon Adam
(Liberal Democrats)
2022 Sarah Atkin
(Ind.)
Morven-May MacCallum
(Liberal Democrats)
Lyndsey Johnston
(SNP)

Election Results edit

2022 Election edit

2022 Highland Council election[2]

Black Isle - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Lyndsey Johnston 24.87% 1,171 1,199
Liberal Democrats Morven-May MacCallum 15.69% 739 826 829.4 869.5 927.7 1,146.7 1,153.6 1,494.6
Conservative Theo Stratton 14.76% 695 703 703.2 727.2 774.2 789.3 791.5
Independent Sarah Atkin 13.46% 634 660 661.8 769.9 947.3 1,195.8
Scottish Green Anne Thomas 13.25% 624 646 655.7 682.9 713.2
Independent Okain John McLennan 6.73% 317 338 339.3 402.5
Independent Bev Smith 6.07% 286 298 298.8
Labour Margaret Bryant 5.16% 243
Electorate: 8,842   Valid: 4,709   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 1,178   Turnout: 53.7%  

2017 Election edit

2017 Highland Council election[3]

Black Isle - 3 seats[4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Craig Fraser (incumbent) 26.88% 1,234            
Liberal Democrats Gordon Adam 20.02% 919 930 1,005 1,077 1,307    
Independent Jennifer Barclay (incumbent) 16.16% 742 754 783 842 939 995 1,457
Conservative Rainie Smith 18.71% 859 860 878 927 940 974  
Scottish Green Vikki Trelfer 8.45% 388 427 466 494      
Independent Bev Smith 5.36% 246 250 263        
Labour Michael MacMillan 4.42% 203 209          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,591   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 4,633 (54.9%)  

2012 Election edit

2012 Highland Council election

Black Isle - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Billy Barclay (incumbent)†††††† 26.77% 1,130                  
Independent Isobel McCallum (incumbent) 16.04% 677 759.7 776.9 815.7 868.8          
Liberal Democrats David Alston (incumbent) 15.3% 646 691.4 698.9 742.7 789.2 795.4 842.5 912.9    
SNP Craig Fraser (incumbent) 14.45% 610 636.5 640.5 649.7 678.7 681.5 713.6 755 767.8 917
Scottish Green Myra Carus 6.92% 292 308.9 311.9 318.7 349.9 351.6 390.5 438.9 458.8  
Independent Morris MacKenzie Downie 5.69% 240 276.8 283.8 296.3 302.8 306.5 358.6      
Labour Michael MacMillan 5.12% 216 226.1 229.3 230.6            
Independent Okain McLennan 5.03% 212 236.7 242.5 249.2 265.5 269.1        
Conservative Pamela Cornwell 3.34% 141 149.3 153.1              
Scottish Christian Paul Horwood 1.35% 57 60.5                
Electorate: 8,205   Valid: 4,221   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 845   Turnout: 4,260 (51.92%)  

2013 By-election edit

Black Isle By-election (19 December 2013) - 1 Seat[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Jennifer Barclay 32.8 1,003 1,031 1,061 1,157 1,210 1,343
SNP Jackie Hendry 14.3 439 439 453 470 530 594
Independent Bill Fraser 12.5 382 413 431 486 556 663
Liberal Democrats George Normington 10.9 334 373 408 434 489  
Independent Gwyn Phillips 9.0 275 289 304      
Scottish Green Myra Carus 8.8 269 280 319 362    
Labour Shaun Finlayson 6.0 184 194        
Conservative Douglas MacLean 5.7 175          
Valid: 3,061   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 1,531   Turnout: 3,084 (35.81%)  

2007 Election edit

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Black Isle
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent Billy Barclay 1,233 24.4 1 1
Independent Isobel McCallum 985 19.5 2 2
Liberal Democrats David Alston 973 19.3 3 3
SNP Craig Fraser 558 11.1 4 8
Independent Okain McLennan 433 8.6
Conservative Morris Downie 408 8.1
Scottish Green John Wood 267 5.3
Labour Chris Birt 192 3.8

References edit

  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. ^ "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Community Council elections".
  4. ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 council election Ward 9 Black Isle - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 council election Ward 9 Black Isle - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. ^ http://www.scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/blackisle.php [dead link]