Caol and Mallaig (ward)

Caol and Mallaig is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the Caol area of the town of Fort William, Arisaig, the town of Mallaig, and the Small Isles. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Bill Clark (Ind.)		Allan Henderson (Ind.)	Eddie Huner (Ind.)
2012					Eddie Huner (Ind.)
May 2014	Ben Thompson (Ind.)
2017			Billy MacLachlan (SNP)
Apr 2018			Denis Rixson (Liberal Democrat)
Apr 2018	Vacant		Denis Rixson (Liberal Democrat)
2022	John Colin Grafton (Liberal Democrat)			Andrew Baldrey (Greens)	Liz Saggers (Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Caol and Mallaig - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Scottish Green	Andrew Baldrey	Unopposed
	Liberal Democrats	John Colin Grafton	Unopposed
	Conservative	Liz Saggers	Unopposed
Registered electors

Source:^[2]

2018 by-election

Caol and Mallaig By-election (5 April 2018)^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Rixson	31.1%	658	671	706	791	968
	SNP	Alex MacInnes	27.2%	574	591	615	617	737
	Independent	Colin 'Woody' Wood	21.5%	454	471	539	580
	Conservative	Ian Smith	8.7%	183	188	200
	Independent	Catherine MacKinnon	6.9%	146	176
	Independent	Ronald Joseph Campbell	4.6	98
Electorate: 7,088 Quota: 1,057 Turnout: 2131 (30.1%)

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election^[4]

Caol and Mallaig - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Allan Henderson (incumbent)	28.3%	917
	Independent	Ben Thompson (incumbent)	23.7%	767	809.4	826.4
	SNP	Billy MacLachlan††††	23.9%	778	793.4	796.6	800.7	838.9
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Rixson	9.4%	304	324.7	328.04	331.03	402.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Saggers	8.2%	265	271.4	275.5	276.9	290.6
	Labour	Alan Carstairs	5.6%	181	187.4	189.4	191.5
	Independent	Liam Simmonds	0.93%	30	34.04
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,242 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 811 Turnout: 3,294 (46.6%)

2014 by-election

Caol and Mallaig By-election (1 May 2014) - 1 Seat^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Independent	Ben Thompson	38.98	932	950	1,009	1,176
	SNP	William MacDonald	30.36	726	739	756	881
	Independent	Sandy Watson	22.46	537	541	551
	UKIP	Liam Simmonds	5.56	133	139
	Scottish Christian	Susan Wallace	2.84	68
Valid: 2,391 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,196 Turnout: 2,414 (34.43%)

2012 election

2012 Highland Council election

Caol and Mallaig - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Allan Henderson (incumbent)	32.64%	905
	Independent	Bill Clark†† (incumbent)	25.59%	710
	Independent	Eddie Hunter (incumbent)†††††††	18.24%	506	627.7	636.1	648.9	676.2	691.9	731.2
	SNP	Niall Rownatree	14.82%	411	436.9	438.6	448.1	459.3	474	492.4
	Independent	George Kerr	2.56%	71	83.1	84.4	88.7	95.2	106.1
	Conservative	Elizabeth Saggers	2.38%	66	73.7	74.1	77.4	80.6
	Independent	Sally Semple	2.16%	60	66.9	67.5	71.2
	Scottish Christian	Susan Wallace	1.62%	45	50	50
Electorate: 6,752 Valid: 2,774 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 694 Turnout: 2,818 (41.74%)

2007 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Caol and Mallaig
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Independent	Bill Clark	975	24.8	1	2
Independent	Allan Henderson	881	22.4	2	7
Independent	Eddie Hunter	550	14.0	3	10
Labour	Mairi MacLean	473	12.0
SNP	David Ingham	389	9.9
Independent	Sandra Casey	188	4.8
Conservative	Chris Carver	156	4.0
Independent	George MacLeod	151	3.8
Independent	Alistair MacGregor	100	2.5
Independent	Scott Waugh	64	1.6

References

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^ "2022 Local Government elections results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^ Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ The Highland Council. "Community Councils | Community Council elections | The Highland Council". Highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ "Caol and Mallaig by-election results May 2014 | the Highland Council". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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

[2] "2022 Local Government elections results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

[auto1-3] Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[4] The Highland Council. "Community Councils | Community Council elections | The Highland Council". Highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[5] "Caol and Mallaig by-election results May 2014 | the Highland Council". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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