Culloden and Ardersier (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Culloden and Ardersier is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the villages of Culloden, Ardersier and Smithton. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors[edit]

Election Councillors
2007 Robert Wynd
(SNP)
Glynis Sinclair
(Liberal Democrats
/SNP)
John Ford
(Labour)
Roddy Balfour
(Ind.)
2012 Kate Stephen
(Liberal Democrats)
Oct 2016 Trish Robertson
(Liberal Democrats)
2017 3 seats
2022 Morven Reid
(Ind.)

Election Results[edit]

2022 Election[edit]

2022 Highland Council election[2]

Culloden and Ardersier - 3 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Glynis Campbell-Sinclair (incumbent) 37.61% 1,542
Conservative Mary Scanlon 17.85% 732 743.0 745.0 753.4 805.1
Independent Morven Reid 15.27% 626 721.0 740.4 831.2 960.0 1,148.0
Liberal Democrats Trish Robertson (incumbent) 15.27% 626 693.9 695.9 727.7 931.8 1,298.1
Labour Steven Calvert 10.07% 413 505.4 507.0 545.1
Alba Mya Chemonges-Murzynowska 3.34% 137 244.4 245.1
Independent Mel Robertson 0.59% 24 31.4
Electorate: 9,107   Valid: 4,100   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 1,026   Turnout: 45.5%  

2017 Election[edit]

2017 Highland Council election[3]

Culloden and Ardersier - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Glynis Campbell-Sinclair (incumbent) 17.7% 669 677 704 724 1,280      
Independent Roddy Balfour (incumbent) 20.2% 763 790 817 864 900 972.5    
Liberal Democrats Trish Robertson (incumbent) 15.6% 592 601 633 707 743 800.4 810.9 1,188.7
Conservative Raine Cullen 18.1% 685 697 705 731 736 744.9 751.09  
SNP Pauline Munro 16.5% 623 627 655 682        
Labour Matt Wakeling 5.7% 215 220 241          
Scottish Green Donnie MacLeod 3.9% 149 156            
Independent Thomas Lamont 2.3% 86              
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,782   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 946   Turnout: 3,842 (47.1%)  

2016 By-election[edit]

Culloden and Arderseir By-election (6 October 2016) - 1 Seat[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Pauline Munro 27.2 753 755 775 796 862 908 970 1,001
Liberal Democrats Trish Robertson 16.7 463 464 479 515 564 703 793 1,026
Conservative Andrew Jarvie 15.9 439 442 452 468 478 515 589  
Independent John Ross 11.4 315 317 330 339 362      
Independent Duncan MacPherson 9.9 274 285 324 346 369 414    
Scottish Green Isla MacLeod-O'Reilly 6.5 180 182 188 209        
Labour Andrew MacKintosh 5.9 163 163 180          
Independent David McGrath 5.7 158 158            
Independent Thomas Lamont 0.8 23              
Electorate: 9,237   Valid: 2,768   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,385   Turnout: 2,818 (30.51%)  

2012 Election[edit]

2012 Highland Council election

Culloden and Ardersier - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Roddy Balfour (incumbent) 29.71% 1,023              
SNP Glynis Sinclair (incumbent) 16.44% 566 616.6 618.6 621.9 648.1 678 682.3 1,024.6
Labour John Ford (incumbent)†††††††††††† 13.91% 479 509.4 514.3 524.3 547.6 586.8 595.9 644.3
Liberal Democrats Kate Stephen 13.8% 475 530.8 535.8 618.6 668.4 728.5    
SNP Bob Wynd (incumbent) 10.89% 375 390.7 393.9 402.7 429.9 455.2 459.6  
Scottish Green Donnie MacLeod 4.93% 170 209.2 219.1 227.4        
Independent David McGrath 4.79% 165 192.1 238.1 261.9 300.9      
Conservative Alex Stephen 4.47% 154 177.2 178.8          
Independent Bill Jamieson 1.05% 36 82.4            
Electorate: 8,606   Valid: 3,443   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 689   Turnout: 3,479 (40.43%)  

2007 Election[edit]

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Culloden and Ardersier
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Robert Wynd 1,335 28.7 1 1
Independent Roddy Balfour 1,308 28.1 2 1
Labour John Ford 816 17.5 3 4
Liberal Democrats Glynis Sinclair 663 14.3 4 4
Conservative John Ross 318 6.8
Independent Jim Ferguson 213 4.6

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. ^ a b "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Community Council elections".
  4. ^ "Ward 18 – Culloden and Ardersier By-election | Culloden and Ardersier By-Election | The Highland Council". highland.gov.uk. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2024.