Location of the ward
Location of the ward[1]

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Gairloch, Lochalsh, Strathpeffer and Ullapool. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Richard Greene
(Ind.)		 Audrey Sinclair
(Ind.)		 Jean Urquhart
(SNP)		 Biz Campbell
(Liberal Democrats
/Ind.)
2012 Ian Cockburn
(SNP)
2017 Derek McLeod
(Conservative)		 Kate Stephen
(Liberal Democrats)
Dec 2018 Alexander MacInnes
(SNP)
2022 Patrick Logue
(Conservative)		 Liz Kraft
(SNP)		 Chris Birt
(SNP)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Highland Council election[2]

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - 4 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Independent Biz Campbell (incumbent) 28.68% 1,552
SNP Liz Kraft 22.81% 1,234
SNP Chris Birt 18.26% 988 1,092.6
Conservative Patrick Logue 17.32% 937 1,029.2 1,032.1 1,032.4 1,479.2
Liberal Democrats Margot Kerr 12.94% 700 882.5 956.6 960.8
Electorate: 10,406   Valid: 5,411   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,083   Turnout: 52.7%  

    2018 By-election

    Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh By-election (7 December 2018)[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    SNP Alexander MacInnes 33.1% 1,318 1,320 1,322 1,327 1,354 1,397 1,575 1,798
    Conservative Gavin Berkeneger 26% 1,037 1,038 1,043 1,061 1,071 1,147 1,186 1,374
    Independent Richard Greene 15.6% 622 624 627 677 699 785 905  
    Scottish Green Irene Francis Brandt 9% 359 359 359 364 411 483    
    Liberal Democrats George Scott 8% 320 320 322 346 379      
    Labour Christopher Birt 4.4% 174 174 175 179        
    Independent Jean Davis 3.3% 131 132 133          
    UKIP Les Durance 0.4% 16 18            
    Libertarian Harry Christian 0.2% 8              
    Electorate: 9,900   Valid: 3,985   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 1,993   Turnout: 4,024(40.65%)  

      2017 Election

      2017 Highland Council election[4]

      Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - 4 seats[5][6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      SNP Ian Cockburn (incumbent) 15.28% 859 887 1,355          
      Conservative Derek MacLeod 18.44% 1,036 1,055 1,061 1,064 1,206      
      Independent Biz Campbell (incumbent) 14.16% 796 843 876 900 1,146      
      Liberal Democrats Kate Stephen*†††††† 13.38% 752 841 864 883 993 1,026 1,035 1,560
      Scottish Green Topher Dawson 11.18% 628 674 721 839 928 935 939  
      Independent Richard Greene (incumbent) 11.67% 656 673 686 700        
      SNP Alexander MacInnes 10.82% 608 610            
      Labour Christopher Birt 5.07% 285              
      Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,620   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 57.8%  

        2012 Election

        2012 Highland Council election

        Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Liberal Democrats Biz Campbell† (incumbent) 27.59% 1,162            
        Independent Richard Greene (incumbent) 20.68% 871            
        Independent Audrey Sinclair (incumbent) 16.08% 677 802.7 811.9 941.6      
        SNP Ian Cockburn 15.01% 632 670.2 672.9 697.1 708.9 740.6 1,107.2
        SNP Paul Monaghan 8.98% 378 388.2 389.5 407.5 418.2 436.8  
        Conservative Alaine MacDonald 6.1% 257 284.7 286.3 303.2 315.4    
        Independent Richard Mitchell 5.56% 234 265 271.8        
        Electorate: 9,612   Valid: 4,211   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 843   Turnout: 4,273 (44.45%)  

          2007 Election

          2007 Highland Council election

          The Highland Council election, 2007: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
          Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
          SNP Jean Urquhart 1,486 26.1 1 1
          Liberal Democrats Biz Campbell 1,242 21.8 2 1
          Independent Richard Greene 792 13.9 3 7
          Independent Audrey Sinclair 608 10.7 4 9
          Conservative John Scott 451 7.9
          Labour Christine Conniff 354 6.2
          Independent Marie Tait 328 5.8
          Independent Donald Macdonald 232 4.1
          Independent Alastair Armitstead 199 3.5

          References

          1. ↑ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". boundaries.scot. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
          2. 1 2 "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
          3. ↑ Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
          4. ↑ Butlin, Heather. "Community Council elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
          5. ↑ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 5 Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
          6. ↑ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 5 Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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