Black Isle (ward)

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 four Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election [2]

Black Isle - 3 seats[3][4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 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

    2012 Highland Council election

    Black Isle - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 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

      Black Isle By-election (19 December 2013) - 1 Seat[5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 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          

        2007 Election

        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
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        gollark: (my server's HDD, I checked with `smartctl`)
        gollark: "Manufactured in week 18 of year 2012"
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        gollark: It's on an ancient 7200RPM SAS disk.

        References

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