The first elections to the Highland Council were held on 6 April 1995; the same day as elections to the 28 other new councils in Scotland. 72 councillors were elected from 72 wards using the plurality system (a.k.a. 'First Past the Post'). Independent councillors retained their status as the majority group, with councillors also being elected representing the Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and Scottish National Party. The newly elected council existed in 'shadow' form until it assumed its full powers on 1 April 1996.
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All 72 seats to Highland Council 37 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 49 | 68.06 | 61.22 | 40,358 | |||||
SNP | 9 | 12.50 | 17.36 | 11,441 | |||||
Labour | 7 | 9.72 | 12.20 | 8,043 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 8.33 | 7.65 | 5,041 | |||||
Conservative | 1 | 1.39 | 0.90 | 596 | |||||
Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.54 | 358 | ||||
Scottish Christian Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 83 |
Ward results
editCaithness
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | EC MacDonald | 759 | ||
Independent | JH Fry | 508 | ||
Majority | 251 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DM Waters | 920 | ||
Independent | WS Smith | 415 | ||
Majority | 505 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A Murray | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JW Oag | 579 | ||
Independent | A Henderson | 470 | ||
Majority | 109 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JH Green | 587 | ||
Independent | DA Richard | 476 | ||
Majority | 111 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | WA Mowat | 611 | ||
Independent | P Sutherland | 354 | ||
Independent | J Smith | 118 | ||
Majority | 257 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JM Young | 919 | ||
SNP | WD Brown | 182 | ||
Scottish Christian Democrats | N MacInnes | 83 | ||
Majority | 737 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JM Mowat | 366 | ||
Independent | AI MacDonald | 291 | ||
SNP | DA Manson | 277 | ||
Majority | 75 |
Sutherland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JD Allan | 680 | ||
Independent | S Board | 206 | ||
Majority | 474 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | GW Holden | 426 | ||
Independent | RE Taylor | 307 | ||
Majority | 119 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | AL Magee | 366 | ||
Liberal Democrats | A Murray | 281 | ||
Majority | 85 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | FR Keith | 405 | ||
Independent | L MacKenzie | 346 | ||
Majority | 59 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A MacKay | 341 | ||
Liberal Democrats | EB Jardine | 336 | ||
Majority | 5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DI MacRae | 466 | ||
Independent | HM Houston | 355 | ||
Majority | 111 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | RR McDonald | 757 | ||
Independent | M Fielding | 241 | ||
Majority | 516 |
Skye and Lochalsh
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | JF Munro | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W Fulton | 320 | ||
Independent | JA Mackay | 169 | ||
Independent | AR McKerlich | 134 | ||
Majority | 151 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | FM MacLennan | 331 | ||
Independent | E MacKenzie | 279 | ||
Independent | T Rayner | 119 | ||
Majority | 52 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | AM Millar | 248 | ||
Independent | DM Burd | 210 | ||
Labour | V Samuels | 133 | ||
Majority | 38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | GC Moncrieff | 322 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D Grant | 260 | ||
Independent | D MacDonald | 175 | ||
Majority | 62 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | AM Beaton | 447 | ||
Labour | LS Shurmer | 134 | ||
Majority | 313 |
Ross and Cromarty
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | JH Stone | 1,079 | ||
Independent | A Rhind | 653 | ||
SNP | DW Louden | 412 | ||
Majority | 426 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JW Paterson | 627 | ||
Labour | JK Boocock | 472 | ||
Liberal Democrats | AD Scobbie | 257 | ||
Majority | 155 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | I Rhind | 663 | ||
SNP | R Gibson | 490 | ||
Independent | G Kelman | 308 | ||
Labour | AM Byron | 199 | ||
Majority | 173 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DJ McPherson | 1,127 | ||
Liberal Democrats | IJ MacLeod | 736 | ||
Majority | 391 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | B Beattie | 627 | ||
Labour | M MacMillan | 459 | ||
Independent | T Anderson | 346 | ||
Majority | 168 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | A Anderson | 666 | ||
Independent | JE MacInnes | 314 | ||
Independent | R Mardon | 137 | ||
Majority | 352 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | V MacIver | 713 | ||
Independent | DL Dunbar | 453 | ||
Labour | ME MacDonald | 282 | ||
Majority | 260 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | MB Paterson | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DY Philip | 654 | ||
Independent | H Fraser | 548 | ||
SNP | S MacKenzie | 407 | ||
Independent | N McWhinney | 39 | ||
Majority | 106 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | DW Briggs | 896 | ||
Conservative | J Scott | 448 | ||
Scottish Green | E Scott | 136 | ||
Majority | 448 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DR Green | 443 | ||
SNP | J Urquhart | 201 | ||
Labour | L Chilton | 78 | ||
Majority | 242 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | HR MacIntyre | 616 | ||
Independent | GJ Harvey | 286 | ||
Majority | 330 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DN Cameron | 478 | ||
Independent | AI MacArthur | 150 | ||
Majority | 328 |
Inverness
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | KG Matheson | 443 | ||
SNP | DA Cunningham | 253 | ||
Independent | CM Thomson | 167 | ||
Majority | 190 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E MacRae | 483 | ||
SNP | LA MacRae | 184 | ||
Majority | 299 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | PC Paterson | 415 | ||
Independent | HM Cary | 290 | ||
Independent | AW MacKenzie | 217 | ||
SNP | PJ Findlay | 171 | ||
Majority | 125 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | MC Davidson | 251 | ||
SNP | AK MacPherson | 236 | ||
Majority | 15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | JS Munro | 611 | ||
Independent | JA Sellar | 297 | ||
Majority | 314 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | SJ Shiels | 360 | ||
Independent | M Doyle | 263 | ||
Conservative | CF Spencer-Nairn | 148 | ||
Majority | 97 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | JT MacDonald | 639 | ||
Liberal Democrats | RJ Mackay | 237 | ||
SNP | S MacKenzie | 168 | ||
Majority | 402 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | AD MacLean | 813 | ||
SNP | IA MacIllechiar | 640 | ||
Majority | 173 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | CM Cumming | 788 | ||
Independent | A Chisholm | 382 | ||
SNP | NG Will | 172 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J Horne | 124 | ||
Majority | 406 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | JW Thomson | 547 | ||
Independent | A Milne | 524 | ||
SNP | G Totten | 121 | ||
Majority | 23 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | MA MacLennan | 708 | ||
Independent | WA Fraser | 495 | ||
SNP | JM Murgatroyd | 190 | ||
Majority | 213 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | CL Goodman | 667 | ||
Independent | HH Sutherland | 442 | ||
SNP | A Begbie | 337 | ||
Majority | 225 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Darlington | 643 | ||
SNP | SA Brogan | 496 | ||
Majority | 147 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A Sellar | 1,027 | ||
SNP | AJ Paterek | 247 | ||
Majority | 780 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | WJ Smith | 621 | ||
Labour | CM Grant | 502 | ||
SNP | CM Forbes | 223 | ||
Majority | 119 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | DR Munro | 722 | ||
Independent | M Bernardi | 321 | ||
SNP | C Brogan | 138 | ||
Majority | 401 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JN Home | 633 | ||
Liberal Democrats | DW Fraser | 440 | ||
SNP | I Cameron | 231 | ||
Labour | A Watson | 189 | ||
Scottish Green | MT Falconer | 100 | ||
Independent | TM Honnor | 96 | ||
Majority | 193 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | JC Cole | 680 | ||
SNP | R Wynd | 564 | ||
Labour | W McGarrity | 284 | ||
Majority | 116 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | PJ Peacock | 971 | ||
Independent | J Cattell | 257 | ||
SNP | WJ Reynolds | 208 | ||
Majority | 714 |
Nairn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W Shand | 370 | ||
Independent | D McDonald | 360 | ||
Majority | 10 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JN Matheson | 303 | ||
Independent | PL Gordon | 279 | ||
Independent | T Crane | 85 | ||
Majority | 24 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | AS Park | 411 | ||
SNP | E MacDonald | 311 | ||
Majority | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | NJ Graham | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D Fraser | Unopposed |
Badenoch and Strathspey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | AJ Russell | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | TR Wade | 324 | ||
Independent | S Paton | 280 | ||
Independent | WD MacKenzie | 228 | ||
SNP | A Lindsay | 140 | ||
Majority | 44 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | I Glen | 385 | ||
Independent | CA Haggerty | 326 | ||
Majority | 59 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | FD Black | 565 | ||
Independent | D Ritchie | 186 | ||
Majority | 379 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A Gordon | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | BM Dunlop | 367 | ||
Independent | G McCulloch | 363 | ||
Majority | 4 |
Lochaber
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C King | 434 | ||
SNP | FM Dickson | 251 | ||
Majority | 183 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | ME Foxley | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | E Harper | 660 | ||
Independent | EH Wallace | 194 | ||
Majority | 466 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | O Macdonald | 657 | ||
Labour | JK MacKay | 492 | ||
Majority | 165 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | IJ MacDonald | 660 | ||
Scottish Green | DL Tayar | 122 | ||
Majority | 538 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | I MacDonald | 320 | ||
Independent | J Anderson | 207 | ||
Independent | M Fraser | 167 | ||
Independent | A Mackin | 104 | ||
Majority | 113 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | N Clark | 436 | ||
Independent | RW Morgan | 294 | ||
Independent | IM Chisholm | 154 | ||
Majority | 142 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | AR MacFarlane-Slack | Unopposed |
References
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