Fort William and Ardnamurchan (ward)
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Fort William and Ardnamurchan is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
Election | Councillors | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Michael Foxley (Liberal Democrats) |
Donald Cameron (Ind.) |
Bren Gormley (SNP) |
Brian Murphy (Labour) | ||||
2012 | Andrew Baxter (Independent/ Real Independent/ Conservative) |
Thomas MacLennan (Ind.) | ||||||
2017 | Blair Allan (SNP) |
Ian Ramon (Conservative) |
Niall McLean (SNP) | |||||
Dec 2021 | Sarah Fanet (SNP) | |||||||
2022 | Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrats) |
Kate Willis (Greens) |
Thomas MacLennan (Ind.) |
Election results
2022 election
2022 Highland Council election[1]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Angus MacDonald | 37.47% | 1,500 | ||||
SNP | Sarah Fanet (incumbent) | 33.50% | 1,341 | ||||
Independent | Thomas MacLennan | 9.32% | 373 | 640.5 | 724.6 | 1,057.4 | |
Scottish Green | Kate Willis | 9.62% | 385 | 500.6 | 798.6 | 837.6 | |
Conservative | Fiona Fawcett | 10.09% | 404 | 551.7 | 570.6 | ||
Electorate: 9,021 Valid: 4,003 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 801 Turnout: 45% |
2021 by-election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Sarah Fanet | 39.6% | 905 | 915 | 925 | 952 | 968 | 1182 | |
Conservative | Ruraidh Stewart | 21.2% | 485 | 488 | 504 | 547 | 651 | 688 | |
Scottish Green | Kate Willis | 14.3% | 328 | 330 | 344 | 385 | 442 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Liley | 10.1% | 231 | 234 | 248 | 294 | |||
Independent | Andy McKenna | 8.5% | 194 | 202 | 238 | ||||
Independent | Joanne Matheson | 3.8% | 88 | 109 | |||||
No Label | Mark Drayton | 2.4% | 56 | ||||||
Electorate: 9,015 Valid: 2,307 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,144 Turnout: 2,327 (25.6%) |
2017 Election
2017 Highland Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent | Andrew Baxter (incumbent) | 37.2% | 1,550 | |||||||
SNP | Blair Allan | 22.4% | 932 | |||||||
Conservative | Ian Ramon | 12.7% | 530 | 648.9 | 650.0 | 713.5 | 842.3 | |||
SNP | Niall McLean | 10.5% | 437 | 550.3 | 630.2 | 650.9 | 715.9 | 716.1 | 852.2 | |
Labour | Sally Semple | 8.3% | 344 | 425.9 | 428.5 | 488.9 | 595.9 | 599.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Escott | 4.6% | 192 | 250.7 | 254.6 | |||||
Independent | Joanne Matheson | 4.3% | 177 | 389.3 | 392.6 | 454.7 | ||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,162 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 833 Turnout: 4,242 (48.4%) |
2012 Election
2012 Highland Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Independent | Andrew Baxter††† | 18.63% | 647 | 678 | 713 | ||||||
Labour | Brian Murphy (incumbent) | 16.53% | 574 | 585 | 631 | 633.3 | 688.5 | 719.3 | |||
SNP | Bren Gormley (incumbent) | 16.33% | 567 | 577 | 583 | 585.4 | 855.7 | ||||
Independent | Davie Corrigan | 13.48% | 468 | 489 | 514 | 518.2 | 552.2 | 580.7 | 584.9 | ||
Independent | Thomas MacLennan††† | 12.9% | 448 | 473 | 518 | 521.8 | 555.9 | 582.7 | 590.1 | 873.3 | |
SNP | William MacDonald | 11.9% | 413 | 418 | 434 | 435 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Jamie MacKie | 5.18% | 180 | 219 | |||||||
Conservative | Alexander Gillespie | 5.04% | 175 | ||||||||
Electorate: 8,593 Valid: 3,472 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 695 Turnout: 3,530 (41.08%) |
2007 Election
2007 Highland Council election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Foxley | 1,059 | 20.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | Donald Cameron | 939 | 18.1 | 2 | 7 | |
SNP | Bren Gormley | 778 | 15.0 | 3 | 10 | |
Labour | Brian Murphy | 501 | 9.7 | 4 | 10 | |
Conservative | Andrew Baxter | 372 | 7.2 | |||
Independent | Thomas MacLennan | 322 | 6.2 | |||
Independent | Darren Woods | 317 | 6.1 | |||
Independent | Patricia Jordan | 271 | 5.2 | |||
Independent | Drew McFarlane-Slack | 241 | 4.6 | |||
Independent | Iain Thornber | 195 | 3.8 | |||
Independent | Neil Clark | 194 | 3.7 |
References
- ^ "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "The Highland Council By-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "The Highland Council Twitter". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Ballot Box Scotland Twitter". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 council election Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan | Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk.
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - Local government election results 2012 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting". www.highland.gov.uk.
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - Highland Council election results 2007 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting". www.highland.gov.uk.