Location of the ward [1]
Inverness West is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Kinmylies and Scorguie areas of urban Inverness, and a more rural area, west of the River Ness. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jimmy MacDonald (Ind.) |
Pauline Munro (SNP) |
Alex Graham (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| Apr 2009 | Alasdair Christie (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
| 2012 | Graham Ross (Ind.) |
Allan Duffy (SNP) | ||||||
| 2017 | Bill Boyd (SNP) | |||||||
| Aug 2021 | Colin Aitken (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
| 2022 | Ryan MacKintosh (Greens) | |||||||
Election Results
2022 Election
2022 Highland Council election[2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Graham (incumbent) | 34.20% | 1,198 | |||||||||
| SNP | Bill Boyd (incumbent) | 31.17% | 1,092 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Ryan Forbes | 9.33% | 327 | 378.3 | 383.1 | 384.9 | 390.3 | 403.5 | 454.1 | 538.6 | ||
| Labour | Shaun Alexander Fraser | 8.42% | 295 | 361.1 | 389.2 | 389.4 | 401.9 | 409.6 | 453.8 | |||
| Scottish Green | Ryan MacKintosh | 7.48% | 262 | 299.4 | 381.6 | 385.3 | 416.0 | 448.1 | 483.3 | 597.3 | 690.4 | |
| Independent | Duncan McDonald | 4.94% | 173 | 226.8 | 235.7 | 236.9 | 247.8 | 286.3 | ||||
| Independent | Helen Smith | 2.85% | 100 | 121.0 | 126.9 | 130.5 | 137.5 | |||||
| ISP | Iain Forsyth | 1.31% | 46 | 55.7 | 96.0 | 97.3 | ||||||
| Independent | David Sansum | 0.29% | 10 | 15.1 | 17.1 | |||||||
| Electorate: 8,495 Valid: 3,503 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 876 Turnout: 41.7% | ||||||||||||
2021 By-election
A by-election was triggered by the resignation of Graham Ross for family reasons.[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Kate MacLean | 33.69% | 718 | 720 | 731 | 816 | 853 | 869 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Aitken | 31.81% | 678 | 678 | 680 | 705 | 799 | 970 | 1,246 | |
| Conservative | Max Bannerman | 13.74% | 293 | 295 | 302 | 311 | 344 | |||
| Independent | Duncan McDonald | 10.79% | 230 | 232 | 239 | 251 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Ryan MacKintosh | 7.46% | 159 | 160 | 164 | |||||
| ISP | Iain Forsyth | 1.97% | 42 | 42 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Calum Liptrot | 0.51% | 11 | |||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,131 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,066 Turnout: 25.3% | ||||||||||
2017 Election
2017 Highland Council election[5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Graham (incumbent) | 27.7% | 964 | ||||||
| Independent | Graham Ross (incumbent) | 20.6% | 719 | 751.4 | 808.03 | 891.4 | |||
| SNP | Bill Boyd | 20.7% | 722 | 727.8 | 752.3 | 782.6 | 785.5 | 1,077.3 | |
| Conservative | Fergus MacKenzie | 11.9% | 416 | 431.6 | 445.3 | 489.2 | 493.7 | 501.2 | |
| SNP | Cath MacInnes | 8.6% | 300 | 304.9 | 317.2 | 345.5 | 347.8 | ||
| Labour | Addie Eghtedar | 6.7% | 235 | 244.9 | 261.7 | ||||
| Independent | Allan Duffy (incumbent) | 3.73% | 130 | 139.4 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,486 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 872 Turnout: 3,550 (42.6%) | |||||||||
2012 Election
2012 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Graham (incumbent) | 24.68% | 610 | 613 | 615 | 650 | ||||
| Independent | Graham Ross | 23.46% | 580 | 594 | 611 | 639 | ||||
| SNP | Allan Duffy | 18.53% | 458 | 467 | 472 | 481 | 485.9 | 488.4 | 725.9 | |
| Labour | Robert Ford | 13.88% | 343 | 349 | 355 | 359 | 366.1 | 369.9 | 393.8 | |
| SNP | Pauline Munro (incumbent) | 11.37% | 281 | 288 | 295 | 296 | 301.6 | 305.5 | ||
| Conservative | Mary Fraser | 3.8% | 94 | 94 | 107 | |||||
| Scottish Christian | Alan Petitt | 2.27% | 56 | 60 | ||||||
| TUSC | George MacDonald | 2.02% | 50 | |||||||
| Electorate: 6,659 Valid: 2,472 Spoilt: 41 Quota: 619 Turnout: 2,513 (37.74%) | ||||||||||
2009 By-election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Christie | 59.6 | 1,503 | ||
| SNP | Brian ÓhEadhra | 22.0 | 556 | ||
| Labour | Andrew James MacKintosh | 8.3 | 210 | ||
| Scottish Christian | Dr Sheila McLaughlan | 4.55 | 115 | ||
| Conservative | Donald Gunn MacDonald | 4.4 | 111 | ||
| Solidarity_(Scotland) | George MacDonald | 1.1 | 27 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Electorate: 6,623 Valid: 2,522 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,270 Turnout: 2,540 | |||||
2007 Election
2007 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Pauline Munro | 965 | 28.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Graham | 840 | 25.1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Jimmy MacDonald | 778 | 23.2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Labour | Caroline Parr | 536 | 16.0 | |||
| Conservative | Mary Fraser | 230 | 6.9 | |||
References
- ↑ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
- ↑ "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ↑ "By-election to replace Councillor Graham Ross to take place in August". Inverness Courier. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ↑ "The Highland Council download - Ward 13 (Inverness West) By-Election Results 2021 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting | Election results".
- ↑ "Community Council elections".
- ↑ "Inverness West By-Election Result" (Press release). Highland Council. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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