Wick and East Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. This was a new ward in the 2017 election following boundary changes. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2017 A.I. Willie MacKay
(Independent)		 Nicola Sinclair
(Independent)		 Andrew Sinclair
(Conservative)		 Raymond Bremner
(SNP)
Aug 2021 Jill Tilt
(Liberal Democrat)
2022 Jan McEwan
(Liberal Democrat)		 Andrew Jarvie
(Conservative)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Highland Council election[1]

Wick and East Caithness - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Liberal Democrats Jan McEwan 29.78% 1,245
SNP Raymond Bremner (incumbent) 25.33% 1,059
Conservative Andrew Jarvie[INV S] 15.12% 632 700.2 705.2 755.3 873.4
Independent A.I. Willie MacKay (incumbent) 12.78% 534 635.6 699.9 801.9 1,125.4
Independent Bill Fernie 10.48% 438 518.9 571.1 669.3
Labour Neil MacDonald 6.51% 272 347.7 385.0
Electorate: 10,103   Valid: 4,180   Spoilt: 45   Quota: 837   Turnout: 41.8%  

    2021 By-election

    Wick and East Caithness By-Election (12 August 2021) - 1 seat[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Liberal Democrats Jill Tilt 27.25% 657 660 848 986 1,501
    Independent Bill Fernie 25.79% 622 627 780 963  
    SNP Michael Cameron 24.59% 593 593 606    
    Conservative Daniel Ross 21.69% 523 525      
    Libertarian Harry Christian 0.66% 16        
    Electorate: TBC   Valid: 2,411   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,206   Turnout: 24.3%  

      2017 Election

      2017 Highland Council election

      Wick and East Caithness - 4 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Independent A.I. Willie MacKay + 22.37% 1,046              
      Independent Nicola Sinclair 20.68% 967              
      Conservative Andrew Sinclair 13.88% 649 666 669 708 735 822 919 1,047
      SNP Raymond Bremner 11.74% 549 557 559 577 600 655 723 831
      Labour Neil MacDonald * 8.64% 404 417 420 455 495 556 671  
      Independent Linda Malik 7.23% 338 351 357 369 424      
      Independent Bill Fernie * 6.99% 327 353 361 396 436 518    
      Independent Catherine Patterson 4.79% 224 233 238 247        
      Liberal Democrats Luke Graham 3.68% 172 177 178          
      Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,676   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 936   Turnout: 47.6%  

        * = Sitting Councillors for Wick Ward.

        + = Sitting Councillor for Landward Caithness Ward.

        References

        1. ↑ "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
        2. ↑ "The Highland Council download - Ward 3 (Wick and East Caithness) By-Election Results 2021 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting | Election results".
        3. ↑ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 3 Wick and East Caithness - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2021.


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