Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

East Sutherland and Edderton is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Brora, Dornoch, Edderton, Golspie and Helmsdale. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Jim McGillivray
(Ind.) 		Deirdre Mackay
(Labour) 		Ian Ross
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Graham Phillips
(SNP)
2017 Richard Gale
(Liberal Democrats)
2022 Leslie-anne Niven
(SNP)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Highland Council election[2]

East Sutherland and Edderton - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Liberal Democrats Richard Gale (incumbent) 35.81% 1,151
SNP Leslie-anne Niven 26.54% 853
Independent Jim McGillivray (incumbent) 19.01% 611 775.6 796.6 834.1
Conservative Max Bannerman 16.99% 546 613.8 615.4 635.1
Libertarian Harry Christian 1.65% 53 80.4 84.6
Electorate: 6,446   Valid: 3,214   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 804   Turnout: 50.5%  

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election[3]

East Sutherland and Edderton - 3 seats[4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Deirdre MacKay (incumbent) 21.20% 755 757 831 946      
Liberal Democrats Richard Gale 19.63% 699 715 773 889 909    
Independent Jim McGillivray (incumbent) 16.76% 597 600 649 793 806 814 1,155
SNP Graham Phillips (incumbent) 18.20% 648 653 711 725 732 735  
Conservative Eva Short 14.52% 517 518 532        
No Label George Gunn 8.68% 309 311          
Libertarian Harry Christian 1.01% 36            
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,561   Spoilt: 30   Quota: 891   Turnout: 57.1%  

2012 Election

2012 Highland Council election

East Sutherland and Edderton - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Deirdre MacKay (incumbent) 32.21% 966            
Independent Jim McGillivray (incumbent) 19.27% 578 622 642.9 691.2 811    
SNP Graham Phillips 17.34% 520 544.6 548 554.7 605.8 618.1 771.7
Independent Richard Gale 12.74% 382 424.5 442.8 485.3 567.8 585.7  
Liberal Democrats Robbie Rowantree * 9.67% 290 334.5 340.1 402.1      
Conservative Kerensa Carr 6.27% 188 198.5 220.6        
UKIP Annie Murray 2.5% 75 81.9          
Electorate: 6,179   Valid: 2,999   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 750   Turnout: 3,034 (49.1%)  

2007 Election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: East Sutherland and Edderton
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Ian Ross 838 22.8 1 7
Labour Deirdre Mackay 703 19.2 2 10
SNP Derek Louden 511 13.9
Independent Jim McGillivray 482 13.1 3 10
Conservative Michael Napper 423 11.5
Independent Jimmy Melville 252 6.9
Independent Evelyn MacKenzie 155 4.2
Independent Gordon Campbell 125 3.4
Independent Gordon Clunie 114 3.1
Independent Richard Easson 40 1.1
Solidarity Frank Ward 27 0.7

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. ^ "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ The Highland Council. "Community Councils | Community Council elections | The Highland Council". Highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. ^ "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 4 East Sutherland and Edderton - Council and government". The Highland Council. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. ^ "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 4 East Sutherland and Edderton - Council and government". The Highland Council. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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