Location of the ward
Location of the ward[1]

Inverness Central is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Dalneigh, Glebe, Haugh, Merkinch and South Kessock areas of urban Inverness. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Peter Corbett
(Ind.) 		Donnie Kerr
(SNP) 		Janet Campbell
(Liberal Democrats) 		Bet McAllister
(Labour)
2012 Richard Laird
(SNP) 		Janet Campbell
(Ind.)
2017 3 seats
Nov 2019 Emma Roddick
(SNP)
2022 Michael Cameron
(SNP) 		Kate MacLean
(SNP)

Andrew Teale. "Local Elections Archive Project".

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Highland Council election[2]

Inverness Central - 3 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Labour Bet McAllister (incumbent) 24.13% 793 793 805 811 840
SNP Michael Cameron 23.40% 769 770 772 773 796 797.4 809.6 867.9
SNP Kate MacLean 17.92% 589 589 591 593 612 614.0 628.2 766.7 807.4 867.7
Conservative Donald MacKenzie 12.78% 420 421 424 437 455 457.1 510.3 526.6 527.5
Scottish Green Arun Sharma 7.46% 245 250 258 262 292 293.8 347.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Rattray 6.42% 211 211 212 218 229 234.5
Independent Andrew Barnett 4.29% 141 152 162 173
TUSC Sean Robertson 1.43% 47 47
Scottish Family John William McColl 1.37% 45 50 54
Independent Luigi Andrew MacKinnon 0.79% 26
Electorate: 8,647   Valid: 3,286   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 822   Turnout: 38.9%  

2019 By-election

Inverness Central By-election (14 November 2019)[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SNP Emma Roddick 45.15 1,015 1,033 1,115
Conservative Rachael Hatfield 15.35 345 349 360
Independent Richie Paxton 12.32 277 303 338
Liberal Democrats Mary Dormer 10.54 237 266 325
Scottish Green Russell Deacon 9.79 220 238  
Labour Ardalan Eghtedar 6.85 154    
Electorate: 8,877   Valid: 2,248   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 2,276 (25.6%)  

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election[4]

Inverness Central - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Richard Laird (incumbent)††††††† 32.8% 1,122              
Labour Bet McAllister (incumbent) 16.9% 577 615.5 623.5 665.7 768.8 880.8    
Independent Janet Campbell (incumbent) 15.3% 522 546.03 560.9 577.8 640.4 828.8 839.4 1,063.4
Conservative Donald MacKenzie 12.5% 426 430.3 434.3 474.7 498.04 533.7 536.6  
Independent Donnie Kerr (incumbent) 10.5% 360 392.8 409.2 420.6 485.1      
Scottish Green Russell Deacon 6.08% 208 305.09 311.3 346.04        
Liberal Democrats Margot Kerr 4.5% 154 170.7 172.7          
Independent Diane Wilkinson 1.5% 50 58.8            
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,419   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 855   Turnout: 3,483 (39.5%)  

2012 Election

2012 Highland Council election

Inverness Central - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Janet Campbell (incumbent) 29.97% 887            
Labour Bet McAllister (incumbent) 26.36% 867            
SNP Donnie Kerr††† (incumbent) 20.43% 672            
SNP Richard Laird 11.49% 378 420.6 462.5 473.6 490.2 500.5 619.6
Liberal Democrats Angus Dick 9.64% 257 316.9 360 360.6 372.9 452.8  
Conservative Ray Doctor 7.81% 153 175.7 184.4 184.6 210.8    
Scottish Christian Rich Omand 2.28% 75 91 103.5 103.9      
Electorate: 9,251   Valid: 3,289   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 658   Turnout: 3,348 (36.19%)  

2007 Election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Inverness Central
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Donnie Kerr 1,019 21.9 1 1
Independent Peter Corbett 776 16.6 4 9
Liberal Democrats Janet Campbell 729 15.6 2 6
Labour Bet McAllister 720 15.4 3 6
Independent William Smith 575 12.3
Conservative David Bonsor 268 5.8
Independent Ivor Bisset 252 5.4
Labour Tej Manda 237 5.1
Solidarity George MacDonald 88 1.9

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission.
  2. ^ a b "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Local Government by-elections". highland.gov.uk.
  4. ^ "Community Council elections".
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