Highland Council election, 1995
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The first elections to the Highland Council were held on 6 April 1995; the same day as elections to the 31 other new councils in Scotland. 72 councillors were elected from 72 wards using the plurality system (a.k.a. 'First Past the Post'). Independent councillors retained their status as the majority group, with councillors also being elected representing the Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and Scottish National Party. The newly elected council existed in 'shadow' form until it assumed its full powers on 1 April 1996.
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Overall result
The Highland Council elections, 1995 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Independent | 49 | 68.06 | 61.22 | 40,358 | ||||||
SNP | 9 | 12.50 | 17.36 | 11,441 | ||||||
Labour | 7 | 9.72 | 12.20 | 8,043 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 8.33 | 7.65 | 5,041 | ||||||
Conservative | 1 | 1.39 | 0.90 | 596 | ||||||
Scottish Green | 0 | — | 0.54 | 358 | ||||||
Scottish Christian Democrats | 0 | — | 0.13 | 83 |
Caithness
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | EC MacDonald | 759 | |||
Independent | JH Fry | 508 | |||
Majority | 251 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DM Waters | 920 | |||
Independent | WS Smith | 415 | |||
Majority | 505 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A Murray | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JW Oag | 579 | |||
Independent | A Henderson | 470 | |||
Majority | 109 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JH Green | 587 | |||
Independent | DA Richard | 476 | |||
Majority | 111 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | WA Mowat | 611 | |||
Independent | P Sutherland | 354 | |||
Independent | J Smith | 118 | |||
Majority | 257 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JM Young | 919 | |||
SNP | WD Brown | 182 | |||
Scottish Christian Democrats | N MacInnes | 83 | |||
Majority | 737 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JM Mowat | 366 | |||
Independent | AI MacDonald | 291 | |||
SNP | DA Manson | 277 | |||
Majority | 75 |
Sutherland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JD Allan | 680 | |||
Independent | S Board | 206 | |||
Majority | 474 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | GW Holden | 426 | |||
Independent | RE Taylor | 307 | |||
Majority | 119 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | AL Magee | 366 | |||
Liberal Democrats | A Murray | 281 | |||
Majority | 281 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | FR Keith | 405 | |||
Independent | L MacKenzie | 346 | |||
Majority | 59 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A MacKay | 341 | |||
Liberal Democrats | EB Jardine | 336 | |||
Majority | 5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DI MacRae | 466 | |||
Independent | HM Houston | 355 | |||
Majority | 111 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | RR McDonald | 757 | |||
Independent | M Fielding | 241 | |||
Majority | 516 |
Skye and Lochalsh
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | JF Munro | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W Fulton | 320 | |||
Independent | JA Mackay | 169 | |||
Independent | AR McKerlich | 134 | |||
Majority | 151 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | FM MacLennan | 331 | |||
Independent | E MacKenzie | 279 | |||
Independent | T Rayner | 119 | |||
Majority | 52 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | AM Millar | 248 | |||
Independent | DM Burd | 210 | |||
Labour | V Samuels | 133 | |||
Majority | 38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | GC Moncrieff | 322 | |||
Liberal Democrats | D Grant | 260 | |||
Independent | D MacDonald | 175 | |||
Majority | 62 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | AM Beaton | 447 | |||
Labour | LS Shurmer | 134 | |||
Majority | 313 |
Ross and Cromarty
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | JH Stone | 1,079 | |||
Independent | A Rhind | 653 | |||
SNP | DW Louden | 412 | |||
Majority | 426 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JW Paterson | 627 | |||
Labour | JK Boocock | 472 | |||
Liberal Democrats | AD Scobbie | 257 | |||
Majority | 155 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | I Rhind | 663 | |||
SNP | R Gibson | 490 | |||
Independent | G Kelman | 308 | |||
Labour | AM Byron | 199 | |||
Majority | 173 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DJ McPherson | 1,127 | |||
Liberal Democrats | IJ MacLeod | 736 | |||
Majority | 391 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | B Beattie | 627 | |||
Labour | M MacMillan | 459 | |||
Independent | T Anderson | 346 | |||
Majority | 168 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | A Anderson | 666 | |||
Independent | JE MacInnes | 314 | |||
Independent | R Mardon | 137 | |||
Majority | 352 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | V MacIver | 713 | |||
Independent | DL Dunbar | 453 | |||
Labour | ME MacDonald | 282 | |||
Majority | 260 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | MB Paterson | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DY Philip | 654 | |||
Independent | H Fraser | 548 | |||
SNP | S MacKenzie | 407 | |||
Independent | N McWhinney | 39 | |||
Majority | 106 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | DW Briggs | 896 | |||
Conservative | J Scott | 448 | |||
Scottish Green | E Scott | 136 | |||
Majority | 448 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DR Green | 443 | |||
SNP | J Urquhart | 201 | |||
Labour | L Chilton | 78 | |||
Majority | 242 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | HR MacIntyre | 616 | |||
Independent | GJ Harvey | 286 | |||
Majority | 330 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | DN Cameron | 478 | |||
Independent | AI MacArthur | 150 | |||
Majority | 328 |
Inverness
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | KG Matheson | 443 | |||
SNP | DA Cunningham | 253 | |||
Independent | CM Thomson | 167 | |||
Majority | 190 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E MacRae | 483 | |||
SNP | LA MacRae | 184 | |||
Majority | 299 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | PC Paterson | 415 | |||
Independent | HM Cary | 290 | |||
Independent | AW MacKenzie | 217 | |||
SNP | PJ Findlay | 171 | |||
Majority | 125 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | MC Davidson | 251 | |||
SNP | AK MacPherson | 236 | |||
Majority | 15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | JS Munro | 611 | |||
Independent | JA Sellar | 297 | |||
Majority | 314 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | SJ Shiels | 360 | |||
Independent | M Doyle | 263 | |||
Conservative | CF Spencer-Nairn | 148 | |||
Majority | 97 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | JT MacDonald | 639 | |||
Liberal Democrats | RJ Mackay | 237 | |||
SNP | S MacKenzie | 168 | |||
Majority | 402 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | AD MacLean | 813 | |||
SNP | IA MacIllechiar | 640 | |||
Majority | 173 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | CM Cumming | 788 | |||
Independent | A Chisholm | 382 | |||
SNP | NG Will | 172 | |||
Liberal Democrats | J Horne | 124 | |||
Majority | 406 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | JW Thomson | 547 | |||
Independent | A Milne | 524 | |||
SNP | G Totten | 121 | |||
Majority | 23 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | MA MacLennan | 708 | |||
Independent | WA Fraser | 495 | |||
SNP | JM Murgatroyd | 190 | |||
Majority | 213 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | CL Goodman | 667 | |||
Independent | HH Sutherland | 442 | |||
SNP | A Begbie | 337 | |||
Majority | 225 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Darlington | 643 | |||
SNP | SA Brogan | 496 | |||
Majority | 147 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A Sellar | 1,027 | |||
SNP | AJ Paterek | 247 | |||
Majority | 780 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | WJ Smith | 621 | |||
Labour | CM Grant | 502 | |||
SNP | CM Forbes | 223 | |||
Majority | 119 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | DR Munro | 722 | |||
Independent | M Bernardi | 321 | |||
SNP | C Brogan | 138 | |||
Majority | 401 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JN Home | 633 | |||
Liberal Democrats | DW Fraser | 440 | |||
SNP | I Cameron | 231 | |||
Labour | A Watson | 189 | |||
Scottish Green | MT Falconer | 100 | |||
Independent | TM Honnor | 96 | |||
Majority | 193 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | JC Cole | 680 | |||
SNP | R Wynd | 564 | |||
Labour | W McGarrity | 284 | |||
Majority | 116 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | PJ Peacock | 971 | |||
Independent | J Cattell | 257 | |||
SNP | WJ Reynolds | 208 | |||
Majority | 714 |
Nairn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W Shand | 370 | |||
Independent | D McDonald | 360 | |||
Majority | 10 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | JN Matheson | 303 | |||
Independent | PL Gordon | 279 | |||
Independent | T Crane | 85 | |||
Majority | 24 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | AS Park | 411 | |||
SNP | E MacDonald | 311 | |||
Majority | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | NJ Graham | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D Fraser | Unopposed |
Badenoch and Strathspey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | AJ Russell | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | TR Wade | 324 | |||
Independent | S Paton | 280 | |||
Independent | WD MacKenzie | 228 | |||
SNP | A Lindsay | 140 | |||
Majority | 44 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | I Glen | 385 | |||
Independent | CA Haggerty | 326 | |||
Majority | 59 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | FD Black | 565 | |||
Independent | D Ritchie | 186 | |||
Majority | 379 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A Gordon | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | BM Dunlop | 367 | |||
Independent | G McCulloch | 363 | |||
Majority | 4 |
Lochaber
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C King | 434 | |||
SNP | FM Dickson | 251 | |||
Majority | 183 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | ME Foxley | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | E Harper | 660 | |||
Independent | EH Wallace | 194 | |||
Majority | 466 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | O Macdonald | 657 | |||
Labour | JK MacKay | 492 | |||
Majority | 165 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | IJ MacDonald | 660 | |||
Scottish Green | DL Tayar | 122 | |||
Majority | 538 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | I MacDonald | 320 | |||
Independent | J Anderson | 207 | |||
Independent | M Fraser | 167 | |||
Independent | A Mackin | 104 | |||
Majority | 113 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | N Clark | 436 | |||
Independent | RW Morgan | 294 | |||
Independent | IM Chisholm | 154 | |||
Majority | 142 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | AR MacFarlane-Slack | Unopposed |