- The Highland Council election, 2003
Elections to the
Highland Council were held on1 May 2003 ; the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament and to the 31 other councils in Scotland. 80 councillors were elected from 80 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 Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, andScottish National Party .Overall result
Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)|Independent
seats = 57
gain = 11
loss = 4
net = +7
seats % = 71.3
votes % = 69.6
votes = 45,405
plus/minus = +12.21Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
seats = 9
gain = 2
loss = 5
net = −3
seats % = 11.3
votes % = 6.1
votes = 3,986
plus/minus = −4.52Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Labour Party
seats = 8
gain = 3
loss = 5
net = −2
seats % = 10.0
votes % = 11.6
votes = 7,536
plus/minus = −3.80Election Summary Party
party = Scottish National Party
seats = 6
gain = 1
loss = 3
net = −2
seats % = 7.5
votes % = 10.2
votes = 6,664
plus/minus = +0.20Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = ―
votes % = 1.2
votes = 799
plus/minus = −2.09Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Socialist Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = ―
votes % = 1.1
votes = 730
plus/minus = +1.10Election Summary Party
party = Countryside Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = ―
votes % = 0.2
votes = 116
plus/minus = +0.20Caithness
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Alastair MacDonald
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Eric Saxon
votes = 543
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Fry
votes = 425
percentage =
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votes = 118
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Donald Mackay
votes = 636
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John Rosie
votes = 527
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 109
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tom Jackson
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = David Flear
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Green
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Graeme Smith
votes = 536
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Bill Mowat
votes = 242
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Niall Smith
votes = 198
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 294
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Fernie
votes = 469
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = James Sutherland
votes = 355
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Neil MacDonald
votes = 225
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 114
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Katrina MacNab
votes = 599
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Jim Oag
votes = 301
percentage =
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votes = 298
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Mowat
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Francis Keith
votes = 519
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Forbes
votes = 442
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 77
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sandy Mackay
votes = 518
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Barbara Jardine
votes = 376
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 142
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alison Magee
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ian Ross
votes = 912
percentage =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Francis Ward
votes = 79
percentage =
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votes = 833
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Rita Finlayson
votes = 634
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Robbie Rowantree
votes = 602
percentage =
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votes = 32
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Duncan Allan
votes = 826
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gordon Campbell
votes = 339
percentage =
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votes = 487
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Jean Urquhart
votes = 393
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kenneth MacLeod
votes = 338
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Lauri Chilton
votes = 239
percentage =
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votes = 55
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Andrew Anderson
votes = 961
percentage =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Jean Cadden
votes = 88
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 873
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alasdair Rhind
votes = 1,025
percentage =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Sean Robertson
votes = 162
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 863
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Torrance
votes = 540
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Paterson
votes = 497
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 43
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Richard Durham
votes = 554
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Linda Bruce
votes = 232
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Andrew Currie
votes = 232
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 322
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Connell
votes = 662
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Maxine Smith
votes = 251
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Lou Wilkerson
votes = 203
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 371
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Carolyn Wilson
votes = 900
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Dot MacLennan
votes = 292
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 608
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Roy Macintyre
votes = 601
percentage =
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party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Christine Conniff
votes = 351
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 250
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ewan Mackinnon
votes = 746
percentage =
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party = Countryside Party (UK)
candidate = Neveille-Suzanette MacDonald-Rolfe
votes = 116
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 630
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Val MacIver
votes = 531
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Mike Finlayson
votes = 492
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Dennis Dunbar
votes = 173
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 39
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Douglas Briggs
votes = 812
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = John Scott
votes = 219
percentage =
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votes =
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Margaret Paterson
votes = 470
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Marilyn Ross
votes = 439
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 31
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Michael MacMillan
votes = 576
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Andrew Paterson
votes = 532
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 44
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Chisholm
votes = 806
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tom Davis
votes = 380
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 426
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Angela MacLean
votes = 786
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Philip
votes = 519
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 267
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Isobel McCallum
votes = 980
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Andrew Duncan
votes = 226
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 754
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Alston
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Billy Barclay
votes = 598
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Okain McLennan
votes = 584
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Morris Downie
votes = 496
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Leslie Hood
votes = 136
percentage =
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votes = 14
percentage =
change =kye & Lochalsh
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Iain MacDonald
votes = 547
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Rod Liddon
votes = 306
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ben Palmer
votes = 87
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 241
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Laing
votes = 538
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Sutherland
votes = 330
percentage =
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votes = 208
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Drew Millar
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Hamish Fraser
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Fulton
votes = 529
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Audrey Sinclair
votes = 450
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 79
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Isabelle Campbell
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Garry Coutts
votes = 555
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Helen Carmichael
votes = 549
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 9
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jack Shiels
votes = 572
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Graham Cross
votes = 407
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Hamish Wood
votes = 312
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 165
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jimmy MacDonald
votes = 452
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Shanea Fraser
votes = 227
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Christine Forbes
votes = 195
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Mark Grant
votes = 179
percentage =
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votes = 225
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Christine Cumming
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Corbett
votes = 642
percentage =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Simon Cann
votes = 92
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 550
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Eilidh MacDonald
votes = 319
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jim Alexander
votes = 316
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Daniel Farthing
votes = 174
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Hector MacDonald
votes = 170
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Donald MacKay
votes = 116
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 3
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John Ford
votes = 434
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = James McCreath
votes = 377
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Michael Perrin
votes = 187
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 57
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Roderick Balfour
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margaret Davidson
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ronald Lyon
votes = 546
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joan Stewart
votes = 280
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 266
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Smith
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alistair Milne
votes = 625
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Jim Thomson
votes = 465
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 160
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margaret MacLennan
votes = 712
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Michael Gimson
votes = 377
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Andrew Ingram
votes = 211
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 335
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Angus Dick
votes = 547
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Lamont
votes = 368
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 179
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Clive Goodman
votes = 494
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Ian Brown
votes = 429
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ruth Hunt
votes = 199
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 65
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = James Gray
votes = 734
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Hamish McKenzie
votes = 622
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 112
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = David Munro
votes = 521
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Scott MacKenzie
votes = 217
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Donald Robertson
votes = 89
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Gallant
votes = 81
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 304
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ella MacRae
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Norrie Donald
votes = 1,061
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ralph Sauer
votes = 245
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 816
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Janet Home
votes = 746
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Holden
votes = 540
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 206
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kathleen Matheson
votes = 754
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Farquhar Forbes
votes = 482
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 272
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Gillian McCreath
votes = 461
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Malcolm Jack
votes = 397
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Peter Saggers
votes = 152
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = George Davidson
votes = 107
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 64
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Robert Wynd
votes = 647
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Glynis Sinclair
votes = 409
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Tony Lister
votes = 202
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 238
percentage =
change =Nairn
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Matheson
votes = 363
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jim Lennon
votes = 300
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bill Shand
votes = 297
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = June Gordon
votes = 217
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Nigel Hanlin
votes = 53
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 63
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Elizabeth MacDonald
votes = 606
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Andrew Brown
votes = 330
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Duncan McDonald
votes = 310
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 276
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Laurie Fraser
votes = 766
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Graham Marsden
votes = 242
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 524
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alexander Park
votes = 837
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Young
votes = 394
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 443
percentage =
change =Badenoch & Strathspey
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sheena Slimon
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gregor Rimell
votes = 348
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Robert Severn
votes = 309
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Hendy Pollock
votes = 285
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 39
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Angus Gordon
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Francis Black
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Basil Dunlop
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Lochaber
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Charles King
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bill Clark
votes = 582
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = George Bruce
votes = 411
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 171
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas MacLennan
votes = 449
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William MacLachlan
votes = 325
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alistair MacGregor
votes = 168
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 124
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Michael Foxley
votes = 545
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Iain Thornber
votes = 468
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 77
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Olwyn Macdonald
votes = 656
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Edward Hunter
votes = 627
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 29
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Brian Murphy
votes = 733
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Douglas Nolan
votes = 309
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 424
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Neil Clark
votes = 450
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = May Alexander
votes = 238
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Euan Harper
votes = 187
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 212
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Andrew McFarlane-Slack
votes = 722
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = David Ingham
votes = 486
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 236
percentage =
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prev=The Highland Council election, 1999
list=Politics of the Highland council area
next=The Highland Council election, 2007
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