- The Highland Council election, 1999
Elections to the
Highland Council were held on6 May 1999 ; 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 = 49
gain =
loss =
net = ±0
seats % = 61.25
votes % = 57.39
votes = 43,810
plus/minus = −3.84Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
seats = 12
gain =
loss =
net = +6
seats % = 15.00
votes % = 10.62
votes = 8,108
plus/minus = +3.90Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Labour Party
seats = 10
gain =
loss =
net = +3
seats % = 12.50
votes % = 15.40
votes = 11,756
plus/minus = +4.43Election Summary Party
party = Scottish National Party
seats = 8
gain =
loss =
net = −1
seats % = 10.00
votes % = 12.39
votes = 9,456
plus/minus = −4.96Election Summary Party
party = Independent Liberal
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 1.25
votes % = 0.91
votes = 695
plus/minus = +0.91Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = −1
seats % = ―
votes % = 3.29
votes = 2,509
plus/minus = +2.39Caithness
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Alastair MacDonald
votes = 680
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Mowat
votes = 480
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 278
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Eric Saxon
votes = 454
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Fry
votes = 407
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = George Bruce
votes = 357
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 47
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John Rosie
votes = 553
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Elizabeth MacDonald
votes = 482
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ronald Henderson
votes = 198
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 71
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Donald Waters
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 = 793
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Richard
votes = 580
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 213
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Graeme Smith
votes = 447
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Bill Mowat
votes = 402
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Anderson Murray
votes = 376
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 45
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Deirdre Steven
votes = 463
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Fernie
votes = 438
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alistair Roy
votes = 333
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 25
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jim Oag
votes = 673
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Niall Smith
votes = 437
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 236
percentage =
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party = Independent Liberal
candidate = William Mowat
votes = 695
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jeanette Calder
votes = 522
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 173
percentage =
change =utherland
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Francis Keith
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Barbara Jardine
votes = 539
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alexander Mackay
votes = 514
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 25
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alison Magee
votes = 725
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Russell Taylor
votes = 470
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alexander Chalmers
votes = 186
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 255
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ian Ross
votes = 687
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Helen Houston
votes = 373
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Valerie Scott
votes = 150
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 314
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Rita Finlayson
votes = 802
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ronald McDonald
votes = 662
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 140
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Duncan Allan
votes = 1,104
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gordon Campbell
votes = 306
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 798
percentage =
change =Ross & Cromarty
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Green
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Andrew Anderson
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alasdair Rhind
votes = 1,040
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Derek Louden
votes = 415
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 625
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Paterson
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Richard Durham
votes = 747
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John Mitchell
votes = 493
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 254
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Lou Wilkerson
votes = 622
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Morag McCourt
votes = 355
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Maxine Smith
votes = 320
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 267
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Carolyn Wilson
votes = 568
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Norman Chisholm
votes = 350
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Andrew Currie
votes = 302
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John Boocock
votes = 270
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 218
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Roy Macintyre
votes = 857
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Kris Murray Browne
votes = 260
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 597
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ewan Mackinnon
votes = 518
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Elizabeth Pritchard
votes = 399
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Allan MacArthur
votes = 143
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 119
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Mike Finlayson
votes = 848
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Robert Gibson
votes = 627
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 221
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Douglas Briggs
votes = 959
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Bill Mackenzie
votes = 309
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 650
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Margaret Paterson
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Andrew Paterson
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Philip
votes = 789
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = John MacInnes
votes = 572
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 217
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sandy MacKenzie
votes = 743
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Evelyn Vass
votes = 703
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 40
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Peter Cairns
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Alston
votes = 596
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Anderson
votes = 591
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alistair Dunn
votes = 268
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 5
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Morris Downie
votes = 865
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Duncan McPherson
votes = 502
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Celia Stewart
votes = 383
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 363
percentage =
change =kye & Lochalsh
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Gavin Scott Moncrieef
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Allan Beaton
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Drew Millar
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Angus Sutherland
votes = 715
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Farquhar MacLennan
votes = 322
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 393
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Fulton
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Isabelle Campbell
votes = 832
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Patricia Shaw
votes = 171
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 661
percentage =
change =Inverness
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Garry Coutts
votes = 734
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Sellar
votes = 577
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 157
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jack Shiels
votes = 906
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Molly Doyle
votes = 595
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 311
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Bernard Salmon
votes = 815
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Jimmy MacDonald
votes = 622
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 193
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Christine Cumming
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Corbett
votes = 701
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Donnie Kerr
votes = 238
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Alexander MacLean
votes = 234
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 463
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Eilidh MacDonald
votes = 514
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jim Alexander
votes = 392
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Joerg Macthearlaich-Wiench
votes = 300
percentage =
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party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Moray MacDonald
votes = 190
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 122
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = John Cole
votes = 667
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = James McCreath
votes = 381
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John Ford
votes = 285
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 286
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Roderick Balfour
votes = 612
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Derek MacDonald
votes = 461
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Glynis Sinclair
votes = 353
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 151
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margaret Davidson
votes = 1,018
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Patrick Paterson
votes = 483
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 535
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ronald Lyon
votes = 708
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Debra Lake
votes = 452
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 256
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Smith
votes = 941
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Mark Grant
votes = 453
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 488
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Jim Thomson
votes = 820
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Robert McLennan
votes = 479
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 341
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margaret MacLennan
votes = 1,037
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Andrew Ingram
votes = 546
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 491
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Angus Dick
votes = 541
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Stuart Dickson
votes = 431
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Alison Watson
votes = 273
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 110
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Clive Goodman
votes = 834
percentage =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = John Horne
votes = 602
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 232
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Dick Simpson
votes = 636
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Patricia Hayden
votes = 434
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John Ward
votes = 335
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Peter Saggers
votes = 191
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 202
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = David Munro
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ella MacRae
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Norrie Donald
votes = 817
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Kenneth Thomson
votes = 638
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 179
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Janet Home
votes = 639
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Ian Brown
votes = 464
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Holden
votes = 339
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 175
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kathleen Matheson
votes = 919
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Robert Chalmers
votes = 518
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 401
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Gillian McCreath
votes = 442
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Malcolm Jack
votes = 425
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = George Davidson
votes = 290
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Jermaine Allison
votes = 240
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 17
percentage =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Robert Wynd
votes = 596
percentage =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Walter McGarrity
votes = 512
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = William Cameron
votes = 445
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 84
percentage =
change =Nairn
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Matheson
votes = 662
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Andrew Gardiner
votes = 425
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Tony Lister
votes = 312
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 237
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Elizabeth MacDonald
votes = 450
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Shand
votes = 409
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Duncan McDonald
votes = 312
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Mark Conway
votes = 98
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 41
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Fraser
votes = 583
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Laurie Fraser
votes = 513
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Jonathan Alford
votes = 133
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John MacKenzie
votes = 81
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 70
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alexander Park
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Badenoch & Strathspey
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Alexander Russell
votes = 882
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = David Spry
votes = 251
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 631
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Robert Severn
votes = 351
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Susan Paton
votes = 328
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Gregor Rimell
votes = 303
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = George Gibson
votes = 159
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 23
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Angus Gordon
votes = 657
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Karen Lawrie
votes = 498
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 159
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Francis Black
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Basil Dunlop
votes = 852
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Arthur Durance
votes = 302
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 550
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 = George Bruce
votes = 754
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Susan Carstairs
votes = 258
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Donald Lawrie
votes = 166
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 496
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William MacLachlan
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Michael Foxley
votes = 571
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Iain Thornber
votes = 387
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Johnathan Slater
votes = 197
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 184
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Olwyn Macdonald
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Brian Murphy
votes = 699
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Iain Macdonald
votes = 559
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 140
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Neil Clark
votes = Unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Andrew McFarlane-Slack
votes = 770
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = William Spence
votes = 428
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = David Ingham
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