Aird and Loch Ness (ward)

Aird and Loch Ness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Loch Ness, the town of Beauly, and the village of Fort Augustus. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Margaret Davidson (Ind.)		Helen Carmichael (Ind.)		Drew Hendry (SNP)		Hamish Wood (Liberal Democrats)
2012
2015 by			Jean Davis (Liberal Democrats)
2017			Emma Knox (SNP)			George Cruickshank (Conservative)

Election Results

2020 by-election

A by-election was originally scheduled to take place on 5 November 2020 to elect one councillor after the death of George Cruickshank. However, it has been postponed until 11 March 2021.[2]

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election [3]

Aird and Loch Ness - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Margaret Davidson (incumbent)	27.8%	1,405
	Conservative	George Cruickshank	19.7%	998	1,045.3
	SNP	Emma Knox	14.2%	719	734.1	734.3	842.07	1,270.6
	Independent	Helen Carmichael (incumbent)	12.4%	625	837.02	848.6	947.6	960.7	1,049.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dr. Jean Davis (incumbent)	10.2%	515	558.6	568.1	654.5	671.2	714.9
	SNP	Matt Friess	8.08%	409	424.9	425.3	491.8
	Scottish Green	Chris Ballance	7.7%	388	411.8	413.5
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,059   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,012   Turnout: 5,125 (52.6%)

2015 by-election

Aird and Loch Ness By-election (8 October 2015) - 1 Seat[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Mary Elizabeth Davis	33.5%	1,029	1,099	1,208	1,511
	SNP	Emma Ann Knox	32.5%	1,000	1,097	1,144	1,167
	Conservative	George Cruickshank	15.2%	467	480	544
	Independent	Zofia Fraser	9.5%	293	330
	Scottish Green	Vikki Tania Trelfer	9.3%	287
Electorate: 9,584   Valid: 3,076   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 1,538   Turnout: 3,100 (32.35%)

2012 Election

2012 Highland Council election

Aird and Loch Ness - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Margaret Davidson (incumbent)	36.94%	1,194
	SNP	Drew Hendry (incumbent)	20.77%	840
	Independent	Helen Carmichael (incumbent)	16.3%	659	894.4
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish Wood (incumbent)	12.31%	498	546	575.4	579	585.9	652.4	768	858.1
	SNP	Robert Stewart	7.1%	287	314.1	322.7	345.3	358.5	387	413.2
	Conservative	George Cruickshank	6.89%	279	297.4	307.4	307.9	335.8	351.9
	Labour	Mike Robb	5.46%	221	234.2	242.1	243.3	246.2
	UKIP	Fred Pidcock	1.63%	66	72.1	75.8	76.3
Electorate: 8,999   Valid: 4,044   Spoilt: 56   Quota: 809   Turnout: 4,100 (45.56%)

2007 Election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Aird and Loch Ness

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Margaret Davidson	1,215	24.6	1	1
	Independent	Helen Carmichael	1,125	22.8	2	1
	SNP	Drew Hendry	892	18.1	3	5
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish Wood	550	11.1	4	8
	Conservative	Margaret Chown	355	7.2
	Independent	John Martin	322	6.5
	Labour	Andrew MacKintosh	292	5.9
	Independent	Alexander Nicol	192	3.9

References

1. http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/5th-reviews-ward-maps
2. Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
3. https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/799/elections_and_voting/643/community_councils
4. http://www.highland.gov.uk/info/799/elections_and_voting/371/elections/2