Inverness West (ward)

Inverness West is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Kinmylies and Scorguie areas of urban Inverness, and a more rural area, west of the River Ness. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jimmy MacDonald (Ind.)		Pauline Munro (SNP)		Alex Graham (Liberal Democrats)
2009 by-		Alasdair Christie (Liberal Democrats)
2012		Graham Ross (Ind.)	Allan Duffy (SNP)
2017	Bill Boyd (SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election [2]

Inverness West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Graham (incumbent)	27.7%	964
	Independent	Graham Ross (incumbent)	20.6%	719	751.4	808.03	891.4
	SNP	Bill Boyd	20.7%	722	727.8	752.3	782.6	785.5	1,077.3
	Conservative	Fergus MacKenzie	11.9%	416	431.6	445.3	489.2	493.7	501.2
	SNP	Cath MacInnes	8.6%	300	304.9	317.2	345.5	347.8
	Labour	Addie Eghtedar	6.7%	235	244.9	261.7
	Independent	Allan Duffy (incumbent)	3.73%	130	139.4
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,486   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 872   Turnout: 3,550 (42.6%)

2012 Election

2012 Highland Council election

Inverness West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Graham (incumbent)	24.68%	610	613	615	650
	Independent	Graham Ross	23.46%	580	594	611	639
	SNP	Allan Duffy	18.53%	458	467	472	481	485.9	488.4	725.9
	Labour	Robert Ford	13.88%	343	349	355	359	366.1	369.9	393.8
	SNP	Pauline Munro (incumbent)	11.37%	281	288	295	296	301.6	305.5
	Conservative	Mary Fraser	3.8%	94	94	107
	Scottish Christian	Alan Petitt	2.27%	56	60
	TUSC	George MacDonald	2.02%	50
Electorate: 6,659   Valid: 2,472   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 619   Turnout: 2,513 (37.74%)

2011 By-election

Inverness West By-Election (24 April 2009)- 1 seat[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Christie	59.6	1,503
	SNP	Brian ÓhEadhra	22.0	556
	Labour	Andrew James MacKintosh	8.3	210
	Scottish Christian	Dr Sheila McLaughlan	4.55	115
	Conservative	Donald Gunn MacDonald	4.4	111
	Solidarity	George MacDonald	1.1	27
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
Electorate: 6,623   Valid: 2,522   Spoilt: 18   Quota: 1,270   Turnout: 2,540

2007 Election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: North, West and Central Sutherland

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	George Farlow	586	19.9	1	8
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Rowantree	410	14.0	2	10
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Russel Taylor	314	10.7
	Independent	Linda Munro	303	10.3	3	10
	Independent	David Forbes	297	10.1
	Independent	William Johnston	282	9.6
	Conservative	Margaret Payne	216	7.4
	Labour	Dave Andrews	184	6.3
	Scottish Green	Ailsa Spindler	168	5.7
	Independent	Kirstie Dawson	99	3.4
	Independent	Michael Otter	80	2.7

References

1. http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/5th-reviews-ward-maps
2. https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/799/elections_and_voting/643/community_councils
3. "Inverness West By-Election Result" (Press release). Highland Council. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2015.