The Council Election, Thursday 1 May 2003 - Results

RESULTS – Friday 2 May 2003

* Existing Highland Councillor

ELECTORAL WARD CANDIDATE’S CANDIDATE’S DESCRIPTION VOTES MAJORITY % POLL OTHER NAMES SURNAME (if any)

CAITHNESS (10) 1. Caithness North West Alastair I MacDonald* Lib Dem Returned unopposed 2. West James H Fry Ind 425 118 49.03% Eric Roger Saxon* Lab 543 3. Thurso Central Donald M Mackay 636 109 58.15% John S Rosie* Lab 527 4. Thurso East Thomas Cairns Jackson* Ind Returned (commonly known unopposed as Tom) 5. Caithness Central David C M Flear* Lib Dem Returned unopposed 6. Caithness North East John H Green* Ind Returned unopposed 7. Wick Bill Mowat Lab 242 294 50.77% Graeme M Smith* Lib Dem 536 Niall Smith SNP 198 8. Wick West William N Fernie Ind 469 114 52.87% Neil MacDonald Lab 225 James B SNP 355 9. Pulteneytown Katrina MacNab Ind 599 298 50.64% Jim Oag* Lab 301 10. Caithness South East William A Mowat* Ind Returned unopposed SUTHERLAND (6) 11. Sutherland North West John D S Forbes Ind 442 77 61.6% (commonly known as David) Francis R M Keith* 519 12. Tongue and Farr Eirine B M Jardine* Lib Dem 376 142 59.5% (commonly known as Barbara) Alexander Mackay Ind 518 (commonly known as Sandy) 13. Sutherland Central Alison L Magee* Returned unopposed 14. Golspie and Rogart William J Ross* Ind 912 833 61.6% (commonly known as Ian) Francis Ward SSP 79 (commonly known as Frank) 15. Brora Margaret White Finlayson* Ind 634 32 60.1% (commonly known as Rita) Robert I Rowantree Ind 602 (commonly known as Robbie) 16. James D W Allan* Ind 826 487 56.3% (commonly known as Duncan) James Gordon Campbell Ind 339 Paul (18) 17. Lochbroom Lauri Chilton Lab 239 55 56.6% Kenneth J B S MacLeod Ind 338 Jean Urquhart SNP 393 18. Alness and Ardross Andrew Anderson* SNP 961 873 48.3% Jean Cadden SSP 88 19. West Alasdair Rhind* Ind 1025 863 55.5% Sean Alexander Robertson SSP.SCT 162 20. Tain East James Paterson* Ind 497 43 53.1% Alan Torrance Ind 540 21. Seaboard Linda June Bruce Ind 232 322 51.6% Andrew Currie SNP 232 Richard Durham* Ind 554 22. Invergordon John Robert Connell Ind 622 371 51.3% Maxine Smith Ind 251 Lou Wilkerson* Lab 203 23. Rosskeen and Saltburn Dot MacLennan Ind 292 608 49.7% Carolyn Anne Wilson* Ind 900 24. Gairloch Christine Mary Conniff Lab and Co-op 351 250 55.4% Roy Macintyre* Ind 601 25. Lochcarron Neveille-Suzanette MacDonald- Countryside 116 630 58.1% Rolfe Ewen C Mackinnon* Ind 746 26. Ferindonald Dennis L Dunbar 173 39 49.1% Mike Finlayson* Ind 492 Val MacIver Ind 531 27. Strathpeffer and Strathconon Douglas Briggs* Ind 812 593 52.5% John Scott Con 219 28. Dingwall South Margaret Paterson* SNP 470 31 50% Marilyn Ross Lab 439 29. Dingwall North Michael Muirdon MacMillan Lab 576 44 47.6% Andrew Paterson* Ind 532 30. Muir of Ord David J Chisholm Ind 806 426 51.6% Tom Davis 380 31. Conon and Maryburgh Angela MacLean Lib Dem 786 267 55.9% David Philip* 519 32. Knockbain and Killearnan Andrew R Duncan Con 226 754 56.5% Isobel McCallum 980 33. Black Isle North David Alston* Ind Returned unopposed 34. Avoch and Fortrose Billy Barclay Ind 598 14 65.6% Morris M Downie* Ind 496 Leslie Hood Lab 136 Okain John McLennan Ind 584 SKYE AND LOCHALSH (6)

35. Snizort and Rod Liddon SNP 306 241 55.6% Iain MacDonald Ind 547 Ben Palmer Ind 87 36. Skye West John Laing Ind 538 208 57% William Sutherland Ind 330 37. Portree Drew Millar* Lib Dem Returned unopposed 38. Skye Central Hamish Fraser Ind Returned unopposed 39. Kyle and Sleat William M Fulton* Ind 529 79 63% Audrey Sinclair Ind 450 40. Kinlochshiel Isabelle M Campbell* Lib Dem Returned unopposed (23) 41.Beauly and Strathglass Helen Mae Carmichael Ind 549 6 56.6% Garry James Coutts* Ind 555 42. Kirkhill Graham Guthrie Cross 407 165 52.6% McKenzie Jack Shiels* Ind 572 Hamish Wood Ind 312 43. Scorguie Christine MacLeod Forbes Ind 195 225 45.3% Shanea Jane Fraser Lib Dem 227 Mark Grant Lab 179 Jimmy MacDonald Ind 452 44. Muirtown Christine Cumming* Lab Returned MacNiven unopposed 45. Merkinch Simon Cann SSP 92 550 39.4% Peter Corbett* 642 46. Inverness Central Jim Alexander Ind 316 3 51.1% Daniel Farthing Lib Dem 174 Eilidh MacDonald* Lab 319 Hector MacDonald Ind 170 Donald Alexander MacKay Ind 116 47. Culloden John Ford Lab 434 57 43.3% Michael George Perrin Lib Dem 187 James William McCreath SNP 377 48. Ardersier, Croy and Petty Roderick Andrew Balfour* Ind Returned Christopher unopposed 49. Loch Ness West Margaret Christine Davidson* Ind Returned unopposed 50. Inverness West Ronald James Lyon* Ind 546 266 41.9% Joan Margaret Stewart Ind 280 51. Canal William John Smith* Ind Returned unopposed 52. Ballifeary Alistair Milne Ind 625 160 51.7% Jim Thomson* Lab 465 53. Lochardil Michael William Gimson Ind 377 335 59.1% Andrew George Ingram Lab 211 Margaret Agnes MacLennan* Ind 712 54. Hilton Angus John Dick* Lib Dem 547 179 46.6% Thomas Lamont Ind 368 55. Milton Ian George Brown SNP 429 65 50.9% Clive Lawrence Goodman* Lab 494 Ruth Esther Hunt Lib Dem 199 56. Crown James Sutherland Gray* Lab 734 112 57.3% Hamish Hugh Sutherland Ind 622 McKenzie 57. Raigmore David Gallant Ind 81 304 44.9% Scott MacKenzie SNP 217 David Ross Munro* Lab 521 Donald Robertson Ind 89 58. Loch Ness East Ella MacRae* Ind Returned unopposed 59. Culduthel Norrie Donald* Ind 1061 816 49.4% Ralph Sauer Ind 245 60. Inshes John Holden Ind 540 206 54.5% Janet Noble Home* Ind 746 61. Drumossie Farquhar Forbes Ind 482 272 49.5% MacLennan Kathleen Greig Matheson* Ind 754 62. Westhill and Smithton George Davidson Ind 107 64 47.9% Malcolm Lyall Jack Lab 397 Gillian McCreath* SNP 461 Peter David Saggers Con 152 63. Balloch Tony Lister Con 202 238 52.6% Glynis Elizabeth Sinclair Lib Dem 409 Anne Robert Wynd* SNP 647 NAIRN (4) 64. Nairn Alltan Nigel K Hanlin Ind 53 63 55.3% June Huntly Gordon SNP 217

James (commonly Lennon Ind 300 known as Jim) John N Matheson* Ind 363 William Shand Ind 297 (commonly known as Bill) 65. Nairn Ninian Andrew T Brown Ind 330 276 55.4% Duncan McDonald Ind 310 Elizabeth MacDonald* SNP 606 66. Nairn Cawdor Laurie Richard Fraser Ind 766 524 49.5% Graham S Marsden Ind 242 67. Nairn Auldearn Alexander S Park* Ind 837 443 55.4% James T Young Ind 394 BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY (5) 68. Badenoch West Sheena Slimon* Ind Returned unopposed 69. Badenoch East Henderson Connell Pollock Ind 285 39 53.8% (commonly known as Hendy) Gregor Rimell Ind 348 Robert Severn* SNP 309 70. Strathspey South Angus Gordon* Ind Returned unopposed 71. Strathspey North East Francis D S Black* Lib Dem Returned unopposed 72. Grantown on Spey Basil Matthew Dunlop* Ind Returned Stuart unopposed LOCHABER (8) 73. Mallaig and Charles King* Ind Returned unopposed 74. Kilmallie and Invergarry George Bruce* Ind 411 171 59% William Clark 582 (otherwise known as Bill) 75. Claggan and Glen Spean Alistair Angus MacGregor Ind 168 124 60% William MacLachlan* Ind 325 Thomas J MacLennan Ind 449 76. Ardnamurchan and Morvern Michael E M Foxley* Lib Dem 545 77 65% Iain Thornber 468 77. Caol Edward George Hunter Ind 627 29 55% Olwyn J Macdonald* Ind 656 78. Fort William North Brian J Murphy* 733 424 53% Douglas Nolan SSP 309 79. Fort William South Mary K (also Alexander Ind 238 212 52% known as May) Neil M Clark* 450 Euan J Harper 187 80. Glencoe David Charles Ingham SNP 486 236 55% Andrew R McFarlane Ind 722 Slack* DESCRIPTION

Lib Dem – Scottish Liberal Democrats

Ind – Independent Lab – Scottish Labour Party Candidate Con – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party SNP – Scottish National Party (SNP) SSP – Scottish Socialist Party SSP.SCT – Scottish Socialist Party.Scrap Council Tax

Countryside – The Countryside Party Fighting Rural Issues Lab and Co-op - Scottish labour and Co-operative Party Candidate