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Culloden and Ardersier is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the villages of Culloden, Ardersier and Smithton. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Robert Wynd
(SNP)
Glynis Sinclair
(Liberal Democrats
/SNP)
John Ford
(Labour)
Roddy Balfour
(Ind.)
2012 Kate Stephen
(Liberal Democrats)
Oct 2016 Trish Robertson
(Liberal Democrats)
2017 3 seats
2022 Morven Reid
(Ind.)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Highland Council election

Culloden and Ardersier - 3 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6
SNP Glynis Campbell-Sinclair (incumbent) 37.61% 1,542
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Scanlon 17.85% 732 743.0 745.0 753.4 805.1
Independent Morven Reid 15.27% 626 721.0 740.4 831.2 960.0 1,148.0
Scottish Liberal Democrats Trish Robertson (incumbent) 15.27% 626 693.9 695.9 727.7 931.8 1,298.1
Scottish Labour Party Steven Calvert 10.07% 413 505.4 507.0 545.1
Alba Party Mya Chemonges-Murzynowska 3.34% 137 244.4 245.1
Independent Mel Robertson 0.59% 24 31.4
Electorate: 9,107   Valid: 4,100   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 1,026   Turnout: 45.5%

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election

Culloden and Ardersier - 3 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
SNP Glynis Campbell-Sinclair (incumbent) 17.7% 669 677 704 724 1,280      
Independent Roddy Balfour (incumbent) 20.2% 763 790 817 864 900 972.5    
Scottish Liberal Democrats Trish Robertson (incumbent) 15.6% 592 601 633 707 743 800.4 810.9 1,188.7
Scottish Conservatives Raine Cullen 18.1% 685 697 705 731 736 744.9 751.09  
SNP Pauline Munro 16.5% 623 627 655 682        
Scottish Labour Party Matt Wakeling 5.7% 215 220 241          
Scottish Green Party Donnie MacLeod 3.9% 149 156            
Independent Thomas Lamont 2.3% 86              
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,782   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 946   Turnout: 3,842 (47.1%)

2016 By-election

Culloden and Arderseir By-election (6 October 2016) - 1 Seat
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
SNP Pauline Munro 27.2 753 755 775 796 862 908 970 1,001
Scottish Liberal Democrats Trish Robertson 16.7 463 464 479 515 564 703 793 1,026
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Jarvie 15.9 439 442 452 468 478 515 589  
Independent John Ross 11.4 315 317 330 339 362      
Independent Duncan MacPherson 9.9 274 285 324 346 369 414    
Scottish Green Party Isla MacLeod-O'Reilly 6.5 180 182 188 209        
Scottish Labour Party Andrew MacKintosh 5.9 163 163 180          
Independent David McGrath 5.7 158 158            
Independent Thomas Lamont 0.8 23              
Electorate: 9,237   Valid: 2,768   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,385   Turnout: 2,818 (30.51%)

2012 Election

2012 Highland Council election

Culloden and Ardersier - 4 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
Independent Roddy Balfour (incumbent) 29.71% 1,023              
SNP Glynis Sinclair (incumbent) 16.44% 566 616.6 618.6 621.9 648.1 678 682.3 1,024.6
Scottish Labour Party John Ford (incumbent)†††††††††††† 13.91% 479 509.4 514.3 524.3 547.6 586.8 595.9 644.3
Scottish Liberal Democrats Kate Stephen 13.8% 475 530.8 535.8 618.6 668.4 728.5    
SNP Bob Wynd (incumbent) 10.89% 375 390.7 393.9 402.7 429.9 455.2 459.6  
Scottish Green Party Donnie MacLeod 4.93% 170 209.2 219.1 227.4        
Independent David McGrath 4.79% 165 192.1 238.1 261.9 300.9      
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Stephen 4.47% 154 177.2 178.8          
Independent Bill Jamieson 1.05% 36 82.4            
Electorate: 8,606   Valid: 3,443   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 689   Turnout: 3,479 (40.43%)

2007 Election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Culloden and Ardersier
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Robert Wynd 1,335 28.7 1 1
Independent Roddy Balfour 1,308 28.1 2 1
Scottish Labour Party John Ford 816 17.5 3 4
Scottish Liberal Democrats Glynis Sinclair 663 14.3 4 4
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party John Ross 318 6.8
Independent Jim Ferguson 213 4.6
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