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Inverness South is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Cradlehall, Inshes and Westhill areas in or near urban Inverness, and the village of Tomatin, on the River Findhorn. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Roy Pedersen
(SNP)
Thomas Prag
(Liberal Democrats)
John Holden
(Labour)
Jim Crawford
(Ind.)
Nov 2011 Carolyn Ann Caddick
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Ken Gowans
(SNP)
2017 Andrew Jarvie
(Conservative)
Duncan MacPherson
(Ind.)
2022 Andrew Sinclair
(Conservative)
Colin Aitken
(Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Highland Council election

Inverness South - 4 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6
SNP Ken Gowans (incumbent) 35.16% 1,949
Independent Duncan MacPherson (incumbent) 24.81% 1,375
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Sinclair 16.89% 936 949.8 1,007.6 1,017.2 1,073.9 1,096.1
Scottish Liberal Democrats Colin Aitken 8.62% 478 550.0 618.3 640.8 868.2 1,228.6
Scottish Labour Party David Jardine 7.25% 402 502.0 536.4 557.6
Scottish Green Party Claire Filer 5.39% 299 597.2 628.4 724.5 841.3
Alba Party Jimmy Duncan 1.88% 104 216.5 225.6
Electorate: 12,571   Valid: 5,543   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 1,109   Turnout: 44.4%

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election

Inverness South - 4 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
SNP Ken Gowans (incumbent) †† 25.3% 1,287            
Scottish Conservatives Andrew Jarvie 20.1% 1,022            
Scottish Liberal Democrats Carolyn Caddick (incumbent) 15.7% 799 810.5 811.6 833.8 970.5 1,151.2  
Independent Duncan MacPherson 11.5% 583 593.7 594.3 619.6 678.2 971.2 1,029.6
Independent Jim Crawford (incumbent) 10.4% 527 537.5 538.3 564.3 621.8    
Scottish Labour Party Shaun Fraser 7.6% 387 394.9 395.3 401.3      
SNP Michelle Gowans 7.4% 376 592.3 592.4 599.6 646.4 682.2 696.4
Scottish Christian Party Donald MacLeod Boyd 2.05% 104 105.05 105.3        
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,085   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,018   Turnout: 5,133 (45.3%)

2012 Election

2012 Highland Council election

Inverness South - 4 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
SNP Ken Gowans 20.34% 696              
Independent Jim Crawford (incumbent) 17.36% 594 594.5 659.5 772.5        
Scottish Liberal Democrats Carolyn Caddick (incumbent) 16.63% 569 569.6 590.7 688.7        
SNP Bill Boyd 11.49% 393 401.3 411.3 429.4 437.9 438.2 495.6  
Scottish Labour Party Katherine MacKenzie 10.32% 353 353.3 363.3 385.3 398.8 399.1    
Scottish Liberal Democrats Thomas Prag (incumbent) 9.79% 335 335.2 346.2 378.2 401.4 403.9 505.3 631.9
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party David Bonsor 9.38% 321 321.1 343.1          
Scottish Christian Party Donald MacLeod Boyd 4.68% 160 160.1            
Electorate: 9,479   Valid: 3,421   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 685   Turnout: 3,458 (36.48%)

2011 By-election

Inverness South By-Election (3 November 2011)- 1 seat
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6
SNP Kenneth Archer Gowans 33.94 885 903 922 967 1,005 1,084
Scottish Liberal Democrats Carolyn Ann Caddick 28.65 747 761 777 830 971 1,091
Scottish Labour Party Katherine MacKenzie-Geegan 11.81 308 319 327 357 379  
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party David Louis Kinsley Bonsor 11.12 290 300 336 339    
Scottish Green Party Gale Louise Falconer 6.02 157 172 189      
Scottish Christian Party Donald MacLeod Boyd 4.83 126 130        
Independent David McGrath 3.60 94          
Scottish Liberal Democrats gain from Scottish Labour Party Swing
Electorate: 9,760   Valid: 2,607   Spoilt: 13   Quota: 1,304   Turnout: 2,620

2007 Election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Inverness South
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Roy Pedersen 1,058 27.0 1 1
Scottish Liberal Democrats Thomas Prag 902 23.0 2 1
Scottish Labour Party John Holden 671 17.1 4 4
Independent Jim Crawford 524 13.4 3 4
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Donald MacDonald 413 10.5
Independent Barrie Haycock 353 9.0
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