Dingwall and Seaforth (ward) facts for kids
Location of the ward
Dingwall and Seaforth is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns of Dingwall, Conon Bridge, and Muir of Ord. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
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| 2007 | Margaret Paterson (Ind.) |
David Chisholm (Ind.) |
Angela MacLean (Liberal Democrats) |
Peter Cairns (SNP) |
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| 2012 | Alister MacKinnon (Ind.) |
Graham MacKenzie (SNP) |
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| 2017 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Sean Edward Kennedy (Ind.) |
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Election Results
2022 Election
2022 Highland Council election
| Dingwall and Seaforth - 4 seats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
| SNP | Graham Alexander MacKenzie (incumbent) | 32.20% | 1,494 | |||||||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean (incumbent) | 16.66% | 773 | 853.9 | 947.8 | |||||
| Independent | Margaret Paterson (incumbent) | 15.04% | 698 | 833.4 | 863.9 | 871.4 | 1,033.1 | |||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Gavin Berkenheger | 14.01% | 650 | 659.5 | 688.0 | 691.0 | 701.3 | 715.2 | ||
| Independent | Sean Edward Kennedy | 12.91% | 599 | 663.3 | 694.1 | 697.1 | 741.3 | 790.2 | 1,136.4 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | Les Hood | 4.66% | 216 | 249.7 | ||||||
| Scottish Green Party | Thomas Widrow | 4.53% | 210 | 366.2 | 399.0 | 401.1 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,385 Valid: 4,640 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 929 Turnout: 45.3% | ||||||||||
2017 Election
2017 Highland Council election
| Dingwall and Seaforth - 4 seats | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
| SNP | Graham MacKenzie (incumbent) | 28.62% | 1,267 | |||||||
| Independent | Margaret Paterson (incumbent) | 19.27 | 853 | 967 | ||||||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean (incumbent) | 19.61% | 868 | 941 | ||||||
| Independent | Alister MacKinnon (incumbent) | 12.47% | 552 | 603 | 639 | 659 | 690 | 783 | 1,125 | |
| Scottish Conservatives | Reiner Luyken | 14.36% | 636 | 644 | 652 | 662 | 670 | 716 | ||
| Scottish Labour Party | David Jardine | 4.47% | 198 | 233 | 240 | 249 | 265 | |||
| No Label | Dave Allison | 1.20% | 53 | 67 | 72 | 73 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,427 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 886 Turnout: 44.50% | ||||||||||
2012 Election
2012 Highland Council election
| Dingwall and Seaforth - 4 seats | |||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |
| Independent | Margaret Paterson (incumbent) | 20.98% | 748 | ||||||||||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean (incumbent) | 16.77% | 598 | 607.4 | 613.5 | 646.7 | 693.3 | 768.2 | |||||
| SNP | Graham MacKenzie | 12.20% | 435 | 440.5 | 441.5 | 441.5 | 465.9 | 495.9 | 503.2 | 835.7 | |||
| Scottish Labour Party | John Erskine | 11.78% | 420 | 422.8 | 424.8 | 429.9 | 448.9 | 486.1 | 495.8 | 533.5 | 554.6 | ||
| SNP | Peter Cairns (incumbent) | 10.88% | 388 | 389.3 | 393.3 | 396.3 | 406.4 | 438.5 | 443.4 | ||||
| Independent | David Chisholm (incumbent) | 8.36% | 298 | 300.4 | 305.4 | 318.6 | 349.2 | ||||||
| Independent | Alister MacKinnon | 7.57% | 270 | 274 | 298.2 | 315.3 | 405.5 | 507.4 | 521.4 | 543.2 | 564.7 | 718.6 | |
| Independent | Fred Lees | 6.17% | 220 | 223.8 | 258.9 | 270.1 | |||||||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Matthew MacDonald | 2.78% | 99 | 99.99 | 104.99 | ||||||||
| Scottish Christian Party | David Forbes | 2.52% | 90 | 90.50 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 9,256 Valid: 3,566 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 714 Turnout: 3,614 (39.04%) | |||||||||||||
2007 Election
2007 Highland Council election
| The Highland Council election, 2007: Dingwall and Seaforth | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Margaret Paterson | 1,078 | 23.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean | 1,015 | 21.8 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Peter Cairns | 853 | 18.3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Independent | David Chisholm | 639 | 13.7 | 4 | 8 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | Michael MacMillan | 556 | 11.9 | |||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Gerald Lowe | 218 | 4.7 | |||
| Scottish Green Party | David Jardine | 207 | 4.4 | |||
| Independent | David Edes | 102 | 2.2 | |||
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