Inverness West (ward) facts for kids
Location of the 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.
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Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
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| 2007 | Jimmy MacDonald (Ind.) |
Pauline Munro (SNP) |
Alex Graham (Liberal Democrats) |
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| Apr 2009 | Alasdair Christie (Liberal Democrats) |
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| 2012 | Graham Ross (Ind.) |
Allan Duffy (SNP) |
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| 2017 | Bill Boyd (SNP) |
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| Aug 2021 | Colin Aitken (Liberal Democrats) |
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| 2022 | Ryan MacKintosh (Greens) |
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Election Results
2022 Election
2022 Highland Council election
| Inverness West - 3 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 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Alex Graham (incumbent) | 34.20% | 1,198 | |||||||||
| SNP | Bill Boyd (incumbent) | 31.17% | 1,092 | |||||||||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Ryan Forbes | 9.33% | 327 | 378.3 | 383.1 | 384.9 | 390.3 | 403.5 | 454.1 | 538.6 | ||
| Scottish Labour Party | Shaun Alexander Fraser | 8.42% | 295 | 361.1 | 389.2 | 389.4 | 401.9 | 409.6 | 453.8 | |||
| Scottish Green Party | Ryan MacKintosh | 7.48% | 262 | 299.4 | 381.6 | 385.3 | 416.0 | 448.1 | 483.3 | 597.3 | 690.4 | |
| Independent | Duncan McDonald | 4.94% | 173 | 226.8 | 235.7 | 236.9 | 247.8 | 286.3 | ||||
| Independent | Helen Smith | 2.85% | 100 | 121.0 | 126.9 | 130.5 | 137.5 | |||||
| Independence for Scotland Party | Iain Forsyth | 1.31% | 46 | 55.7 | 96.0 | 97.3 | ||||||
| Independent | David Sansum | 0.29% | 10 | 15.1 | 17.1 | |||||||
| Electorate: 8,495 Valid: 3,503 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 876 Turnout: 41.7% | ||||||||||||
2021 By-election
A by-election was triggered by the resignation of Graham Ross for family reasons.
| Inverness West By-Election (12 August 2021) - 1 seat | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
| SNP | Kate MacLean | 33.69% | 718 | 720 | 731 | 816 | 853 | 869 | ||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Colin Aitken | 31.81% | 678 | 678 | 680 | 705 | 799 | 970 | 1,246 | |
| Scottish Conservatives | Max Bannerman | 13.74% | 293 | 295 | 302 | 311 | 344 | |||
| Independent | Duncan McDonald | 10.79% | 230 | 232 | 239 | 251 | ||||
| Scottish Greens | Ryan MacKintosh | 7.46% | 159 | 160 | 164 | |||||
| Independence for Scotland Party | Iain Forsyth | 1.97% | 42 | 42 | ||||||
| Scottish Libertarian Party | Calum Liptrot | 0.51% | 11 | |||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,131 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 1,066 Turnout: 25.3% | ||||||||||
2017 Election
2017 Highland Council election
| Inverness West - 3 seats | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |
| Scottish 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 | |
| Scottish Conservatives | 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 | ||
| Scottish Labour Party | 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 | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
| Scottish 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 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | 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 | ||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Mary Fraser | 3.8% | 94 | 94 | 107 | |||||
| Scottish Christian Party | 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%) | ||||||||||
2009 By-election
| Inverness West By-Election (24 April 2009)- 1 seat | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | ||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Christie | 59.6 | 1,503 | ||
| SNP | Brian ÓhEadhra | 22.0 | 556 | ||
| Scottish Labour Party | Andrew James MacKintosh | 8.3 | 210 | ||
| Scottish Christian Party | Dr Sheila McLaughlan | 4.55 | 115 | ||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Donald Gunn MacDonald | 4.4 | 111 | ||
| Solidarity | George MacDonald | 1.1 | 27 | ||
| Scottish 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: Inverness West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| SNP | Pauline Munro | 965 | 28.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Alex Graham | 840 | 25.1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Jimmy MacDonald | 778 | 23.2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | Caroline Parr | 536 | 16.0 | |||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Mary Fraser | 230 | 6.9 | |||
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