Wick and East Caithness (ward) facts for kids
Wick and East Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. This was a new ward in the 2017 election following boundary changes. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
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| 2017 | A.I. Willie MacKay (Independent) |
Nicola Sinclair (Independent) |
Andrew Sinclair (Conservative) |
Raymond Bremner (SNP) |
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| Aug 2021 | Jill Tilt (Liberal Democrat) |
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| 2022 | Jan McEwan (Liberal Democrat) |
Andrew Jarvie (Conservative) |
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Election Results
2022 Election
2022 Highland Council election
| Wick and East Caithness - 4 seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Jan McEwan | 29.78% | 1,245 | |||||
| SNP | Raymond Bremner (incumbent) | 25.33% | 1,059 | |||||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew Jarvie | 15.12% | 632 | 700.2 | 705.2 | 755.3 | 873.4 | |
| Independent | A.I. Willie MacKay (incumbent) | 12.78% | 534 | 635.6 | 699.9 | 801.9 | 1,125.4 | |
| Independent | Bill Fernie | 10.48% | 438 | 518.9 | 571.1 | 669.3 | ||
| Scottish Labour Party | Neil MacDonald | 6.51% | 272 | 347.7 | 385.0 | |||
| Electorate: 10,103 Valid: 4,180 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 837 Turnout: 41.8% | ||||||||
2021 By-election
| Wick and East Caithness 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 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Jill Tilt | 27.25% | 657 | 660 | 848 | 986 | 1,501 | |
| Independent | Bill Fernie | 25.79% | 622 | 627 | 780 | 963 | ||
| SNP | Michael Cameron | 24.59% | 593 | 593 | 606 | |||
| Scottish Conservatives | Daniel Ross | 21.69% | 523 | 525 | ||||
| Scottish Libertarian Party | Harry Christian | 0.66% | 16 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,411 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,206 Turnout: 24.3% | ||||||||
2017 Election
2017 Highland Council election
| Wick and East Caithness - 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 | |
| Independent | A.I. Willie MacKay + | 22.37% | 1,046 | ||||||||
| Independent | Nicola Sinclair | 20.68% | 967 | ||||||||
| Scottish Conservatives | Andrew Sinclair | 13.88% | 649 | 666 | 669 | 708 | 735 | 822 | 919 | 1,047 | |
| SNP | Raymond Bremner | 11.74% | 549 | 557 | 559 | 577 | 600 | 655 | 723 | 831 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | Neil MacDonald * | 8.64% | 404 | 417 | 420 | 455 | 495 | 556 | 671 | ||
| Independent | Linda Malik | 7.23% | 338 | 351 | 357 | 369 | 424 | ||||
| Independent | Bill Fernie * | 6.99% | 327 | 353 | 361 | 396 | 436 | 518 | |||
| Independent | Catherine Patterson | 4.79% | 224 | 233 | 238 | 247 | |||||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Luke Graham | 3.68% | 172 | 177 | 178 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,676 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 936 Turnout: 47.6% | |||||||||||
* = Sitting Councillors for Wick Ward.
+ = Sitting Councillor for Landward Caithness Ward.
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