Thurso and North West 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 edit
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Matthew Reiss (Independent) |
Struan Mackie (Conservative) |
Donnie MacKay (Independent/ Conservative) |
Karl Rosie (SNP) | ||||
| 2022 | Ron Gunn (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
| 2024 | Ron Gunn (Liberal Democrats) |
Karl Rosie (Independent)[1] | ||||||
| 2024 | Ron Gunn (Liberal Democrats) |
Karl Rosie (Alba Party)[2] | ||||||
Election Results edit
2022 Election edit
2022 Highland Council election[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ron Gunn | 27.46% | 1,411 | |||||
| Independent | Matthew Reiss (incumbent) | 20.41% | 1,049 | |||||
| SNP | Karl Rosie (incumbent) | 18.43% | 947 | 1,004.0 | 1,007.7 | 1,008.8 | 1,056.4 | |
| Conservative | Struan Mackie (incumbent) | 17.92% | 921 | 1,044.0 | ||||
| Independent | Iain Gregory | 12.84% | 660 | 765.3 | 776.1 | 782.6 | 869.6 | |
| Independent | Alexander Glasgow | 2.94% | 151 | 174.1 | 175.6 | 177.0 | ||
| Electorate: 10,242 Valid: 5,139 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,028 Turnout: 50.5% | ||||||||
2017 Election edit
2017 Highland Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Matthew Reiss* | 36.69% | 1,924 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Struan Mackie | 17.18% | 901 | 1,111 | |||||||
| Independent | Donnie MacKay + ††††† | 10.81% | 567 | 678 | 687 | 706 | 717 | 763 | 878 | 1,263 | |
| SNP | Karl Rosie | 14.23% | 746 | 813 | 816 | 823 | 875 | 899 | 957 | 1,059 | |
| Independent | Gillian Coghill * | 7.95% | 417 | 643 | 658 | 683 | 703 | 758 | 870 | ||
| Labour | Roger Saxon + | 6.25% | 328 | 405 | 410 | 412 | 427 | 488 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Glasgow | 3.78% | 198 | 241 | 250 | 257 | 276 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Sandra Owsnett | 1.98% | 104 | 128 | 129 | 137 | |||||
| Independent | Tommy Farmer | 1.13% | 59 | 82 | 85 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,244 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,049 Turnout: 51.4% | |||||||||||
* = Sitting Councillors for Landward Caithness Ward. + = Sitting Councillors for Thurso Ward.
References edit
- ^ "Highland councillor quits SNP over central belt bias and 'incoherent' indy plan". The Herald. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ Meighan, Craig (7 March 2024). "Alba gains second councillor after SNP defection". STV News. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 2 Thurso and Northwest Caithness - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 2 Thurso and Northwest Caithness - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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