North, West and Central Sutherland (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

North, West and Central Sutherland is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Altnaharra, Ardgay, Bettyhill, Bonar Bridge, Durness, Lairg, Lochinver and Tongue. With Lairg and Bonar being the most populated settlements in the area. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors[]

Election	Councillors
2007		Linda Munro (Ind./ Liberal Democrats)	George Farlow (SNP)		Robbie Rowantree (Liberal Democrats)
2012			George Farlow (SNP)	Hugh Morrison (Ind.)
2017	Kirsteen Currie (SNP)			Hugh Morrison (Ind.)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 Highland Council election^[2]

North, West and Central Sutherland - 3 seats^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Munro (incumbent)	17.96%	504	510	521	587	671	899
	Independent	Hugh Morrison (incumbent)	16.85%	473	480	521	556	669	804
	SNP	Kirsteen Currie	19.81%	556	564	571	612	681	689
	Conservative	Russell Taylor	19.84%	557	561	565	622	658
	Independent	Malcolm Bangor-Jones	11.08%	311	327	341	367
	Labour	William Sinclair	9.44%	265	269	274
	Independent	Michael Simpson	3.17%	89	91
	Independent	Brendan O'Hanrahan	1.85%	52
Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,807 Spoilt: 38 Quota: 702 Turnout: 58.0%

2012 Election[]

2012 Highland Council election

North, West and Central Sutherland - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	George Farlow (incumbent)	26.23%	626
	Independent	Hugh Morrison	22.5%	537	541.5	554.9	563.9	601.3
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Munro (incumbent)†††††††††	18.89%	451	455.6	478.7	506.8	529.2	530.5	566.7	613.4
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Russell Taylor	8.21%	196	199.1	210.5	225.6	235.8	236.2	257.7	349
	Independent	Neil MacInnes	7.21%	172	175.4	180.1	190.1	198.4	198.9	234.1
	Scottish Christian	Hector MacLennan	5.32%	127	127.9	129.1	140.2	147.2	147.6
	Conservative	Les Mason	4.06%	97	97.5	100.6
	Independent	Jess Thomas	4.02%	96	97.7	110.5	118.5
	Green	Mandy Haggith	3.56%	85	89.9
Electorate: 4,913 Valid: 2,387 Spoilt: 16 Quota: 597 Turnout: 2,403 (48.91%)

2007 Election[]

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: North, West and Central Sutherland
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
SNP	George Farlow	586	19.9	1	8
Liberal Democrats	Robbie Rowantree	410	14.0	2	10
Scottish Senior Citizens	Russel Taylor	314	10.7
Independent	Linda Munro	303	10.3	3	10
Independent	David Forbes	297	10.1
Independent	William Johnston	282	9.6
Conservative	Margaret Payne	216	7.4
Labour	Dave Andrews	184	6.3
Green	Ailsa Spindler	168	5.7
Independent	Kirstie Dawson	99	3.4
Independent	Michael Otter	80	2.7

References[]

^ http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/5th-reviews-ward-maps
^ https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/799/elections_and_voting/643/community_councils
^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 1 North, West and Central Sutherland - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 1 North, West and Central Sutherland - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[1] ttp://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/5th-reviews-ward-maps

[2] ttps://www.highland.gov.uk/info/799/elections_and_voting/643/community_councils

[3] Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 1 North, West and Central Sutherland - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[4] Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 1 North, West and Central Sutherland - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

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