Black Isle (ward)

Black Isle is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns of Cromarty and Fortrose. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Billy Barclay (Ind.)		Isobel McCallum (Ind.)		David Alston (Liberal Democrats)		Craig Fraser (SNP)
2012
2013 by-	Jennifer Barclay (Ind.)
2017		3 seats	Gordon Adam (Liberal Democrats)
2022	Sarah Atkin (Ind.)		Morven-May MacCallum (Liberal Democrats)	Lyndsey Johnston (SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Highland Council election

Black Isle - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Lyndsey Johnston	24.9	1,171	1,199
	Liberal Democrats	Morven-May MacCallum	15.7	739	826	829	869	927	1,146	1,153	1,494
	Conservative	Theo Stratton	14.7	695	703	703	727	774	789	791
	Independent	Sarah Atkin	13.4	634	660	661	769	947	1,195
	Scottish Green	Anne Thomas	13.2	624	646	655	682	713
	Independent	Okain John McLennan	6.7	317	338	339	402
	Independent	Bev Smith	6.1	286	298	298
	Labour	Margaret Bryant	5.1	243
Electorate: 8,842   Valid: 4,709   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 1,178   Turnout: 53.7%

Source:^[2][3]

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election^[4]

Black Isle - 3 seats^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Craig Fraser (incumbent)	26.88%	1,234
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Adam	20.02%	919	930	1,005	1,077	1,307
	Independent	Jennifer Barclay (incumbent)	16.16%	742	754	783	842	939	995	1,457
	Conservative	Rainie Smith	18.71%	859	860	878	927	940	974
	Scottish Green	Vikki Trelfer	8.45%	388	427	466	494
	Independent	Bev Smith	5.36%	246	250	263
	Labour	Michael MacMillan	4.42%	203	209
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,591   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 4,633 (54.9%)

2012 election

2012 Highland Council election

Black Isle - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Billy Barclay (incumbent)††††††	26.77%	1,130
	Independent	Isobel McCallum (incumbent)	16.04%	677	759.7	776.9	815.7	868.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Alston (incumbent)	15.3%	646	691.4	698.9	742.7	789.2	795.4	842.5	912.9
	SNP	Craig Fraser (incumbent)	14.45%	610	636.5	640.5	649.7	678.7	681.5	713.6	755	767.8	917
	Scottish Green	Myra Carus	6.92%	292	308.9	311.9	318.7	349.9	351.6	390.5	438.9	458.8
	Independent	Morris MacKenzie Downie	5.69%	240	276.8	283.8	296.3	302.8	306.5	358.6
	Labour	Michael MacMillan	5.12%	216	226.1	229.3	230.6
	Independent	Okain McLennan	5.03%	212	236.7	242.5	249.2	265.5	269.1
	Conservative	Pamela Cornwell	3.34%	141	149.3	153.1
	Scottish Christian	Paul Horwood	1.35%	57	60.5
Electorate: 8,205   Valid: 4,221   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 845   Turnout: 4,260 (51.92%)

2013 by-election

Black Isle By-election (19 December 2013) - 1 Seat^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Jennifer Barclay	32.8	1,003	1,031	1,061	1,157	1,210	1,343
	SNP	Jackie Hendry	14.3	439	439	453	470	530	594
	Independent	Bill Fraser	12.5	382	413	431	486	556	663
	Liberal Democrats	George Normington	10.9	334	373	408	434	489
	Independent	Gwyn Phillips	9.0	275	289	304
	Scottish Green	Myra Carus	8.8	269	280	319	362
	Labour	Shaun Finlayson	6.0	184	194
	Conservative	Douglas MacLean	5.7	175
Valid: 3,061   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 1,531   Turnout: 3,084 (35.81%)

2007 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Black Isle

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Billy Barclay	1,233	24.4	1	1
	Independent	Isobel McCallum	985	19.5	2	2
	Liberal Democrats	David Alston	973	19.3	3	3
	SNP	Craig Fraser	558	11.1	4	8
	Independent	Okain McLennan	433	8.6
	Conservative	Morris Downie	408	8.1
	Scottish Green	John Wood	267	5.3
	Labour	Chris Birt	192	3.8