Dingwall and Seaforth (ward)

Dingwall and Seaforth is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns of Dingwall, Conon Bridge, and Muir of Ord. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Margaret Paterson (Ind.)		David Chisholm (Ind.)		Angela MacLean (Liberal Democrats)		Peter Cairns (SNP)
2012	Alister MacKinnon (Ind.)		Graham MacKenzie (SNP)
2017
2022	Sean Edward Kennedy (Ind.)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Highland Council election

Dingwall and Seaforth - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Graham Alexander MacKenzie (incumbent)	32.2	1,494
	Liberal Democrats	Angela MacLean (incumbent)	16.7	773	853	947
	Independent	Margaret Paterson (incumbent)	15.0	698	833	863	871	1,033
	Conservative	Gavin Berkenheger	14.0	650	659	688	691	701	715
	Independent	Sean Edward Kennedy	12.9	599	663	694	697	741	790	1,136
	Labour	Les Hood	4.7	216	249
	Scottish Green	Thomas Widrow	4.5	210	366	399	401
Electorate: 10,385   Valid: 4,640   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 929   Turnout: 45.3%

Source:^[2][3]

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election^[4]

Dingwall and Seaforth - 4 seats^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Graham MacKenzie (incumbent)	28.62%	1,267
	Independent	Margaret Paterson (incumbent)	19.27	853	967
	Liberal Democrats	Angela MacLean (incumbent)	19.61%	868	941
	Independent	Alister MacKinnon (incumbent)	12.47%	552	603	639	659	690	783	1,125
	Conservative	Reiner Luyken	14.36%	636	644	652	662	670	716
	Labour	David Jardine	4.47%	198	233	240	249	265
	No Label	Dave Allison	1.20%	53	67	72	73
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,427   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 886   Turnout: 44.50%

2012 election

2012 Highland Council election

Dingwall and Seaforth - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Margaret Paterson (incumbent)	20.98%	748
	Liberal Democrats	Angela MacLean (incumbent)	16.77%	598	607.4	613.5	646.7	693.3	768.2
	SNP	Graham MacKenzie	12.20%	435	440.5	441.5	441.5	465.9	495.9	503.2	835.7
	Labour	John Erskine	11.78%	420	422.8	424.8	429.9	448.9	486.1	495.8	533.5	554.6
	SNP	Peter Cairns (incumbent)	10.88%	388	389.3	393.3	396.3	406.4	438.5	443.4
	Independent	David Chisholm (incumbent)	8.36%	298	300.4	305.4	318.6	349.2
	Independent	Alister MacKinnon	7.57%	270	274	298.2	315.3	405.5	507.4	521.4	543.2	564.7	718.6
	Independent	Fred Lees	6.17%	220	223.8	258.9	270.1
	Conservative	Matthew MacDonald	2.78%	99	99.99	104.99
	Scottish Christian	David Forbes	2.52%	90	90.50
Electorate: 9,256   Valid: 3,566   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 714   Turnout: 3,614 (39.04%)

2007 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Dingwall and Seaforth

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Margaret Paterson	1,078	23.1	1	1
	Liberal Democrats	Angela MacLean	1,015	21.8	2	1
	SNP	Peter Cairns	853	18.3	3	5
	Independent	David Chisholm	639	13.7	4	8
	Labour	Michael MacMillan	556	11.9
	Conservative	Gerald Lowe	218	4.7
	Scottish Green	David Jardine	207	4.4
	Independent	David Edes	102	2.2