Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (ward)

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Gairloch, Lochalsh, Strathpeffer and Ullapool. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Richard Greene (Ind.)		Audrey Sinclair (Ind.)		Jean Urquhart (SNP)		Biz Campbell (Liberal Democrats /Ind.)
2012	Ian Cockburn (SNP)
2017			Derek McLeod (Conservative)		Kate Stephen (Liberal Democrats)
Dec 2018				Alexander MacInnes (SNP)
2022	Patrick Logue (Conservative)	Liz Kraft (SNP)	Chris Birt (SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Highland Council election

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Biz Campbell (incumbent)	28.7	1,552
	SNP	Liz Kraft	22.8	1,234
	SNP	Chris Birt	18.2	988	1,092
	Conservative	Patrick Logue	17.3	937	1,029	1,032	1,032	1,479
	Liberal Democrats	Margot Kerr	12.9	700	882	956	960
Electorate: 10,406   Valid: 5,411   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,083   Turnout: 52.7%

Source:^[2][3]

2018 by-election

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh By-election (7 December 2018)^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Alexander MacInnes	33.1%	1,318	1,320	1,322	1,327	1,354	1,397	1,575	1,798
	Conservative	Gavin Berkeneger	26%	1,037	1,038	1,043	1,061	1,071	1,147	1,186	1,374
	Independent	Richard Greene	15.6%	622	624	627	677	699	785	905
	Scottish Green	Irene Francis Brandt	9%	359	359	359	364	411	483
	Liberal Democrats	George Scott	8%	320	320	322	346	379
	Labour	Christopher Birt	4.4%	174	174	175	179
	Independent	Jean Davis	3.3%	131	132	133
	UKIP	Les Durance	0.4%	16	18
	Scottish Libertarian	Harry Christian	0.2%	8
Electorate: 9,900   Valid: 3,985   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 1,993   Turnout: 4,024(40.65%)

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election^[5]

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - 4 seats^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Ian Cockburn (incumbent)	15.28%	859	887	1,355
	Conservative	Derek MacLeod	18.44%	1,036	1,055	1,061	1,064	1,206
	Independent	Biz Campbell (incumbent)	14.16%	796	843	876	900	1,146
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Stephen*††††††	13.38%	752	841	864	883	993	1,026	1,035	1,560
	Scottish Green	Topher Dawson	11.18%	628	674	721	839	928	935	939
	Independent	Richard Greene (incumbent)	11.67%	656	673	686	700
	SNP	Alexander MacInnes	10.82%	608	610
	Labour	Christopher Birt	5.07%	285
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,620   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 57.8%

2012 election

2012 Highland Council election

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Biz Campbell† (incumbent)	27.59%	1,162
	Independent	Richard Greene (incumbent)	20.68%	871
	Independent	Audrey Sinclair (incumbent)	16.08%	677	802.7	811.9	941.6
	SNP	Ian Cockburn	15.01%	632	670.2	672.9	697.1	708.9	740.6	1,107.2
	SNP	Paul Monaghan	8.98%	378	388.2	389.5	407.5	418.2	436.8
	Conservative	Alaine MacDonald	6.1%	257	284.7	286.3	303.2	315.4
	Independent	Richard Mitchell	5.56%	234	265	271.8
Electorate: 9,612   Valid: 4,211   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 843   Turnout: 4,273 (44.45%)

2007 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Jean Urquhart	1,486	26.1	1	1
	Liberal Democrats	Biz Campbell	1,242	21.8	2	1
	Independent	Richard Greene	792	13.9	3	7
	Independent	Audrey Sinclair	608	10.7	4	9
	Conservative	John Scott	451	7.9
	Labour	Christine Conniff	354	6.2
	Independent	Marie Tait	328	5.8
	Independent	Donald Macdonald	232	4.1
	Independent	Alastair Armitstead	199	3.5