Inverness Central (ward) facts for kids
Location of the ward
Inverness Central is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Dalneigh, Glebe, Haugh, Merkinch and South Kessock areas of urban Inverness. It elects four Councillors.
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Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
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| 2007 | Peter Corbett (Ind.) |
Donnie Kerr (SNP) |
Janet Campbell (Liberal Democrats) |
Bet McAllister (Labour) |
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| 2012 | Richard Laird (SNP) |
Janet Campbell (Ind.) |
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| 2017 | 3 seats | |||||||
| Nov 2019 | Emma Roddick (SNP) |
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| 2022 | Michael Cameron (SNP) |
Kate MacLean (SNP) |
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Election Results
2022 Election
2022 Highland Council election
| Inverness Central - 3 seats | |||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | Bet McAllister (incumbent) | 24.13% | 793 | 793 | 805 | 811 | 840 | ||||||
| SNP | Michael Cameron | 23.40% | 769 | 770 | 772 | 773 | 796 | 797.4 | 809.6 | 867.9 | |||
| SNP | Kate MacLean | 17.92% | 589 | 589 | 591 | 593 | 612 | 614.0 | 628.2 | 766.7 | 807.4 | 867.7 | |
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Donald MacKenzie | 12.78% | 420 | 421 | 424 | 437 | 455 | 457.1 | 510.3 | 526.6 | 527.5 | ||
| Scottish Green Party | Arun Sharma | 7.46% | 245 | 250 | 258 | 262 | 292 | 293.8 | 347.7 | ||||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Martin Rattray | 6.42% | 211 | 211 | 212 | 218 | 229 | 234.5 | |||||
| Independent | Andrew Barnett | 4.29% | 141 | 152 | 162 | 173 | |||||||
| TUSC | Sean Robertson | 1.43% | 47 | 47 | |||||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Family Party/meta/color" | | Scottish Family Party | John William McColl | 1.37% | 45 | 50 | 54 | |||||||
| Independent | Luigi Andrew MacKinnon | 0.79% | 26 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 8,647 Valid: 3,286 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 822 Turnout: 38.9% | |||||||||||||
2019 By-election
| Inverness Central By-election (14 November 2019) | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | |
| SNP | Emma Roddick | 45.15 | 1,015 | 1,033 | 1,115 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservatives/meta/color" | | Scottish Conservatives | Rachael Hatfield | 15.35 | 345 | 349 | 360 |
| Independent | Richie Paxton | 12.32 | 277 | 303 | 338 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Mary Dormer | 10.54 | 237 | 266 | 325 | |
| Scottish Green Party | Russell Deacon | 9.79 | 220 | 238 | ||
| Scottish Labour Party | Ardalan Eghtedar | 6.85 | 154 | |||
| Electorate: 8,877 Valid: 2,248 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 2,276 (25.6%) | ||||||
2017 Election
2017 Highland Council election
| Inverness Central - 3 seats | |||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | |
| SNP | Richard Laird (incumbent)††††††† | 32.8% | 1,122 | ||||||||
| Scottish Labour Party | Bet McAllister (incumbent) | 16.9% | 577 | 615.5 | 623.5 | 665.7 | 768.8 | 880.8 | |||
| Independent | Janet Campbell (incumbent) | 15.3% | 522 | 546.03 | 560.9 | 577.8 | 640.4 | 828.8 | 839.4 | 1,063.4 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservatives/meta/color" | | Scottish Conservatives | Donald MacKenzie | 12.5% | 426 | 430.3 | 434.3 | 474.7 | 498.04 | 533.7 | 536.6 | |
| Independent | Donnie Kerr (incumbent) | 10.5% | 360 | 392.8 | 409.2 | 420.6 | 485.1 | ||||
| Scottish Green Party | Russell Deacon | 6.08% | 208 | 305.09 | 311.3 | 346.04 | |||||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Margot Kerr | 4.5% | 154 | 170.7 | 172.7 | ||||||
| Independent | Diane Wilkinson | 1.5% | 50 | 58.8 | |||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,419 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 855 Turnout: 3,483 (39.5%) | |||||||||||
2012 Election
2012 Highland Council election
| Inverness Central - 4 seats | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
| Independent | Janet Campbell (incumbent) | 29.97% | 887 | |||||||
| Scottish Labour Party | Bet McAllister (incumbent) | 26.36% | 867 | |||||||
| SNP | Donnie Kerr††† (incumbent) | 20.43% | 672 | |||||||
| SNP | Richard Laird | 11.49% | 378 | 420.6 | 462.5 | 473.6 | 490.2 | 500.5 | 619.6 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Angus Dick | 9.64% | 257 | 316.9 | 360 | 360.6 | 372.9 | 452.8 | ||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Ray Doctor | 7.81% | 153 | 175.7 | 184.4 | 184.6 | 210.8 | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Christian Party/meta/color" | | Scottish Christian Party | Rich Omand | 2.28% | 75 | 91 | 103.5 | 103.9 | |||
| Electorate: 9,251 Valid: 3,289 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 658 Turnout: 3,348 (36.19%) | ||||||||||
2007 Election
2007 Highland Council election
| The Highland Council election, 2007: Inverness Central | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| SNP | Donnie Kerr | 1,019 | 21.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Peter Corbett | 776 | 16.6 | 4 | 9 | |
| [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] | Janet Campbell | 729 | 15.6 | 2 | 6 | |
| [[Scottish Labour Party|Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/shortname]] | Bet McAllister | 720 | 15.4 | 3 | 6 | |
| Independent | William Smith | 575 | 12.3 | |||
| [[Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party|Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/shortname]] | David Bonsor | 268 | 5.8 | |||
| Independent | Ivor Bisset | 252 | 5.4 | |||
| [[Scottish Labour Party|Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/shortname]] | Tej Manda | 237 | 5.1 | |||
| [[Solidarity (Scotland)|Template:Solidarity (Scotland)/meta/shortname]] | George MacDonald | 88 | 1.9 | |||
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