Inverness South (ward) facts for kids
Location of the ward
Inverness South is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Cradlehall, Inshes and Westhill areas in or near urban Inverness, and the village of Tomatin, on the River Findhorn. It elects four Councillors.
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Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
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| 2007 | Roy Pedersen (SNP) |
Thomas Prag (Liberal Democrats) |
John Holden (Labour) |
Jim Crawford (Ind.) |
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| Nov 2011 | Carolyn Ann Caddick (Liberal Democrats) |
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| 2012 | Ken Gowans (SNP) |
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| 2017 | Andrew Jarvie (Conservative) |
Duncan MacPherson (Ind.) |
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| 2022 | Andrew Sinclair (Conservative) |
Colin Aitken (Liberal Democrats) |
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Election Results
2022 Election
2022 Highland Council election
| Inverness South - 4 seats | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |
| SNP | Ken Gowans (incumbent) | 35.16% | 1,949 | ||||||
| Independent | Duncan MacPherson (incumbent) | 24.81% | 1,375 | ||||||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew Sinclair[WEC] | 16.89% | 936 | 949.8 | 1,007.6 | 1,017.2 | 1,073.9 | 1,096.1 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Colin Aitken[INV W] | 8.62% | 478 | 550.0 | 618.3 | 640.8 | 868.2 | 1,228.6 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | David Jardine | 7.25% | 402 | 502.0 | 536.4 | 557.6 | |||
| Scottish Green Party | Claire Filer | 5.39% | 299 | 597.2 | 628.4 | 724.5 | 841.3 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Alba Party/meta/color" | | Alba Party | Jimmy Duncan | 1.88% | 104 | 216.5 | 225.6 | |||
| Electorate: 12,571 Valid: 5,543 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 1,109 Turnout: 44.4% | |||||||||
2017 Election
2017 Highland Council election
| Inverness South - 4 seats | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
| SNP | Ken Gowans (incumbent) †† | 25.3% | 1,287 | |||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservatives/meta/color" | | Scottish Conservatives | Andrew Jarvie | 20.1% | 1,022 | ||||||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Caddick (incumbent) | 15.7% | 799 | 810.5 | 811.6 | 833.8 | 970.5 | 1,151.2 | ||
| Independent | Duncan MacPherson | 11.5% | 583 | 593.7 | 594.3 | 619.6 | 678.2 | 971.2 | 1,029.6 | |
| Independent | Jim Crawford (incumbent) | 10.4% | 527 | 537.5 | 538.3 | 564.3 | 621.8 | |||
| Scottish Labour Party | Shaun Fraser | 7.6% | 387 | 394.9 | 395.3 | 401.3 | ||||
| SNP | Michelle Gowans | 7.4% | 376 | 592.3 | 592.4 | 599.6 | 646.4 | 682.2 | 696.4 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Christian Party/meta/color" | | Scottish Christian Party | Donald MacLeod Boyd | 2.05% | 104 | 105.05 | 105.3 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,085 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,018 Turnout: 5,133 (45.3%) | ||||||||||
2012 Election
2012 Highland Council election
| Inverness South - 4 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 | Ken Gowans | 20.34% | 696 | ||||||||
| Independent | Jim Crawford (incumbent) | 17.36% | 594 | 594.5 | 659.5 | 772.5 | |||||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Caddick (incumbent) | 16.63% | 569 | 569.6 | 590.7 | 688.7 | |||||
| SNP | Bill Boyd | 11.49% | 393 | 401.3 | 411.3 | 429.4 | 437.9 | 438.2 | 495.6 | ||
| Scottish Labour Party | Katherine MacKenzie | 10.32% | 353 | 353.3 | 363.3 | 385.3 | 398.8 | 399.1 | |||
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Thomas Prag (incumbent) | 9.79% | 335 | 335.2 | 346.2 | 378.2 | 401.4 | 403.9 | 505.3 | 631.9 | |
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | David Bonsor | 9.38% | 321 | 321.1 | 343.1 | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Christian Party/meta/color" | | Scottish Christian Party | Donald MacLeod Boyd | 4.68% | 160 | 160.1 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,479 Valid: 3,421 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 685 Turnout: 3,458 (36.48%) | |||||||||||
2011 By-election
| Inverness South By-Election (3 November 2011)- 1 seat | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |
| SNP | Kenneth Archer Gowans | 33.94 | 885 | 903 | 922 | 967 | 1,005 | 1,084 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Ann Caddick | 28.65 | 747 | 761 | 777 | 830 | 971 | 1,091 | |
| Scottish Labour Party | Katherine MacKenzie-Geegan | 11.81 | 308 | 319 | 327 | 357 | 379 | ||
| Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | David Louis Kinsley Bonsor | 11.12 | 290 | 300 | 336 | 339 | |||
| Scottish Green Party | Gale Louise Falconer | 6.02 | 157 | 172 | 189 | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Christian Party/meta/color" | | Scottish Christian Party | Donald MacLeod Boyd | 4.83 | 126 | 130 | ||||
| Independent | David McGrath | 3.60 | 94 | ||||||
| [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] gain from [[Scottish Labour Party|Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/shortname]] | Swing | ||||||||
| Electorate: 9,760 Valid: 2,607 Spoilt: 13 Quota: 1,304 Turnout: 2,620 | |||||||||
2007 Election
2007 Highland Council election
| The Highland Council election, 2007: Inverness South | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| SNP | Roy Pedersen | 1,058 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] | Thomas Prag | 902 | 23.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| [[Scottish Labour Party|Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/shortname]] | John Holden | 671 | 17.1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Independent | Jim Crawford | 524 | 13.4 | 3 | 4 | |
| [[Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party|Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/shortname]] | Donald MacDonald | 413 | 10.5 | |||
| Independent | Barrie Haycock | 353 | 9.0 | |||
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