Fort William and Ardnamurchan (ward)

location of the ward

Fort William and Ardnamurchan is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Michael Foxley
(Liberal Democrats) 		Donald Cameron
(Ind.) 		Brian Murphy
(Labour) 		Bren Gormley
(SNP)
2012 Andrew Baxter
(Independent/
Real Independent/
Conservative) 		Thomas MacLennan
(Ind.)
2017 Blair Allan
(SNP) 		Ian Ramon
(Conservative) 		Niall McLean
(SNP)
Dec 2021 Sarah Fanet
(SNP)
2022 Angus MacDonald
(Liberal Democrats) 		Kate Willis
(Greens) 		Thomas MacLennan
(Ind.)

Election results

2024 by-election

Fort William and Ardnamurchan by-election (21 November 2024) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Baxter
Scottish Green Marit Behner-Coady
Labour Susan Carstairs
Conservative Fiona Fawcett
Scottish Libertarian Nathan Lumb
SNP Rebecca Machin
Quota:  

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Highland Council election
Fort William and Ardnamurchan - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Liberal Democrats Angus MacDonald 37.5 1,500      
SNP Sarah Fanet (incumbent) 33.5 1,341      
Conservative Fiona Fawcett 10.1 404 551 570  
Scottish Green Kate Willis 9.6 385 500 798 837
Independent Thomas MacLennan 9.3 373 640 724 1,057
Electorate: 9,021   Valid: 4,003   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 801   Turnout: 45%  

Source:[1][2]

2021 by-election

Fort William and Ardnamurchan By-election (2 December 2021)[3][4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Sarah Fanet 39.6% 905 915 925 952 968 1182
Conservative Ruraidh Stewart 21.2% 485 488 504 547 651 688
Scottish Green Kate Willis 14.3% 328 330 344 385 442  
Liberal Democrats Roger Liley 10.1% 231 234 248 294    
Independent Andy McKenna 8.5% 194 202 238      
Independent Joanne Matheson 3.8% 88 109        
No Label Mark Drayton 2.4% 56          
Electorate: 9,015   Valid: 2,307   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 1,144   Turnout: 2,327 (25.6%)  

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election

Fort William and Ardnamurchan - 4 seats [6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Andrew Baxter (incumbent) 37.2% 1,550            
SNP Blair Allan 22.4% 932            
Conservative Ian Ramon 12.7% 530 648.9 650.0 713.5 842.3    
SNP Niall McLean 10.5% 437 550.3 630.2 650.9 715.9 716.1 852.2
Labour Sally Semple 8.3% 344 425.9 428.5 488.9 595.9 599.2  
Liberal Democrats Trevor Escott 4.6% 192 250.7 254.6        
Independent Joanne Matheson 4.3% 177 389.3 392.6 454.7      
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,162   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 833   Turnout: 4,242 (48.4%)  

2012 election

2012 Highland Council election

Fort William and Ardnamurchan - 4 seats [7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Andrew Baxter††† 18.63% 647 678 713          
Labour Brian Murphy (incumbent) 16.53% 574 585 631 633.3 688.5 719.3    
SNP Bren Gormley (incumbent) 16.33% 567 577 583 585.4 855.7      
Independent Davie Corrigan 13.48% 468 489 514 518.2 552.2 580.7 584.9  
Independent Thomas MacLennan††† 12.9% 448 473 518 521.8 555.9 582.7 590.1 873.3
SNP William MacDonald 11.9% 413 418 434 435        
Liberal Democrats Jamie MacKie 5.18% 180 219            
Conservative Alexander Gillespie 5.04% 175              
Electorate: 8,593   Valid: 3,472   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 695   Turnout: 3,530 (41.08%)  

2007 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Fort William and Ardnamurchan[8]
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Michael Foxley 1,059 20.4 1 1
Independent Donald Cameron 939 18.1 2 7
SNP Bren Gormley 778 15.0 3 10
Labour Brian Murphy 501 9.7 4 10
Conservative Andrew Baxter 372 7.2
Independent Thomas MacLennan 322 6.2
Independent Darren Woods 317 6.1
Independent Patricia Jordan 271 5.2
Independent Drew McFarlane-Slack 241 4.6
Independent Iain Thornber 195 3.8
Independent Neil Clark 194 3.7

References

  1. ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan - candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  3. ^ "The Highland Council By-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ "The Highland Council Twitter". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Ballot Box Scotland Twitter". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 council election Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan | Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk.
  7. ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - Local government election results 2012 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting". www.highland.gov.uk.
  8. ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - Highland Council election results 2007 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting". www.highland.gov.uk.