Tain and Easter Ross (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Tain and Easter Ross is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. Between the Cromarty Firth and the Dornoch Firth and east of the Cromarty Firth ward, it includes the town of Tain and the Seaboard Villages. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Alasdair Rhind
(Ind.) 		Alan Torrance
(Ind.) 		Richard Durham
(Liberal Democrats)
2011 by- Fiona Robertson
(Ind.)
2012 Jamie Stone
(Liberal Democrats)
2017 Derek Louden
(SNP)
Sep 2017 Alasdair Rhind
(Ind.)
2022 Sarah Rawlings
(Liberal Democrats)
Sep 2023 Maureen Ross
(Ind.)

Election results

2024 by-election

Tain and Easter Ross by-election (13 June 2024) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Laura Dundas 36.0 895 898 938 946 997 1,179 1,582
SNP Gordon Allison 25.4 630 636 643 682 689    
Liberal Democrats Barbara Cohen 25.0 621 625 637 668 708 890  
Conservative Eva Short 5.4 134 135 143 145      
Scottish Green Andrew Barnett 3.6 89 94 95        
Independent John Shearer 3.6 89 91          
Scottish Libertarian Harry Christian 1.0 25            
Electorate: 7,179   Valid: 2,483   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 1,242   Turnout: 34.9%  

Source:[2][3]

2023 by-election

Tain and Easter Ross by-election (28 September 2023) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Maureen Ross 41.5 1,022 1,025 1,033 1,058 1,131 1,312
Liberal Democrats Charles Stephen 24.5 603 605 618 644 705 801
SNP Gordon Allison 18.8 464 467 491 506 514  
Conservative Veronica Morrison 8.4 207 210 210 216    
Labour Michael Perera 3.6 88 90 96      
Scottish Green Andrew Barnett 2.3 56 58        
Scottish Libertarian Harry Christian 0.9 23          
Electorate: 7,226   Valid: 2,463   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 1,232   Turnout: 34.4%  

Source:[4][5]

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Highland Council election
Tain and Easter Ross - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SNP Derek Louden (incumbent) 30.6 1,051    
Liberal Democrats Sarah Rawlings 21.5 739 780 922
Independent Alasdair Rhind (incumbent) 21.1 726 776 876
Independent Fiona Robertson (incumbent) 16.1 554 604 668
Conservative Veronica Morrison 10.6 364 368  
Electorate: 7,234   Valid: 3,434   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 859   Turnout: 48%  

Source:[6][7]

2017 by-election

Tain and Easter Ross By-election (28 September 2017)[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Independent Alasdair Rhind 48.8% 1,266 1,267 1,290
SNP Stan Peace 23.6% 612 616 634
Liberal Democrats William Sinclair 14.3% 372 376 387
Conservative Eva Short 9.0% 233 236 243
Independent Gerald Holdsworth 2.6% 68 69  
Scottish Libertarian Harry Christian 0.5% 13    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 2,564   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 1,283   Turnout: 2,593 (36.1%)  

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election[9]

Tain and Easter Ross - 3 seats[10][11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Fiona Robertson (incumbent) 20.32% 708 751 903      
SNP Derek Louden 23.85% 831 847 870 874    
Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone (incumbent) † 19.49% 679 696 851 860 861 1,342
Independent Alasdair Rhind (incumbent) 16.33% 569 587 722 736 736  
Conservative Ron Ferguson 16.02% 558 583        
Independent Sandra Skinner 3.99% 139          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,484   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 872   Turnout: 49.9%  

2012 election

2012 Highland Council election

Tain and Easter Ross - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Alasdair Rhind (incumbent) 32.67% 1,008            
Independent Fiona Robertson (incumbent) 24.44% 754 861.9          
Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone 16.47% 508 560.7 591.2 598.9 611.6 639.2 774.9
SNP Charlie Falconer 13.61% 420 432.2 441.8 446.8 450.9 468.8 514.8
Independent Richard Durham (incumbent) 8.14% 250 284.9 312.6 315.9 333.2 347.2  
Labour Ron Stevenson 2.53% 78 81 82.8 86.2 89.6    
Conservative David Rutherford 1.43% 44 48.7 52.3 54.1      
TUSC Sean Robertson 0.74% 23 24.9 27.2        
Electorate: 7,051   Valid: 3,085   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 772   Turnout: 3,106 (44.05%)  

2011 by-election

Tain and Easter Ross By-Election (9 June 2011)- 1 seat[12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Derek William Louden 33.2 837 860 928 1,037 1,037
Independent Fiona Robertson 32.2 811 840 933 1,204 1,204
Independent Ruairidh MacKenzie 18.54 467 481 547    
Liberal Democrats Antony Gardner 12.19 307 318      
Independent Michael Herd 3.9 97        
Electorate: 6,962   Valid: 2,519   Spoilt: 17   Quota: 1,260   Turnout: 2,536  

2007 election

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Tain and Easter Ross
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Independent Alasdair Rhind 1,406 36.2 1 1
Liberal Democrats Richard Durham 627 16.2 2 8
SNP Jim McCreath 465 12.0
Independent Alan Torrance 436 11.2 3 10
Independent Murray MacLeod 294 7.6
Independent Michael Herd 204 5.3
Labour Sunny Moodie 148 3.8
Conservative David Rutherford 124 3.2
Independent John Boocock 116 3.0
Scottish Socialist Donnie Fraser 59 1.5

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Ward 7 - Tain and Easter Ross By-Election Results June 2024 - Declaration of result". Highland Council. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Ward 7 - Tain and Easter Ross By-Election Results June 2024 - Candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Ward 7 (Tain and Easter Ross) By-Election Results 2023 - Declaration of result". Highland Council. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Ward 7 (Tain and Easter Ross) By-Election Results 2023 - Candidates votes per stage". Highland Council. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  6. ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 7 Tain and Easter Ross Report - declaration of results". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  7. ^ "2022 local government election results Ward 7 Tain and Easter Ross Report - candidate votes per stage". Highland Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  8. ^ Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Community Council elections".
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