165 Candidates To Contest 21 Council Multi-member Wards
7th April 2017
The elections for the 74 seats on The Highland Council, being held on Thursday 4 May, will involve 165 candidates contesting all of the 21 multi-member wards.
Caithness will now only have two wards instead of three. Four candidates will be elected for each ward. In total Caithness will elect 8 candidates a reduction of 2 overall. This has been brought about by the Boundary Commission changes announced some time ago. Landward Caithness has gone and been split between the two other wards.
The breakdown of candidates is as follows: -
Independent - 59
Labour and Co-operative party - 3
Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1
Scottish Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" - 1
Scottish Conservative and Unionist - 21
Scottish Green Party - 8
Scottish Labour Party - 15
Scottish Liberal Democrats - 19
Scottish Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1
Scottish Libertarian Party - 1
Scottish National Party (SNP) – 31
Scottish Socialist Party – 2
UKIP – 1
No description – 2
Councillors are elected using the single transferable vote system so electors will be asked to mark their ballot paper, ranking candidates in preferential order.
To find out who is standing in which council ward and for full details of The Highland Council Election nominations visit http://www.highland.gov.uk/downloads/file/17674/hc_notice_of_poll_-_29_march_2017pdf
Polling takes place on Thursday 4 May between 7 am and 10 pm and the count will take place on Friday 5 May at Inverness Leisure Bught Park, Inverness.
This will be the first local government election at which 16 and 17 year olds can vote. Anyone wishing to take part must make sure they are registered to vote by midnight on Monday 17 April 2017.
Results of the elections are due by the afternoon on Friday 5 May.
Candidates:
Wick and East Caithness
- BREMNER, Raymond
Scottish National Party (SNP)
1 Baikie Place, Thrumster, Caithness, KW1 5TE
- FERNIE, Bill
Independent
Kilmory, 19 March Road, Wick, Caithness, KW1 5TY
- GRAHAM, Luke
Scottish Liberal Democrats
8 Hospital Road, Wick, KW1 5NQ
- MACDONALD, Neil
Labour and Co-operative Party
10 West Banks Terrace, Wick, Caithness KW1 5NA
- MACKAY, A.I. Willie
Independent
36 Oldhall, Watten, Caithness, KW1 5XL
- MALIK, Linda
Independent
Talagang House, Sarclet, Thrumster, KW1 5TU
- PATTERSON, Catherine
Independent
2 Weir Crescent, Milton, Wick, Caithness, KW1 5SS
- SINCLAIR, Andrew
Scottish Conservative and Unionist
53 Broadhaven Road, Wick, Caithness, KW1 4RF
- SINCLAIR, Nicola
Independent
Inglevaar, 20 Sinclair Terrace, Wick, Caithness, KW1 5AB
Thurso and North West Caithness
- COGHILL, Gillian
Independent
Balnahard Farm, Harpsdale, Halkirk, Caithness, KW12 6UN
- FARMER, Tommy
Independent
11 Thorkel Road, Thurso, KW14 7LW
- GLASGOW, Alexander
Scottish Liberal Democrats
11 Tower Hill Road, Thurso, KW14 8JG
- MACKAY, Donnie
Independent
2 Wilson Terrace, Thurso, KW14 8AH
- MACKIE, Struan
Scottish Conservative and Unionist
28 Ravenshill Road, Thurso, KW14 7PX
- OWSNETT, Sandra
Scottish Green Party
2 Haimer Place, Thurso, KW14 8JS
- REISS, Matthew
Independent
Langland House, Hill of Forss, Thurso, KW14 7XQ
- ROSIE, Karl
Scottish National Party (SNP)
8 Sir Archibald Road, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 8HN
- SAXON, Roger
Labour and Co-operative Party
73 Upper Burnside Drive, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7XB
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