Two New Highland Councillors Elected
13th August 2021
The results of The Highland Council by-elections to elect a councillor to represent the Wick and East Caithness ward and a councillor for the Inverness West Ward have been declared.
Jill Tilt has been elected to represent Ward 3 - Wick and East Caithness. Voting was by the single transferable vote and Jill emerged as the winner at the 5th stage of the count.
The turnout was 24.3%
Bill Fernie was close second losing by 24 votes.
One of five candidates standing in the by-election Jill Tilt now joins councillors Raymond Bremner (Scottish National Party); Willie MacKay (Independent) and Andrew Sinclair (Scottish Conservative and Unionist) in representing Ward 3 on The Highland Council.
Colin Aitken, Scottish Liberal Democrats has been elected to represent Ward 13 - Inverness West, emerging as the winner at the 7th stage of the count.
The turnout was 25.3%.
One of seven candidates standing in the by-election Colin Aitken now joins councillors Bill Boyd (Scottish National Party) and Alex Graham (Scottish Liberal Democrats) in representing Ward 13 on The Highland Council.
The detailed by-election results will be published on Monday 16 August on the Council's website - https://www.highland.gov.uk/byelection
The political make-up of the Council is now as follows:
Highland Matters (HM) - 4
Independent (Ind) - 25
Real Independent (RI) - 1
Scottish Conservative and Unionist (Con) - 10
Scottish Labour Party (Lab) - 3
Scottish Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem) - 11
Scottish National Party (SNP) - 18
Sutherland Independent Group (SIG) - 1
Non-aligned (NA) - 1
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