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. http://www.highland.gov.uk/downloads/file/17674/hc_notice_of_poll_-_29_march_2017pdf
BREMNER, Raymond FERNIE, Bill GRAHAM, Luke MACDONALD, Neil MACKAY, A.I. Willie MALIK, Linda PATTERSON, Catherine SINCLAIR, Andrew SINCLAIR, Nicola
Thurso and North West Caithness
COGHILL, Gillian FARMER, Tommy GLASGOW, Alexander MACKAY, Donnie MACKIE, Struan OWSNETT, Sandra REISS, Matthew ROSIE, Karl SAXON, Roger
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