Fort William and Ardnamurchan (ward)

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

location of the ward

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Michael Foxley
(Liberal Democrats)		 Donald Cameron
(Ind.)		 Bren Gormley
(SNP)		 Brian Murphy
(Labour)
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

2022 Election

2022 Highland Council election[1]

Fort William and Ardnamurchan - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Liberal Democrats Angus MacDonald 37.47% 1,500
SNP Sarah Fanet (incumbent) 33.50% 1,341
Conservative Fiona Fawcett 10.09% 404 551.7 570.6
Scottish Green Kate Willis 9.62% 385 500.6 798.6 837.6
Independent Thomas MacLennan 9.32% 373 640.5 724.6 1,057.4
Electorate: 9,021   Valid: 4,003   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 801   Turnout: 45%  

    2021 by-election
    Fort William and Ardnamurchan By-election (2 December 2021)[2][3][4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    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 [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      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 [6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        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[7]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref  % 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 elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
          2. "The Highland Council By-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
          3. "The Highland Council Twitter". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
          4. "Ballot Box Scotland Twitter". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
          5. Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 council election Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan | Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk.
          6. 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.
          7. 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.
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