Inverness South (ward)

Inverness South is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Cradlehall, Inshes and Westhill areas in or near urban Inverness, and the village of Tomatin, on the River Findhorn. It elects four Councillors.

For the electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, see Inverness South.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Roy Pedersen
(SNP)		 Thomas Prag
(Liberal Democrats)		 John Holden
(Labour)		 Jim Crawford
(Ind.)
Nov 2011 Carolyn Ann Caddick
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Ken Gowans
(SNP)
2017 Andrew Jarvie
(Conservative)		 Duncan MacPherson
(Ind.)
2022 Andrew Sinclair
(Conservative)		 Colin Aitken
(Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Highland Council election[2]

Inverness South - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SNP Ken Gowans (incumbent) 35.16% 1,949
Independent Duncan MacPherson (incumbent) 24.81% 1,375
Conservative Andrew Sinclair[WEC] 16.89% 936 949.8 1,007.6 1,017.2 1,073.9 1,096.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Aitken[INV W] 8.62% 478 550.0 618.3 640.8 868.2 1,228.6
Labour David Jardine 7.25% 402 502.0 536.4 557.6
Scottish Green Claire Filer 5.39% 299 597.2 628.4 724.5 841.3
Alba Jimmy Duncan 1.88% 104 216.5 225.6
Electorate: 12,571   Valid: 5,543   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 1,109   Turnout: 44.4%  

    2017 Election

    2017 Highland Council election[3]

    Inverness South - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    SNP Ken Gowans (incumbent) †† 25.3% 1,287            
    Conservative Andrew Jarvie 20.1% 1,022            
    Liberal Democrats Carolyn Caddick (incumbent) 15.7% 799 810.5 811.6 833.8 970.5 1,151.2  
    Independent Duncan MacPherson 11.5% 583 593.7 594.3 619.6 678.2 971.2 1,029.6
    Independent Jim Crawford (incumbent) 10.4% 527 537.5 538.3 564.3 621.8    
    Labour Shaun Fraser 7.6% 387 394.9 395.3 401.3      
    SNP Michelle Gowans 7.4% 376 592.3 592.4 599.6 646.4 682.2 696.4
    Scottish Christian Donald MacLeod Boyd 2.05% 104 105.05 105.3        
    Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,085   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,018   Turnout: 5,133 (45.3%)  

      2012 Election

      2012 Highland Council election

      Inverness South - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      SNP Ken Gowans 20.34% 696              
      Independent Jim Crawford (incumbent) 17.36% 594 594.5 659.5 772.5        
      Liberal Democrats Carolyn Caddick (incumbent) 16.63% 569 569.6 590.7 688.7        
      SNP Bill Boyd 11.49% 393 401.3 411.3 429.4 437.9 438.2 495.6  
      Labour Katherine MacKenzie 10.32% 353 353.3 363.3 385.3 398.8 399.1    
      Liberal Democrats Thomas Prag (incumbent) 9.79% 335 335.2 346.2 378.2 401.4 403.9 505.3 631.9
      Conservative David Bonsor 9.38% 321 321.1 343.1          
      Scottish Christian Donald MacLeod Boyd 4.68% 160 160.1            
      Electorate: 9,479   Valid: 3,421   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 685   Turnout: 3,458 (36.48%)  

        2011 By-election
        Inverness South By-Election (3 November 2011)- 1 seat[4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP Kenneth Archer Gowans 33.94 885 903 922 967 1,005 1,084
        Liberal Democrats Carolyn Ann Caddick 28.65 747 761 777 830 971 1,091
        Labour Katherine MacKenzie-Geegan 11.81 308 319 327 357 379  
        Conservative David Louis Kinsley Bonsor 11.12 290 300 336 339    
        Scottish Green Gale Louise Falconer 6.02 157 172 189      
        Scottish Christian Donald MacLeod Boyd 4.83 126 130        
        Independent David McGrath 3.60 94          
        Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
        Electorate: 9,760   Valid: 2,607   Spoilt: 13   Quota: 1,304   Turnout: 2,620  

          2007 Election

          2007 Highland Council election

          The Highland Council election, 2007: Inverness South
          Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
          SNP Roy Pedersen 1,058 27.0 1 1
          Liberal Democrats Thomas Prag 902 23.0 2 1
          Labour John Holden 671 17.1 4 4
          Independent Jim Crawford 524 13.4 3 4
          Conservative Donald MacDonald 413 10.5
          Independent Barrie Haycock 353 9.0

          References
          1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
          2. "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
          3. "Community Council elections".
          4. http://www.highland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F39E89BF-C07B-47D4-82E8-EF76C10FC015/0/ElectionSTVspreadsheetWard20InvernessFinal.pdf
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