Tain and Easter Ross (ward)

Tain and Easter Ross is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. Between the Cromarty Firth and the Dornoch Firth and east of the Cromarty Firth ward, it includes the town of Tain and the Seaboard Villages. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Alasdair Rhind
(Ind.)		 Alan Torrance
(Ind.)		 Richard Durham
(Liberal Democrats)
2011 by- Fiona Robertson
(Ind.)
2012 Jamie Stone
(Liberal Democrats)
2017 Derek Louden
(SNP)
Sep 2017 Alasdair Rhind
(Ind.)
2022 Sarah Rawlings
(Liberal Democrats)
Sep 2023 Maureen Ross
(Ind.)

Election Results

2023 By-election
Tain and Easter Ross By-election (28 September 2023)[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Independent Maureen Ross 41.49% 1,022 1,025 1,033 1,058 1,131 1,312
Liberal Democrats Charles Stephen 24.48% 603 605 618 644 705 801
SNP Gordon Allison 18.84% 464 467 491 506 514
Conservative Veronica Morrison 8.40% 207 210 210 216
Labour Michael Perera 3.57% 88 90 96
Scottish Green Andrew Barnett 2.27% 56 58
Libertarian Harry Christian 0.93% 23
Electorate: 7,226   Valid: 2,463   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 1,232   Turnout: 24.4%  

    2022 Election

    2022 Highland Council election[3]

    Tain and Easter Ross - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    SNP Derek Louden (incumbent) 30.61% 1,051
    Liberal Democrats Sarah Rawlings 21.52% 739 780.7 922.0
    Independent Alasdair Rhind (incumbent) 21.14% 726 776.2 876.3
    Independent Fiona Robertson (incumbent) 16.13% 554 604.8 668.5
    Conservative Veronica Morrison 10.60% 364 368.6
    Electorate: 7,234   Valid: 3,434   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 859   Turnout: 48%  

      2017 By-election
      Tain and Easter Ross By-election (28 September 2017)[4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      Independent Alasdair Rhind 48.8% 1,266 1,267 1,290
      SNP Stan Peace 23.6% 612 616 634
      Liberal Democrats William Sinclair 14.3% 372 376 387
      Conservative Eva Short 9.0% 233 236 243
      Independent Gerald Holdsworth 2.6% 68 69  
      Libertarian Harry Christian 0.5% 13    
      Electorate: TBC   Valid: 2,564   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 1,283   Turnout: 2,593 (36.1%)  

        2017 Election

        2017 Highland Council election[5]

        Tain and Easter Ross - 3 seats[6][7]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Independent Fiona Robertson (incumbent) 20.32% 708 751 903      
        SNP Derek Louden 23.85% 831 847 870 874    
        Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone (incumbent) † 19.49% 679 696 851 860 861 1,342
        Independent Alasdair Rhind (incumbent) 16.33% 569 587 722 736 736  
        Conservative Ron Ferguson 16.02% 558 583        
        Independent Sandra Skinner 3.99% 139          
        Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,484   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 872   Turnout: 49.9%  

          2012 Election

          2012 Highland Council election

          Tain and Easter Ross - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Independent Alasdair Rhind (incumbent) 32.67% 1,008            
          Independent Fiona Robertson (incumbent) 24.44% 754 861.9          
          Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone 16.47% 508 560.7 591.2 598.9 611.6 639.2 774.9
          SNP Charlie Falconer 13.61% 420 432.2 441.8 446.8 450.9 468.8 514.8
          Independent Richard Durham (incumbent) 8.14% 250 284.9 312.6 315.9 333.2 347.2  
          Labour Ron Stevenson 2.53% 78 81 82.8 86.2 89.6    
          Conservative David Rutherford 1.43% 44 48.7 52.3 54.1      
          TUSC Sean Robertson 0.74% 23 24.9 27.2        
          Electorate: 7,051   Valid: 3,085   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 772   Turnout: 3,106 (44.05%)  

            2011 By-election
            Tain and Easter Ross By-Election (9 June 2011)- 1 seat[8]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345
            SNP Derek William Louden 33.2 837 860 928 1,037 1,037
            Independent Fiona Robertson 32.2 811 840 933 1,204 1,204
            Independent Ruairidh MacKenzie 18.54 467 481 547    
            Liberal Democrats Antony Gardner 12.19 307 318      
            Independent Michael Herd 3.9 97          
            Independent gain from SNP Swing
            Electorate: 6,962   Valid: 2,519   Spoilt: 17   Quota: 1,260   Turnout: 2,536  

              2007 Election

              2007 Highland Council election

              The Highland Council election, 2007: Tain and Easter Ross
              Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
              Independent Alasdair Rhind 1,406 36.2 1 1
              Liberal Democrats Richard Durham 627 16.2 2 8
              SNP Jim McCreath 465 12.0
              Independent Alan Torrance 436 11.2 3 10
              Independent Murray MacLeod 294 7.6
              Independent Michael Herd 204 5.3
              Labour Sunny Moodie 148 3.8
              Conservative David Rutherford 124 3.2
              Independent John Boocock 116 3.0
              Scottish Socialist Donnie Fraser 59 1.5

              References
              1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
              2. "The Highland Council By-Election Election of Councillor Ward 7 – Tain and Easter Ross". The Highland Council. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
              3. "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
              4. Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
              5. "Community Council elections".
              6. Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 7 Tain and Easter Ross - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
              7. Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 7 Tain and Easter Ross - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
              8. http://www.highland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/48FAF232-4472-4A27-BC8F-3075807E303F/0/Ward8byelectionfullanalysis.pdf
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