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]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
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
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
- "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- "The Highland Council By-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- "The Highland Council Twitter". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- "Ballot Box Scotland Twitter". Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 council election Ward 21 Fort William and Ardnamurchan | Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk.
- 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.
- 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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