Wick and East Caithness (ward)

Wick and East Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. This was a new ward in the 2017 election following boundary changes. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election
2017	A.I. Willie MacKay (Independent)	Nicola Sinclair (Independent)	Andrew Sinclair (Conservative)	Raymond Bremner (SNP)
Aug 2021		Jill Tilt (Liberal Democrat)	Andrew Sinclair (Conservative)
2022		Jan McEwan (Liberal Democrat)	Andrew Jarvie (Conservative)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Highland Council election[1]

Wick and East Caithness - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Jan McEwan	29.78%	1,245
	SNP	Raymond Bremner (incumbent)	25.33%	1,059
	Conservative	Andrew Jarvie^{[INV S]}	15.12%	632	700.2	705.2	755.3	873.4
	Independent	A.I. Willie MacKay (incumbent)	12.78%	534	635.6	699.9	801.9	1,125.4
	Independent	Bill Fernie	10.48%	438	518.9	571.1	669.3
	Labour	Neil MacDonald	6.51%	272	347.7	385.0
Electorate: 10,103 Valid: 4,180 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 837 Turnout: 41.8%

2021 By-election

Wick and East Caithness By-Election (12 August 2021) - 1 seat[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Tilt	27.25%	657	660	848	986	1,501
	Independent	Bill Fernie	25.79%	622	627	780	963
	SNP	Michael Cameron	24.59%	593	593	606
	Conservative	Daniel Ross	21.69%	523	525
	Libertarian	Harry Christian	0.66%	16
Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,411 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,206 Turnout: 24.3%

2017 Election

2017 Highland Council election

Wick and East Caithness - 4 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	A.I. Willie MacKay +	22.37%	1,046
	Independent	Nicola Sinclair	20.68%	967
	Conservative	Andrew Sinclair	13.88%	649	666	669	708	735	822	919	1,047
	SNP	Raymond Bremner	11.74%	549	557	559	577	600	655	723	831
	Labour	Neil MacDonald *	8.64%	404	417	420	455	495	556	671
	Independent	Linda Malik	7.23%	338	351	357	369	424
	Independent	Bill Fernie *	6.99%	327	353	361	396	436	518
	Independent	Catherine Patterson	4.79%	224	233	238	247
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Graham	3.68%	172	177	178
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,676 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 936 Turnout: 47.6%

* = Sitting Councillors for Wick Ward.

+ = Sitting Councillor for Landward Caithness Ward.

References

"2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
"The Highland Council download - Ward 3 (Wick and East Caithness) By-Election Results 2021 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting | Election results".
Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 3 Wick and East Caithness - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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[Results-1] "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

[2] "The Highland Council download - Ward 3 (Wick and East Caithness) By-Election Results 2021 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting | Election results".

[3] Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 3 Wick and East Caithness - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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