1999 Scottish local government election
The 1999 Highland Council election was held on 6 May 1999; the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament and to the 31 other councils in Scotland. 80 councillors were elected from 80 wards using the plurality system (a.k.a. 'First Past the Post'). Independent councillors retained their status as the majority group, with councillors also being elected representing the Labour Party , Liberal Democrats , and Scottish National Party .
Results
Note: there were 8 more seats at this election than at the previous election on 6 April 1995.
Source:
Ward results
The Highland Council election, 1999: Caithness North-West
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Alastair MacDonald
680
Independent
John Mowat
480
Majority
200
The Highland Council election, 1999: Thurso West
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Eric Saxon
454
Independent
James Fry
407
Independent
George Bruce
357
Majority
47
The Highland Council election, 1999: Thurso Central
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
John Rosie
553
Independent
Elizabeth MacDonald
482
Independent
Ronald Henderson
198
Majority
71
The Highland Council election, 1999: Thurso East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Donald Waters
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Caithness Central
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
David Flear
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Caithness North-East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
John Green
793
Independent
David Richard
580
Majority
213
The Highland Council election, 1999: Wick West
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Deirdre Steven
463
Independent
William Fernie
438
Independent
Alistair Roy
333
Majority
25
The Highland Council election, 1999: Pulteneytown
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Jim Oag
673
Independent
Niall Smith
437
Majority
236
The Highland Council election, 1999: Caithness South-East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent Liberal
William Mowat
695
Independent
Jeanette Calder
522
Majority
173
The Highland Council election, 1999: Sutherland North-West
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Francis Keith
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Tongue and Farr
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Barbara Jardine
539
Independent
Alexander Mackay
514
Majority
25
The Highland Council election, 1999: Sutherland Central
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Alison Magee
725
Independent
Russell Taylor
470
Independent
Alexander Chalmers
186
Majority
255
The Highland Council election, 1999: Golspie and Rogart
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Ian Ross
687
Independent
Helen Houston
373
Independent
Valerie Scott
150
Majority
314
The Highland Council election, 1999: Brora
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Rita Finlayson
802
Independent
Ronald McDonald
662
Majority
140
The Highland Council election, 1999: Dornoch Firth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Duncan Allan
1,104
Independent
Gordon Campbell
306
Majority
798
The Highland Council election, 1999: Lochbroom
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
David Green
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Alness and Ardross
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
SNP
Andrew Anderson
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Tain West
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Alasdair Rhind
1,040
SNP
Derek Louden
415
Majority
625
The Highland Council election, 1999: Tain East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
James Paterson
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Seaboard
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Richard Durham
747
Labour
John Mitchell
493
Majority
254
The Highland Council election, 1999: Invergordon
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Lou Wilkerson
622
SNP
Morag McCourt
355
Independent
Maxine Smith
320
Majority
267
The Highland Council election, 1999: Rosskeen and Saltburn
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Carolyn Wilson
568
Independent
Norman Chisholm
350
SNP
Andrew Currie
302
Labour
John Boocock
270
Majority
218
The Highland Council election, 1999: Gairloch
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Roy Macintyre
857
SNP
Kris Murray Browne
260
Majority
597
The Highland Council election, 1999: Lochcarron
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Ewan Mackinnon
518
Independent
Elizabeth Pritchard
399
Independent
Allan MacArthur
143
Majority
119
The Highland Council election, 1999: Ferindonald
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Mike Finlayson
848
SNP
Robert Gibson
627
Majority
221
The Highland Council election, 1999: Strathpeffer and Strathconon
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Douglas Briggs
959
Conservative
Bill Mackenzie
309
Majority
650
The Highland Council election, 1999: Dingwall South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
SNP
Margaret Paterson
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Dingwall North
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Andrew Paterson
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Muir of Ord
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
David Philip
789
SNP
John MacInnes
572
Majority
217
The Highland Council election, 1999: Conon and Maryburgh
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Sandy MacKenzie
743
Independent
Evelyn Vass
703
Majority
40
The Highland Council election, 1999: Knockbain and Killearnan
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
SNP
Peter Cairns
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Black Isle North
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
David Alston
596
Independent
Thomas Anderson
591
SNP
Alistair Dunn
268
Majority
5
The Highland Council election, 1999: Avoch and Fortrose
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Morris Downie
865
Independent
Duncan McPherson
502
Conservative
Celia Stewart
383
Majority
363
The Highland Council election, 1999: Snizort and Trotternish
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
SNP
Gavin Scott Moncrief
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Skye West
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Allan Beaton
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Portree
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Drew Millar
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Skye Central
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Angus Sutherland
715
SNP
Farquhar MacLennan
322
Majority
393
The Highland Council election, 1999: Kyle and Sleat
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
William Fulton
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Kinlochshiel
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Isabelle Campbell
832
Labour
Patricia Shaw
171
Majority
661
The Highland Council election, 1999: Beauly and Strathglass
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Garry Coutts
734
Independent
John Sellar
577
Majority
157
The Highland Council election, 1999: Kirkhill
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Jack Shiels
906
Independent
Molly Doyle
595
Majority
311
The Highland Council election, 1999: Scorguie
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Bernard Salmon
815
Labour
Jimmy MacDonald
622
Majority
193
The Highland Council election, 1999: Muirtown
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Christine Cumming
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Merkinch
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Peter Corbett
701
SNP
Donnie Kerr
238
Labour
Alexander MacLean
234
Majority
463
The Highland Council election, 1999: Inverness Central
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Eilidh MacDonald
514
Independent
Jim Alexander
392
SNP
Joerg Macthearlaich-Wiench
300
Conservative
Moray MacDonald
190
Majority
122
The Highland Council election, 1999: Culloden
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
John Cole
667
SNP
James McCreath
381
Labour
John Ford
285
Majority
286
The Highland Council election, 1999: Ardersier, Croy, and Petty
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Roderick Balfour
612
SNP
Derek MacDonald
461
Liberal Democrats
Glynis Sinclair
353
Majority
151
The Highland Council election, 1999: Loch Ness West
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Margaret Davidson
1,018
Independent
Patrick Paterson
483
Majority
535
The Highland Council election, 1999: Inverness West
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Ronald Lyon
708
Labour
Debra Lake
452
Majority
256
The Highland Council election, 1999: Canal
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
William Smith
941
Labour
Mark Grant
453
Majority
488
The Highland Council election, 1999: Ballifeary
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Jim Thomson
820
SNP
Robert McLennan
479
Majority
341
The Highland Council election, 1999: Lochardil
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Margaret MacLennan
1,037
Labour
Andrew Ingram
546
Majority
491
The Highland Council election, 1999: Hilton
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Angus Dick
541
SNP
Stuart Dickson
431
Labour
Alison Watson
273
Majority
110
The Highland Council election, 1999: Milton
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Clive Goodman
834
Liberal Democrats
John Horne
602
Majority
232
The Highland Council election, 1999: Raigmore
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
David Munro
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Loch Ness East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Ella MacRae
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Culduthel
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Norrie Donald
817
Labour
Kenneth Thomson
638
Majority
179
The Highland Council election, 1999: Inshes
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Janet Home
639
SNP
Ian Brown
464
Independent
John Holden
339
Majority
175
The Highland Council election, 1999: Drumossie
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Kathleen Matheson
919
SNP
Robert Chalmers
518
Majority
401
The Highland Council election, 1999: Westhill and Smithton
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
SNP
Gillian McCreath
442
Labour
Malcolm Jack
425
Independent
George Davidson
290
Liberal Democrats
Jermaine Allison
240
Majority
17
The Highland Council election, 1999: Balloch
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
SNP
Robert Wynd
596
Labour
Walter McGarrity
512
Conservative
William Cameron
445
Majority
84
The Highland Council election, 1999: Nairn Alltan
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
John Matheson
662
Independent
Andrew Gardiner
425
Conservative
Tony Lister
312
Majority
237
The Highland Council election, 1999: Nairn Ninian
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
SNP
Elizabeth MacDonald
450
Independent
William Shand
409
Independent
Duncan McDonald
312
Conservative
Mark Conway
98
Majority
41
The Highland Council election, 1999: Nairn Auldearn
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Alexander Park
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Badenoch West
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Alexander Russell
882
Conservative
David Spry
251
Majority
631
The Highland Council election, 1999: Strathspey South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Angus Gordon
657
SNP
Karen Lawrie
498
Majority
159
The Highland Council election, 1999: Strathspey North-East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Francis Black
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Mallaig and Small Isles
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Charles King
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Kilmallie and Invergarry
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
George Bruce
754
Labour
Susan Carstairs
258
Independent
Donald Lawrie
166
Majority
496
The Highland Council election, 1999: Claggan and Glen Spean
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
William MacLachlan
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Ardnamurchan and Morvern
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Democrats
Michael Foxley
571
Independent
Iain Thornber
387
Conservative
Jonathan Slater
197
Majority
184
The Highland Council election, 1999: Caol
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Olwyn Macdonald
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Fort William North
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Brian Murphy
699
SNP
Iain Macdonald
559
Majority
140
The Highland Council election, 1999: Fort William South
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Neil Clark
Unopposed
The Highland Council election, 1999: Glencoe
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Andrew McFarlane-Slack
770
Labour
William Spence
428
SNP
David Ingham
257
Majority
342
References
"Scottish Council Elections 1995" (PDF). Elections Center . Retrieved 7 October 2024.
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