Inverness South (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

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.

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)
Apr 2024				Duncan McDonald(Ind.)

Election results

2024 by-election

Inverness South by-election (11 April 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Duncan Cameron McDonald	21.9	730	740	768	798	872	1,050	1,247	1,800
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Chartier	19.6	652	658	665	699	834	1,065	1,235
	SNP	Gordon Shanks	19.2	641	647	679	778	830	838
	Conservative	Ryan Forbes	16.0	533	535	541	551	595
	Labour	Ron Stevenson	10.9	364	365	370	404
	Green	Arun Sharma	7.1	237	237	246
	Alba	Jimmy Duncan	3.2	107	112
	Sovereignty	Andrew Macdonald	1.2	41
Electorate: 12,664   Valid: 3,305   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 1,653   Turnout: 26.3%

Source:^[2][3][4]

2022 election

Inverness South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Ken Gowans (incumbent)	35.2	1,949
	Independent	Duncan MacPherson (incumbent)	24.8	1,375
	Conservative	Andrew Sinclair[note 1]	16.9	936	949	1,007	1,017	1,073	1,096
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Aitken[note 2]	8.6	478	550	618	640	868	1,228
	Labour	David Jardine	7.2	402	502	536	557
	Green	Claire Filer	5.4	299	597	628	724	841
	Alba	Jimmy Duncan	1.9	104	216	225
Electorate: 12,571   Valid: 5,543   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 1,109   Turnout: 44.4%

Source:^[5][6][7]

2017 election

2017 Highland Council election^[8]

Inverness South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	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^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	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
	Green	Gale Louise Falconer	6.02	157	172	189
	Scottish Christian	Donald MacLeod Boyd	4.83	126	130
	Independent	David McGrath	3.60	94
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	FPv%	%	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

Notes

1. Sitting councillor for Wick and East Caithness.
2. Sitting councillor for Inverness West.

References

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