1999 Highland Council election
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 80 seats to Highland Council 41 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map showing results by ward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Elections to the Highland Council were 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.
Overall result[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 49 | ±0 | 61.25 | 57.39 | 43,810 | −3.84 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 12 | +6 | 15.00 | 10.62 | 8,108 | +3.90 | |||
Labour | 10 | +3 | 12.50 | 15.40 | 11,756 | +4.43 | |||
Scottish National | 8 | −1 | 10.00 | 12.39 | 9,456 | −4.96 | |||
Independent Liberal | 1 | +1 | 1.25 | 0.91 | 695 | +0.91 | |||
Conservative | 0 | −1 | — | 3.29 | 2,509 | +2.39 |
Caithness[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alastair MacDonald | 680 | |||
Independent | John Mowat | 480 | |||
Majority | 278 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Saxon | 454 | |||
Independent | James Fry | 407 | |||
Independent | George Bruce | 357 | |||
Majority | 47 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Rosie | 553 | |||
Independent | Elizabeth MacDonald | 482 | |||
Independent | Ronald Henderson | 198 | |||
Majority | 71 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Donald Waters | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Flear | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Green | 793 | |||
Independent | David Richard | 580 | |||
Majority | 213 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Graeme Smith | 447 | |||
Labour | Bill Mowat | 402 | |||
Independent | Anderson Murray | 376 | |||
Majority | 45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Deirdre Steven | 463 | |||
Independent | William Fernie | 438 | |||
Independent | Alistair Roy | 333 | |||
Majority | 25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jim Oag | 673 | |||
Independent | Niall Smith | 437 | |||
Majority | 236 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | William Mowat | 695 | |||
Independent | Jeanette Calder | 522 | |||
Majority | 173 |
Sutherland[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Francis Keith | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Jardine | 539 | |||
Independent | Alexander Mackay | 514 | |||
Majority | 25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alison Magee | 725 | |||
Independent | Russell Taylor | 470 | |||
Independent | Alexander Chalmers | 186 | |||
Majority | 255 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ian Ross | 687 | |||
Independent | Helen Houston | 373 | |||
Independent | Valerie Scott | 150 | |||
Majority | 314 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rita Finlayson | 802 | |||
Independent | Ronald McDonald | 662 | |||
Majority | 140 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Duncan Allan | 1,104 | |||
Independent | Gordon Campbell | 306 | |||
Majority | 798 |
Ross & Cromarty[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Green | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Andrew Anderson | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alasdair Rhind | 1,040 | |||
Scottish National | Derek Louden | 415 | |||
Majority | 625 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Paterson | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Durham | 747 | |||
Labour | John Mitchell | 493 | |||
Majority | 254 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lou Wilkerson | 622 | |||
Scottish National | Morag McCourt | 355 | |||
Independent | Maxine Smith | 320 | |||
Majority | 267 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Carolyn Wilson | 568 | |||
Independent | Norman Chisholm | 350 | |||
Scottish National | Andrew Currie | 302 | |||
Labour | John Boocock | 270 | |||
Majority | 218 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Roy Macintyre | 857 | |||
Scottish National | Kris Murray Browne | 260 | |||
Majority | 597 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ewan Mackinnon | 518 | |||
Independent | Elizabeth Pritchard | 399 | |||
Independent | Allan MacArthur | 143 | |||
Majority | 119 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mike Finlayson | 848 | |||
Scottish National | Robert Gibson | 627 | |||
Majority | 221 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Douglas Briggs | 959 | |||
Conservative | Bill Mackenzie | 309 | |||
Majority | 650 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Margaret Paterson | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Andrew Paterson | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Philip | 789 | |||
Scottish National | John MacInnes | 572 | |||
Majority | 217 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sandy MacKenzie | 743 | |||
Independent | Evelyn Vass | 703 | |||
Majority | 40 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Peter Cairns | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Alston | 596 | |||
Independent | Thomas Anderson | 591 | |||
Scottish National | Alistair Dunn | 268 | |||
Majority | 5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Morris Downie | 865 | |||
Independent | Duncan McPherson | 502 | |||
Conservative | Celia Stewart | 383 | |||
Majority | 363 |
Skye & Lochalsh[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Gavin Scott Moncrief | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Allan Beaton | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Drew Millar | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Angus Sutherland | 715 | |||
Scottish National | Farquhar MacLennan | 322 | |||
Majority | 393 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Fulton | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Isabelle Campbell | 832 | |||
Labour | Patricia Shaw | 171 | |||
Majority | 661 |
Inverness[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Garry Coutts | 734 | |||
Independent | John Sellar | 577 | |||
Majority | 157 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jack Shiels | 906 | |||
Independent | Molly Doyle | 595 | |||
Majority | 311 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Salmon | 815 | |||
Labour | Jimmy MacDonald | 622 | |||
Majority | 193 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Cumming | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Corbett | 701 | |||
Scottish National | Donnie Kerr | 238 | |||
Labour | Alexander MacLean | 234 | |||
Majority | 463 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eilidh MacDonald | 514 | |||
Independent | Jim Alexander | 392 | |||
Scottish National | Joerg Macthearlaich-Wiench | 300 | |||
Conservative | Moray MacDonald | 190 | |||
Majority | 122 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Cole | 667 | |||
Scottish National | James McCreath | 381 | |||
Labour | John Ford | 285 | |||
Majority | 286 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Roderick Balfour | 612 | |||
Scottish National | Derek MacDonald | 461 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Glynis Sinclair | 353 | |||
Majority | 151 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Margaret Davidson | 1,018 | |||
Independent | Patrick Paterson | 483 | |||
Majority | 535 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ronald Lyon | 708 | |||
Labour | Debra Lake | 452 | |||
Majority | 256 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Smith | 941 | |||
Labour | Mark Grant | 453 | |||
Majority | 488 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Thomson | 820 | |||
Scottish National | Robert McLennan | 479 | |||
Majority | 341 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Margaret MacLennan | 1,037 | |||
Labour | Andrew Ingram | 546 | |||
Majority | 491 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Angus Dick | 541 | |||
Scottish National | Stuart Dickson | 431 | |||
Labour | Alison Watson | 273 | |||
Majority | 110 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Goodman | 834 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Horne | 602 | |||
Majority | 232 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dick Simpson | 636 | |||
Independent | Patricia Hayden | 434 | |||
Labour | John Ward | 335 | |||
Conservative | Peter Saggers | 191 | |||
Majority | 202 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Munro | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ella MacRae | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Norrie Donald | 817 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Thomson | 638 | |||
Majority | 179 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Janet Home | 639 | |||
Scottish National | Ian Brown | 464 | |||
Independent | John Holden | 339 | |||
Majority | 175 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kathleen Matheson | 919 | |||
Scottish National | Robert Chalmers | 518 | |||
Majority | 401 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Gillian McCreath | 442 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Jack | 425 | |||
Independent | George Davidson | 290 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jermaine Allison | 240 | |||
Majority | 17 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Robert Wynd | 596 | |||
Labour | Walter McGarrity | 512 | |||
Conservative | William Cameron | 445 | |||
Majority | 84 |
Nairn[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Matheson | 662 | |||
Independent | Andrew Gardiner | 425 | |||
Conservative | Tony Lister | 312 | |||
Majority | 237 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Elizabeth MacDonald | 450 | |||
Independent | William Shand | 409 | |||
Independent | Duncan McDonald | 312 | |||
Conservative | Mark Conway | 98 | |||
Majority | 41 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Fraser | 583 | |||
Independent | Laurie Fraser | 513 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Alford | 133 | |||
Independent | John MacKenzie | 81 | |||
Majority | 70 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alexander Park | Unopposed |
Badenoch & Strathspey[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Russell | 882 | |||
Conservative | David Spry | 251 | |||
Majority | 631 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Robert Severn | 351 | |||
Independent | Susan Paton | 328 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gregor Rimell | 303 | |||
Independent | George Gibson | 159 | |||
Majority | 23 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Angus Gordon | 657 | |||
Scottish National | Karen Lawrie | 498 | |||
Majority | 159 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Francis Black | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Basil Dunlop | 852 | |||
Independent | Arthur Durance | 302 | |||
Majority | 550 |
Lochaber[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Charles King | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Bruce | 754 | |||
Labour | Susan Carstairs | 258 | |||
Independent | Donald Lawrie | 166 | |||
Majority | 496 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William MacLachlan | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Foxley | 571 | |||
Independent | Iain Thornber | 387 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Slater | 197 | |||
Majority | 184 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Olwyn Macdonald | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Murphy | 699 | |||
Scottish National | Iain Macdonald | 559 | |||
Majority | 140 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Neil Clark | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Andrew McFarlane-Slack | 770 | |||
Labour | William Spence | 428 | |||
Scottish National | David Ingham | 257 | |||
Majority | 342 |