2003_Highland_Council_election
Elections to the Highland Council were held on 1 May 2003; 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.
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Main article: 2003 Scottish local elections
Quick Facts All 80 seats to Highland Council 41 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 57 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 71.3 | 69.6 | 45,405 | +12.21 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 11.3 | 6.1 | 3,986 | −4.52 | |
Labour | 8 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 7,536 | −3.80 | |
SNP | 6 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 7.5 | 10.2 | 6,664 | -2.19 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.2 | 799 | −2.09 | |
Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.1 | 730 | New | |
Countryside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 116 | New | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alastair MacDonald | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eric Saxon | 543 | |||
Independent | James Fry | 425 | |||
Majority | 118 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Donald Mackay | 636 | |||
Labour | John Rosie | 527 | |||
Majority | 109 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Tom Jackson | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Flear | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Green | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Graeme Smith | 536 | |||
Labour | Bill Mowat | 242 | |||
SNP | Niall Smith | 198 | |||
Majority | 294 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | William Fernie | 469 | |||
SNP | James Sutherland | 355 | |||
Labour | Neil MacDonald | 225 | |||
Majority | 114 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Katrina MacNab | 599 | |||
Labour | Jim Oag | 301 | |||
Majority | 298 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | William Mowat | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Francis Keith | 519 | |||
Independent | John Forbes | 442 | |||
Majority | 77 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Sandy Mackay | 518 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Jardine | 376 | |||
Majority | 142 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alison Magee | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ian Ross | 912 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Francis Ward | 79 | |||
Majority | 833 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Rita Finlayson | 634 | |||
Independent | Robbie Rowantree | 602 | |||
Majority | 32 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Duncan Allan | 826 | |||
Independent | Gordon Campbell | 339 | |||
Majority | 487 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Jean Urquhart | 393 | |||
Independent | Kenneth MacLeod | 338 | |||
Labour | Lauri Chilton | 239 | |||
Majority | 55 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Andrew Anderson | 961 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Jean Cadden | 88 | |||
Majority | 873 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alasdair Rhind | 1,025 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Sean Robertson | 162 | |||
Majority | 863 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alan Torrance | 540 | |||
Independent | James Paterson | 497 | |||
Majority | 43 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Richard Durham | 554 | |||
Independent | Linda Bruce | 232 | |||
SNP | Andrew Currie | 232 | |||
Majority | 322 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Connell | 662 | |||
Independent | Maxine Smith | 251 | |||
Labour | Lou Wilkerson | 203 | |||
Majority | 371 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Carolyn Wilson | 900 | |||
Independent | Dot MacLennan | 292 | |||
Majority | 608 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Roy Macintyre | 601 | |||
Labour Co-op | Christine Conniff | 351 | |||
Majority | 250 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ewan Mackinnon | 746 | |||
Countryside | Neveille-Suzanette MacDonald-Rolfe | 116 | |||
Majority | 630 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Val MacIver | 531 | |||
Independent | Mike Finlayson | 492 | |||
Independent | Dennis Dunbar | 173 | |||
Majority | 39 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Douglas Briggs | 812 | |||
Conservative | John Scott | 219 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Margaret Paterson | 470 | |||
Labour | Marilyn Ross | 439 | |||
Majority | 31 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael MacMillan | 576 | |||
Independent | Andrew Paterson | 532 | |||
Majority | 44 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Chisholm | 806 | |||
Independent | Tom Davis | 380 | |||
Majority | 426 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean | 786 | |||
Independent | David Philip | 519 | |||
Majority | 267 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Isobel McCallum | 980 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Duncan | 226 | |||
Majority | 754 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Alston | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Billy Barclay | 598 | |||
Independent | Okain McLennan | 584 | |||
Independent | Morris Downie | 496 | |||
Labour | Leslie Hood | 136 | |||
Majority | 14 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Iain MacDonald | 547 | |||
SNP | Rod Liddon | 306 | |||
Independent | Ben Palmer | 87 | |||
Majority | 241 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Laing | 538 | |||
Independent | William Sutherland | 330 | |||
Majority | 208 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Drew Millar | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Hamish Fraser | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | William Fulton | 529 | |||
Independent | Audrey Sinclair | 450 | |||
Majority | 79 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Isabelle Campbell | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Garry Coutts | 555 | |||
Independent | Helen Carmichael | 549 | |||
Majority | 9 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jack Shiels | 572 | |||
Independent | Graham Cross | 407 | |||
Independent | Hamish Wood | 312 | |||
Majority | 165 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jimmy MacDonald | 452 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Shanea Fraser | 227 | |||
Independent | Christine Forbes | 195 | |||
Labour | Mark Grant | 179 | |||
Majority | 225 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine Cumming | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Peter Corbett | 642 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Simon Cann | 92 | |||
Majority | 550 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eilidh MacDonald | 319 | |||
Independent | Jim Alexander | 316 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Farthing | 174 | |||
Independent | Hector MacDonald | 170 | |||
Independent | Donald MacKay | 116 | |||
Majority | 3 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Ford | 434 | |||
SNP | James McCreath | 377 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Perrin | 187 | |||
Majority | 57 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Roderick Balfour | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Margaret Davidson | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ronald Lyon | 546 | |||
Independent | Joan Stewart | 280 | |||
Majority | 266 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | William Smith | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alistair Milne | 625 | |||
Labour | Jim Thomson | 465 | |||
Majority | 160 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Margaret MacLennan | 712 | |||
Independent | Michael Gimson | 377 | |||
Labour | Andrew Ingram | 211 | |||
Majority | 335 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Angus Dick | 547 | |||
Independent | Thomas Lamont | 368 | |||
Majority | 179 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Goodman | 494 | |||
SNP | Ian Brown | 429 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Hunt | 199 | |||
Majority | 65 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Gray | 734 | |||
Independent | Hamish McKenzie | 622 | |||
Majority | 112 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Munro | 521 | |||
SNP | Scott MacKenzie | 217 | |||
Independent | Donald Robertson | 89 | |||
Independent | David Gallant | 81 | |||
Majority | 304 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ella MacRae | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Norrie Donald | 1,061 | |||
Independent | Ralph Sauer | 245 | |||
Majority | 816 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Janet Home | 746 | |||
Independent | John Holden | 540 | |||
Majority | 206 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Kathleen Matheson | 754 | |||
Independent | Farquhar Forbes | 482 | |||
Majority | 272 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Gillian McCreath | 461 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Jack | 397 | |||
Conservative | Peter Saggers | 152 | |||
Independent | George Davidson | 107 | |||
Majority | 64 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Robert Wynd | 647 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Glynis Sinclair | 409 | |||
Conservative | Tony Lister | 202 | |||
Majority | 238 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Matheson | 363 | |||
Independent | Jim Lennon | 300 | |||
Independent | Bill Shand | 297 | |||
SNP | June Gordon | 217 | |||
Independent | Nigel Hanlin | 53 | |||
Majority | 63 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Elizabeth MacDonald | 606 | |||
Independent | Andrew Brown | 330 | |||
Independent | Duncan McDonald | 310 | |||
Majority | 276 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Laurie Fraser | 766 | |||
Independent | Graham Marsden | 242 | |||
Majority | 524 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alexander Park | 837 | |||
Independent | James Young | 394 | |||
Majority | 443 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Sheena Slimon | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Gregor Rimell | 348 | |||
SNP | Robert Severn | 309 | |||
Independent | Hendy Pollock | 285 | |||
Majority | 39 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Angus Gordon | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Francis Black | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Basil Dunlop | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Charles King | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bill Clark | 582 | |||
Independent | George Bruce | 411 | |||
Majority | 171 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Thomas MacLennan | 449 | |||
Independent | William MacLachlan | 325 | |||
Independent | Alistair MacGregor | 168 | |||
Majority | 124 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michael Foxley | 545 | |||
Independent | Iain Thornber | 468 | |||
Majority | 77 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Olwyn Macdonald | 656 | |||
Independent | Edward Hunter | 627 | |||
Majority | 29 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Brian Murphy | 733 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Douglas Nolan | 309 | |||
Majority | 424 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Neil Clark | 450 | |||
Independent | May Alexander | 238 | |||
Independent | Euan Harper | 187 | |||
Majority | 212 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Andrew McFarlane-Slack | 722 | |||
SNP | David Ingham | 486 | |||
Majority | 236 |
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- "Scottish Council Elections 2003 Results and Statistics" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- "Local Election Results 2003 - Highland". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 February 2024.