Overall result
The Highland Council elections, 1999
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 |
|
SNP |
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
The Highland Council election, 1999: Caithness North-West
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Alastair MacDonald |
680 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Mowat |
480 |
|
|
Majority |
278 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Sutherland
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 |
|
|
Ross & Cromarty
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 |
|
|
Skye & Lochalsh
The Highland Council election, 1999: Snizort and Trotternish
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
SNP |
Gavin Scott Moncrieef |
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 |
|
|
Inverness
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 |
|
|
Nairn
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 |
|
|
Badenoch & Strathspey
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: Grantown-on-Spey
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Independent |
Basil Dunlop |
852 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Arthur Durance |
302 |
|
|
Majority |
550 |
|
|
Lochaber
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 |
Johnathan 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 |
|
|