Highland Council wards 1999 to 2007
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| Highland council area Shown as one of the council areas of Scotland |
| 1999 to 2007 |
| 2007 |
The first set of Highland Council wards was created in 1999, for the first direct elections to the Highland Council, which had been created in 1996. These wards are due to be replaced with new wards in 2007.
Councillors serving from 1996 to 1999 had been elected in 1995 as members of the Highland regional council, which was abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The region had been a two-tier local government area, with eight elected district councils as well as the regional council. In 1996 the region became a unitary council area, with just one council covering the whole area.
In May 1999 a new council was elected using 80 new wards, each of the wards electing one councillor by the first past the post system of election.
The same wards were used in the second general election of the council, in 2003.
In 2007, the third general election will use 22 multi-member wards and single transferable voting, in a method of election designed to produce proportional representation.
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[edit] Area committees
The wards are grouped into eight areas, based on the areas of the district councils abolished in 1996, and similar to the administrative areas of the unitary council. Councillors elected from each area form an area committee.
[edit] Lists of wards
Wards are listed by committee area:
[edit] Badenoch and Strathspey wards
There are five wards in the Badenoch and Strathspey area:
| Ward | Description |
|---|---|
| Badenoch East | Includes parts of the villages of Aviemore and Kingussie |
| Badenoch West | Includes the village of Newtonmore and part of the village of Kingussie |
| Grantown on Spey | Includes the town of Grantown on Spey |
| Strathspey North East | A rural area around the town of Grantown on Spey |
| Strathspey South | Includes part of the village of Aviemore |
[edit] Caithness wards
There are 10 wards in the Caithness area:
| Ward | Description |
|---|---|
| Caithness Central | Includes the village of Halkirk |
| Caithness North East | Includes the villages of Dunnet and John O'Groats |
| Caithness North West | Includes the village of Castletown |
| Caithness South East | Includes the village of Lybster |
| Pultneytown | Includes the Pultneytown area of the town of Wick |
| Thurso Central | Part of the town of Thurso |
| Thurso East | Part of the town of Thurso |
| Thurso West | Part of the town of Thurso |
| Wick | Includes part of the town of Wick and a more rural area to the north |
| Wick West | Includes part of the town of Wick |
[edit] Inverness wards
The Inverness area includes Loch Ness, Strathglass and the City of Inverness.
The city lacks clearly defined boundaries. In ward descriptions below the city means the urban area centred on the former burgh of Inverness.
There are 23 wards in the area:
| Ward | Description |
|---|---|
| Ardersier, Croy and Petty | To the east of the city Includes the village of Ardersier |
| Ballifeary | Part of the city |
| Balloch | To the east of the city |
| Beauly and Strathglass | Includes the town of Beauly and Strathglass |
| Canal | Part of the city |
| Culduthel | Part of the city, and a rural area to the south |
| Culloden | To the east of the city |
| Crown | Part of the city |
| Drumossie | To the southeast of the city |
| Hilton | Part of the city |
| Inches | Part of city, and an area to the southeast |
| Inverness Central | Part of the city |
| Inverness West | Part of the city, and an area to the southwest |
| Kirkhill | Part of the city, and a rural area to the southwest |
| Lochardil | Part of the city |
| Loch Ness East | On the southeast side of Loch Ness (but includes the area of the loch itself) Includes part of the city |
| Loch Ness West | Mostly on the northwest side of Loch Ness Includes the villages of Drumnadrochit and Fort Augustus |
| Merkinch | Part of the city |
| Milton | Part of the city |
| Muirtown | Part of the city |
| Raigmore | Part of the city |
| Scorguie | Part of the city |
| Westhill and Smithton | To the east of the city |
[edit] Lochaber wards
There are eight wards in the Lochaber area:
| Ward | Description |
|---|---|
| Ardnamurchan and Morvern | Includes the Ardnamurchan and Morvern peninsulars and the village of Acharacle |
| Caol | Caol area of Fort William |
| Claggan and Glen Spean | Includes the village of Spean Bridge |
| Fort William North | Part of Fort William |
| Fort William South | Part of Fort William and a more rural area to the south |
| Glencoe | Includes the village of Kinlochleven |
| Kilmallie and Invergary | Includes Loch Lochy |
| Mallaig and Small Isles | Includes the town of Mallaig and the Small Isles |
[edit] Nairn wards
The Nairn area is mostly rural.
Ward boundaries radiate from the town of Nairn (a former burgh), dividing the town between all four wards:
| Ward | Description |
|---|---|
| Nairn Alltan | Part of the town, and a western area |
| Nairn Auldearn | Part of the town, and a south-eastern area |
| Nairn Cawdor | Part of the town, and a south-western area |
| Nairn Ninian | Part of the town, and an eastern area |
[edit] Ross and Cromarty wards
There are 18 wards in the Ross and Cromarty area:
| Ward | Description |
|---|---|
| Alness and Ardross | Includes the town of Alness and the village of Ardross |
| Avoch and Fortrose | Part of the Black Isle, with coastline along the Moray Firth Includes the villages of Avoch and Fortrose |
| Black Isle North | Part of the Black Isle, with coastline along the Cromarty Firth Includes the village of Cromarty |
| Conon and Maryburgh | Includes the village of Conon Bridge |
| Dingwall North | Includes part of the town of Dingwall |
| Dingwall South | Includes part of the town of Dingwall |
| Ferindonald | Has coastline on the north side of the Cromarty Firth, between Dingwall and Alness |
| Gairloch | Includes the village of Gairloch |
| Invergordon | Includes the town of Invergordon |
| Knockbain and Killearnan | Part of the Black Isle, with coastline along the Beauly Firth and the Moray Firth Includes the village of Munlochy and North Kessock |
| Lochbroom | Includes the town of Ullapool |
| Lochcarron | Includes the village of Lochcarron |
| Muir of Ord | Includes the village of Muir of Ord |
| Rosskeen and Saltburn | Has coastline on the north side of the Cromarty Firth, east of Alness |
| Seaboard | Includes the Seaboard Villages |
| Strathpeffer and Strathconon | Includes the village of Strathpeffer and upper Strathconon |
| Tain East | Includes part of the town of Tain |
| Tain West | Includes part of the town of Tain |
[edit] Skye and Lochalsh wards
The Skye and Lochalsh area includes the islands of Skye, Raasay and Scalpay, the village of Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland, and a rural area to the east of Kyle of Lochalsh. There are six wards in the Skye and Lochalsh area:
| Ward | Description |
|---|---|
| Kinlochshiel | A mainland area, east of the village of Kyle of Lochalsh |
| Kyle and Sleat | Includes the villages of Kyle of Lochalsh, on the mainland, and Kyleakin, on the Isle of Skye, and the Sleat peninsular of the Isle of Skye |
| Portree | Includes the town of Portree, on the Isle of Skye |
| Skye Central | Includes the town of Broadford, one the Isle of Skye, and the islands of Raasay and Scalpay |
| Skye West | Includes the village of Dunvegan, on the Isle of Skye |
| Snizort and Trotternish | Trotternish peninsular, north of Portree, on the Isle of Skye Includes the village of Uig |
[edit] Sutherland wards
There are six wards in the Sutherland area:
| Ward | Towns and villages |
|---|---|
| Brora | Includes the town of Brora |
| Dornoch Firth | Areas both sides of the Dornoch Firth Includes the town of Dornoch |
| Golspie and Rogart | Includes the villages of Golspie and Rogart |
| Sutherland Central | Includes the town of Lairg |
| Sutherland North West | Includes the villages of Durness and Lochinver |
| Tongue and Farr | Includes the villages of Tongue, Farr, Bettyhill and Reay |
[edit] External links
Highland Council (Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd) web site:
