1990 Highland Regional Council election
The 1990 Highland Regional Council election to the Highland Regional Council was held on 3 May 1990 as part of the wider 1990 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Independents win control of 36 of the councils 52 seats.
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Turnout | 42.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout was 42.9% in contested electoral districts. Just over half of the region's electoral districts were contested, with 27 of the regions 52 electoral districts seeing contests.
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The result of the election
Aggregate results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 34 | ![]() |
65.4 | 57.0 | 19,359 | ![]() | |||
Labour | 10 | ![]() |
19.2 | 11.8 | 3,994 | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | ![]() |
5.8 | 5.7 | 1,941 | ![]() | |||
SNP | 2 | ![]() |
3.8 | 11.8 | 3,994 | ![]() | |||
Green | 1 | ![]() |
1.9 | 10.5 | 3,560 | New | |||
Conservative | 1 | ![]() |
1.9 | 2.8 | 946 | ![]() | |||
Independent Liberal | 1 | ![]() |
1.9 | 0.0 | 0 | New | |||
Independent Labour | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.6 | 217 | ![]() |
Ward results
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Ward | Councillor | Result | ||
1 | Thurso West | J. H. Fry | Independent hold | |
2 | Thurso East | W. S. Smith | Independent hold | |
3 | Wick | A. Murray | Independent hold | |
4 | Pulteney | J. W. Oag | Independent hold | |
5 | Caithness North East | W. Mowat | Independent hold | |
6 | Caithness South East | W. A. Mowat | SLD hold | |
7 | Caithness Central | D. Coghill | Independent hold | |
8 | Caithness West | R. E. Godfrey | Independent hold | |
9 | Dornoch/Creich etc. | A. M. Gilmour | Independent hold | |
10 | Fleet | A. Murray | Independent hold | |
11 | Sutherland North West | F. R. M. Keith | Independent hold | |
12 | Sutherland East | R. R. McDonald | Independent hold | |
12A | Toungue/Farr | A. MacKay | Independent hold | |
13 | Lochbroom/Conon Valley | D. R. Green | Independent hold | |
14 | Wester Ross | D. N. Cameron | Independent hold | |
15 | Seaforth | M. J. Nicolson | Independent hold | |
16 | Dingwall | M. McKechnie | Independent hold | |
17 | Black Isle West | H. Fraser | Independent hold | |
18 | Black Isle East | D. J. McPherson | Independent hold | |
19 | Ferindonald | V. MacIver | Independent hold | |
19A | Alness | J. MacInnes | Independent hold | |
20 | Invergordon | I. C. Rhind | Independent hold | |
21 | Easter Ross | E. D. Wilkerson | Independent hold | |
22 | Tain | A. Rhind | Independent hold | |
23 | Ross South West | W. M. Fulton | Independent hold | |
24 | Skye South & East | F. M. MacLennan | Independent hold | |
25 | Skye North & West | D. Grant | SLD gain from Independent | |
26 | Fort William | I. J. Macdonald | Labour gain from Independent | |
27 | Caol/Inverlochy | M. J. MacKay | Labour hold | |
28 | Nevis | J. K. MacKay | Labour gain from Independent | |
29 | Mallaig/Ardnamurchan | M. E. M. Foxley | Independent Liberal hold | |
30 | Glencoe/Nether Lochaber | A. S. Robertson | Labour hold | |
31 | Merkinch | J. M. Henry | Labour hold | |
32 | Dalneigh/Muirtown | W. J. Smith | Independent gain from Labour | |
33 | Ballifeary/Columba | A. Milne | Independent hold | |
34 | Ness Central | C. M. Cumming | Labour gain from Independent | |
35 | Crown/Raigmore | C. L. Goodman | Labour hold | |
36 | Old Edinburgh | A. G. Sellar | Independent hold | |
37 | Drummond | W. A. E. Fraser | Independent hold | |
38 | Hilton | T. Mackenzie | Labour hold | |
39 | Ardersier/Petty etc. | P. J. Peacock | Independent hold | |
39A | Inverness East | W. McGarrity | Labour gain from Independent | |
40 | Strathdearn | Mack of Mackintosh | Independent hold | |
41 | Aird South | A. W. Mackenzie | Labour gain from Independent | |
41A | Charleston | J. T. MacDonald | Labour hold | |
42 | Aird North | J. S. Munro | SNP hold | |
43 | Strathspey | B. M. S. Dunlop | Independent gain from SNP | |
44 | Cairngorm | A. I. M. Glen | SNP hold | |
45 | Badenoch | A. J. Russell | SLD hold | |
46 | Ninian | W. Shand | Independent gain from Conservative | |
47 | Nairn County | M. J. O. Graham | Conservative hold | |
47A | Alltan | R. E. Winter | Green gain from Independent | |
References
- pp.42-45
- Bochel, JM; Denver, DT. "Scottish Regional Elections, 1990" (PDF). The Elections Centre. p. 1-3. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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