Archive for May, 2007

Local Election Results

Monday, May 7th, 2007

The election for Inverness West was conducted by a form of proportional representation known as Single Transferable Vote, where voters put the candidates in their order of preference.

The first preference votes cast were as follows:

Mary Fraser (Conservative)
230
Alex Graham (Liberal Democrat)
840
Jimmy Macdonald (Independent)
778
Pauline Munro (SNP)
965
Caroline Parr (Labour)
536
Turnout
51.7%
Total Votes Cast
3,349
Spoilt Papers
56
Quota
838

Pauline Munro and Alex Graham obtained more than the quota (838) and were elected on Stage 1. Jimmy Macdonald was elected at Stage 4 of the count.

The election result for Inverness West can be found on this page of the Highland Council’s website and a complete analysis can be found here (PDF link).

A full breakdown of the election results for all twenty-two Highland Council wards can be found on this page of the Highland Council’s website.