Three new councillors for Caithness – Neil MacDonald, Alex MacLeod and Roger Saxon
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THREE new Caithness councillors will take their places in the council chamber in Inverness after securing the support of the voting public.
The 2012 council election, the results of which have just been announced following the count in the Highland capital, saw Labour’s Neil MacDonald elected in Wick, SNP candidate Alex MacLeod in Landward Caithness and Labour’s Roger Saxon in Thurso.
Independent candidate Graeme Smith, who previously represented Wick, was the only former councillor to lose his seat in the Caithness wards, while seven councillors were returned.
Results for Caithness
Landward Caithness
Elected:
David Bremner (independent)
Robert Coghill (independent)
Willie Mackay (independent)
Alex MacLeod (Scottish National Party)
Not elected:
David Baron (Scottish Labour)
John Campbell (independent)
Bill Mowat (independent)
Richard White (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Electorate 8546, 41.97 per cent.
Thurso
Elected:
Donnie Mackay (independent)
John Rosie (independent)
Roger Saxon (Scottish Labour)
Not elected:
Ian Grant (independent)
Reg Holder (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Nick Noble (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Don Smith (Scottish National Party)
Electorate 6192, turnout was 39.18 per cent.
Wick
Elected:
Bill Fernie (independent)
Gail Ross (Scottish National Party)
Neil MacDonald (Scottish Labour Party)
Not elected:
Graeme Smith (independent)
Andrew Sinclair (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Electorate 5633, turnout was 31 per cent.
