Community and Highland Councils
Community Council Elections interim results October 2023
Seven of nine Black Isle councils constituted - two not formed
Following the recently closed nomination process for community council elections (if required) in November, of the nine Black Isle community councils, including Muir of Ord and Conon Bridge, seven have been re-constituted without the need for elections, while Muir of Ord CC and Resolis CC unfortunately did not receive the necessary minimum number of nominations and therefore cannot be formed. (A supplementary process starting in January 2024 may enable them to be re-established).
In the Highlands as a whole, of the 156 community council areas, in 28 a council was not formed because of insufficient nominations, in 15 there were more nominations than the maximum number of seats on the council (this varies from 7 to 13 according to the size of the area), thus requiring an election, and the remaining 113, with nominations below or at the maximum, were uncontested.
View the interim results (pending elections on 27 November for contested councils) for the 'Black Isle' councils below. Note that community council boundaries do not correspond with electoral ward boundaries. Of the community councils which might be regarded as belonging to the Black Isle, Conon Bridge and Muir of Ord are wholly outside the Black Isle ward boundary (ward 9), as are parts of Ferintosh, Killearnan and Knockbain.
Maps of all the Black Isle community council areas, and of the Black Isle electoral ward boundary, can be found at Resources / Document Library / Community Councils Maps.
Interim results
Avoch and Killen
Conon Bridge
Cromarty and district
Ferintosh
Fortrose and Rosemarkie
Killearnan
Knockbain
Muirof Ord
Resolis
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The following information is out of date following recent and ongoing elections. It will be updated when correct information is available.
Community Council contacts
After community council elections take place Highland Council collects and publishes on its website contact information for Highland community councils, including the names of office-holders. This process has now been completed, and contact information and office-holders for all the Black Isle and adjoining community councils, is shown below.
Unless otherwise stated this information is consistent between Highland Council's website and individual community council websites, and is believed to be correct at July 2021.
Black Isle ward
Avoch and Killen
email avochandkillencommunitycouncil@gmail.com
website
http://community-council.org.uk/AvochandKillenCommunityCouncil/index.asp
map
Chair Helen Baillot
Secretary Nicola Underdown
Treasurer Sarah MacDonald-Taylor
Cromarty
email cromartydcc@cromartylive.co.uk
website http://www.cromartylive.co.uk/commmunitycouncil.as
map
Chair Paige Shepherd
Secretary Peter Ratcliffe
Treasurer Alan Plampton
Ferintosh
email ferintoshcc30@gmail.com
website http://ferintoshcc.co.uk/
map
Chair Karen Harcus
Secretary Bruce Morrison
Treasurer Alison Lowe
Fortrose & Rosemarkie
email fortroseandrosemarkie@gmail.com
website http://www.fortrosemarkie.org/
map
Chair Anne Phillips
Treasurer Susan Pringle
Killearnan
email killearnanccouncil2@gmail.com
website
http://www.community-council.org.uk/killearnan/index.asp
map
Chair Kenne Mackenzie
Secretary Anne Mackay
Treasurer Andrew Mackay
Knockbain
email info@knockbain.org
website http://www.knockbain.org
map
Chair John Stott
Secretary Sylvia Bertram
Treasurer Sue Lowe
Resolis
email resoliscc@gmail.com website http://www.community-council.org.uk/resolis map
Chair Alister Matheson
Secretary Neil Cameron blank on website
Treasurer Marion Campbell
Neighbouring councils
Dingwall and Seaforth ward
Conon Bridge
email cononcommunitycouncil@gmail.com
website http://www.cononbridge.org.uk/index.asp
map
Chair Fiona Mackintosh
Secretary John Bruce
Treasurer Hazel Bushell
Muir of Ord
email community.councillors@muiroford.org.uk website https://muiroford.org.uk/category/community-council/
map
Chair (acting) Mike Atkinson )HC differs (out of date?)
Clerk Jo Ellen )
Treasurer Stephen Mackenzie )
Dingwall https://www.facebook.com/DingwallCC/
mail@dingwallcc.com
shepherdjw@hotmail.co.uk
Chair Jack Shepherd )HC only - no cc website
Secretary Agnes Simpson )
Treasurer Robert Moore )
Maryburgh https://www.facebook.com/gulchCC/ maryburghcc@gmail.com contact@maryburghhub.info
Chair Donald Stuart )HC only - no cc website
Secretary Fiona shand )
Treasurer Fiona Ross )
Aird and Loch Ness ward
Beauly http://www.beaulycc.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BeaulyOnline info@beaulycc.org
Vice Chair Roy Harrison
Secretary David Taylor
Treasurer Seona Fraser
The above information is also available as a downloadable doc file and general information about community councils is here .
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Highland Councillors
All Highland Councillors by ward
Number of Councillors by party
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