Highland Council wards and councillors 1999 to 2003
# Highland Council wards and councillors 1999 to 2003

The first general election to the Highland Council was held in May 1999, using 80 wards created for that election, and which remain in use today. Each ward elects one councillor by the first past the post system of election. Elections are held on a four-year cycle: therefore the next general election was in 2003.

In 1999 the council had been functioning since 1996, but prior to the 1999 election it had consisted of councillors elected to the earlier regional council which covered the same Highland area.

Wards are grouped into areas. Councillors elected from a particular area become members of the relevant area committee. The committee areas are similar to the districts which were abolished in 1996, when the Highland region became a unitary council area.

## Badenoch and Strathspey wards

There are five wards in the Badenoch and Strathspey area:

| Ward | Description | Councillor | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Badenoch East | Mostly rural Includes part of Aviemore and part of Kingussie | Missing information | Missing information |
| Badenoch West | Mostly rural Includes Newtonmore and part of Kingussie | Missing information | Missing information |
| Grantown on Spey | Grantown on Spey | Missing information | Missing information |
| Strathspey North East | Mostly rural | Missing information | Missing information |
| Strathspey South | Mostly rural Includes part of Aviemore | Missing information | Missing information |

## Caithness wards

There are 10 wards in the Caithness area:

| Ward | Description | Councillor | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Caithness Central | Mostly rural Includes Halkirk | David Flear | Liberal Democrat |
| Caithness North East | Mostly rural Includes Dunnet and John o' Groats | John H Green | Independent |
| Caithness North West | Mostly rural Includes Castletown | Alastair I MacDonald | Liberal Democrat |
| Caithness South East | Mostly rural Includes Lybster | William A Mowat | Independent |
| Pultneytown | Pultneytown area of Wick | Jim Oag | Independent |
| Thurso Central | Part of Thurso | John Rosie | Labour |
| Thurso East | Part of Thurso | Falconer Waters | Independent |
| Thurso West | Part of Thurso | Roger Eric Saxon | Labour |
| Wick | Part of Wick | Graeme M Smith | Liberal Democrat |
| Wick West | Part of Wick | Deidre Steven | Labour |

## 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 | Councillor | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ardersier, Croy and Petty | To the east of the city of Inverness Mostly rural Includes Ardersier | Missing information | Missing information |
| Ballifeary | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Balloch | To the east of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Beauly and Strathglass | Mostly rural Includes Beauly and Strathglass | Missing information | Missing information |
| Canal | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Culduthel | Part of the city and a rural area to the south | Missing information | Missing information |
| Culloden | To the east of the city Mostly rural | Missing information | Missing information |
| Crown | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Drumossie | To the southeast of the city Mostly rural | Missing information | Missing information |
| Hilton | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Inches | Part of city and an area to the southeast | Missing information | Missing information |
| Inverness Central | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Inverness West | Part of the city and an area to the southwest | Missing information | Missing information |
| Kirkhill | Part of the city and a rural area to the southwest | Missing information | Missing information |
| Lochardil | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Loch Ness East | On the southeast side of Loch Ness (but includes the area of the loch itself) Mostly rural Includes part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Loch Ness West | Mostly on the northwest side of Loch Ness Mostly rural Includes Drumnadrochit and Fort Augustus | Missing information | Missing information |
| Merkinch | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Milton | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Muirtown | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Raigmore | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Scorguie | Part of the city | Missing information | Missing information |
| Westhill and Smithton | To the east of the city | Missing information | Missing information |

## Lochaber wards

There are eight wards in the Lochaber area:

| Ward | Towns and villages | Councillor | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ardnamurchan and Morvern | Acharacle | Missing information | Missing information |
| Caol | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Claggan and Glen Spean | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Fort William North | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Fort William South | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Glencoe | Kinlochleven | Missing information | Missing information |
| Kilmallie and Invergary | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Mallaig and Small Isles | Mallaig | Missing information | Missing information |

## 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 | Councillor | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Nairn Alltan | Part of the town and a western area | Missing information | Missing information |
| Nairn Auldearn | Part of the town and a south-eastern area | Missing information | Missing information |
| Nairn Cawdor | Part of the town and a south-western area | Missing information | Missing information |
| Nairn Ninian | Part of the town and an eastern area | Missing information | Missing information |

## Ross and Cromarty wards

There are 18 wards in the Ross and Cromarty area:

| Ward | Description | Councillor | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alness and Ardross | Includes Alness and Ardross | Missing information | Missing information |
| Avoch and Fortrose | Part of the Black Isle | Missing information | Missing information |
| Black Isle North | Part of the Black Isle | Missing information | Missing information |
| Conon and Maryburgh | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Dingwall North | Includes part of Dingwall | Missing information | Missing information |
| Dingwall South | Includes part of Dingwall | Missing information | Missing information |
| Ferindonald | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Gairloch | Includes Gairloch and Ullapool |
| Invergordon | Includes Invergordon | Missing information | Missing information |
| Knockbain and Killearnan | Part of the Black Isle | Missing information | Missing information |
| Lochbroom | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Lochcarron | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Muir of Ord | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Rosskeen and Saltburn | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Seaboard | Includes the Seaboard Villages | Missing information | Missing information |
| Strathpeffer and Strathconon | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Tain East | Includes part of Tain | Missing information | Missing information |
| Tain West | Includes part of Tain | Missing information | Missing information |

## Skye and Lochalsh area

There are six wards in the Skye and Lochalsh area:

| Ward | Towns and villages | Councillor | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kinlochshiel | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Kyle and Sleat | | Missing information | Missing information |
| Portree | Portree | Missing information | Missing information |
| Skye Central | Broadford | Missing information | Missing information |
| Skye West | Dunvegan | Missing information | Missing information |
| Snizort and Trotternish | | Missing information | Missing information |

## Sutherland area

There are six wards in the Sutherland area:

| Ward | Towns and villages | Councillor | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Brora | Brora | Missing information | Missing information |
| Dornoch Firth | Dornoch, | Missing information | Missing information |
| Golspie and Rogart | Golspie, Rogart | Missing information | Missing information |
| Sutherland Central | Lairg, Bonar Bridge | Missing information | Missing information |
| Sutherland North West | Durness, Lochinver | Missing information | Missing information |
| Tongue and Farr | Tongue, Farr, Bettyhill, Reay | Elrene Jardine | Liberal Democrat |
