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East Sutherland & Edderton

Highland · polled Thursday 25 June
Independents and others defending

The ward last elected three councillors together, in May 2022; the Liberal Democrats took the most votes with 36 per cent. Earlier contests were led by independents and others in 2017 and 2012. 5 candidates are standing.

Result
Independent hold
Party Share
Ind40.2%
Liberal Democrats32.9%
SNP17.4%
Reform UK7.2%
Conservative2.3%

How this ward has voted
ResultConservativeLabourLiberal DemocratsSNPIndependents and others
May 202217%-36%27%21%
May 201715%21%20%18%26%
May 20126%32%10%17%35%

Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground. The independents-and-others share includes UKIP (3% in May 2012).

On the ballot
The council

Highland is a Scottish council: it runs every local service. Current control: SNP / Independent.

Current composition of 74 seats
Conservative 6Labour 2Liberal Democrats 15Green 3SNP 18Independents and others 29Vacant 1

Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by independents at elections since 2022.

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Wards coloured by the party that led first preferences at the 2022 election; the by-election ward is outlined. Hover a ward for its 2022 result.

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Council composition from Open Council Data. Candidates, candidate histories and polling-day information from Democracy Club. Historical ward results from the Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club. Boundary data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.