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Highland.

Scottish National Party (SNP)-controlled scottish_council. 21 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.

Typescottish_council
Seats78 councillors · 21 wards
Last election5 May 2022
Net revenue ·
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
25/78
Scottish National Party (SNP) 32%
Westminster
3
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Scottish National Party (SNP) chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Highland is a scottish_council controlled by Scottish National Party (SNP) (25 of 78 seats). It covers 21 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.78 seats · last contested 5 May 2022

Who sits in the chamber.

Scottish National Party (SNP) 25Independent Berwick Hills Resident 24LD 15Con 9Green 3Lab 2

Scottish National Party (SNP) 32% · last contested 5 May 2022

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Chris BallanceGrnAird Loch Ness2022
David FraserIndAird Loch Ness2022
Emma KnoxIndAird Loch Ness2022
Helen CrawfordConAird Loch Ness2022
Bill LobbanIndBadenoch Strathspey2022
John BruceConBadenoch Strathspey2022
Muriel CockburnIndBadenoch Strathspey2022
Russell JonesIndBadenoch Strathspey2022
Lyndsey JohnstonIndBlack Isle2022
Morven-May MacCallumLDBlack Isle2022
Sarah AtkinIndBlack Isle2022
Craig FraserIndBlack Isle2017
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§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.21 wards split across 3 parliamentary seats

Highland’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire1152% Angus MacDonaldLD
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross838% Jamie StoneLD
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey210% Graham LeadbitterSNP
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Scottish National Party (SNP)-controlled scottish_council — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
Not yet ingested for Highland
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level