# Badenoch and Strathspey (ward)

Badenoch and Strathspey is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It encompasses the towns and villages of Aviemore, Boat of Garten, Carrbridge, Cromdale, Dulnain Bridge, Grantown-on-Spey, Kingussie, Newtonmore and Nethy Bridge. It elects four Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | David Fallows (SNP) | | Stuart Black (Liberal Democrats) | | Gregor Rimell (Ind./Liberal Democrats) | | Jaci Douglas (Ind.) |
| 2012 | | David Fallows (SNP) | Bill Lobban (SNP/ Ind.) | | | Gregor Rimell (Ind./Liberal Democrats) | | Jaci Douglas (Ind.) |
| 2017 | Muriel Cockburn (SNP) | | Bill Lobban (SNP/ Ind.) | | John Bruce (Conservative) | | Pippa Hadley (Greens) |
| 2022 | Muriel Cockburn (SNP) | | Bill Lobban (SNP/ Ind.) | Russell Jones (Ind.) | John Bruce (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Badenoch and Strathspey - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | Russell Jones | 23.1 | 1,280 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Muriel Cockburn (incumbent) | 16.0 | 886 | 900 | 914 | 1,210 | | | | |
| | Conservative | John Bruce (incumbent) | 15.6 | 861 | 878 | 899 | 906 | 907 | 1,043 | 1,051 | 1,217 |
| | Independent | Bill Lobban (incumbent) | 15.2 | 842 | 895 | 946 | 962 | 978 | 1,133 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Pippa Hadley (incumbent) | 10.3 | 568 | 593 | 624 | 655 | 702 | 850 | 858 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Declan Gallacher | 8.8 | 489 | 503 | 575 | 596 | 605 | | | |
| | SNP | Dave Fallows | 6.7 | 371 | 381 | 397 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Charlie Whelan | 4.2 | 232 | 241 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,899 Valid: 5,529 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,106 Turnout: 51.6% ||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Highland Council election
Badenoch and Strathspey - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Conservative | John Bruce | 23.58% | 1,266 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bill Lobban (incumbent) | 22.15% | 1,189 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Muriel Cockburn | 18.48% | 992 | 993.8 | 1,005.9 | 1,014.8 | 1,040.5 | 1,089.9 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Pippa Hadley | 14.04% | 754 | 763.7 | 784.1 | 808.3 | 820.6 | 905.7 | 915.4 | 1,230.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gregor Rimell (incumbent) | 9.61% | 516 | 571.4 | 601.5 | 663.9 | 689.6 | 793.7 | 795.4 | |
| | Independent | Stewart Dick | 6.26% | 336 | 362.8 | 371.7 | 401.1 | 455.7 | | | |
| | UKIP | Les Durance | 3.15% | 169 | 198.6 | 202.7 | 210.9 | | | | |
| | Independent | Donald MacDonald | 2.74% | 147 | 167.8 | 185.3 | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,369 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,074 Turnout: 5,412 (51%) ||||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Highland Council election
Badenoch and Strathspey - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Jaci Douglas (incumbent) | 24.68% | 1,082 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Bill Lobban | 17.99% | 789 | 813.3 | 818.9 | 840.1 | 844.8 | 970.6 |
| | SNP | David Fallows (incumbent)††††††††††† | 16.49% | 723 | 750.3 | 764.5 | 796.6 | 805.8 | 912.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gregor Rimell (incumbent) | 14.73% | 646 | 707.3 | 720.3 | 927.9 | | |
| | Labour | Kieran Turner | 12.91% | 566 | 596.5 | 610.7 | 640.6 | 653.6 | |
| | Conservative | Les Durance | 10.22% | 448 | 466.5 | 518.1 | | | |
| | UKIP | Ross Durance | 2.99% | 131 | 141.4 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,348 Valid: 4,385 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 878 Turnout: 4,434 (42.85%) ||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Highland Council election
The Highland Council election, 2007: Badenoch and Strathspey :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Black | 1,720 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | David Fallows | 1,347 | 24.4 | 2 | 1 |
| Independent | Gregor Rimell | 736 | 13.3 | 3 | 5 |
| Conservative | Les Durance | 532 | 9.6 | | |
| Independent | Jaci Douglas | 484 | 8.8 | 4 | 7 |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Donald Scobbie | 350 | 6.4 | | |
| Independent | Angela Cox | 347 | 6.3 | | |