# East Sutherland and Edderton (ward)

East Sutherland and Edderton is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Brora, Dornoch, Edderton, Golspie and Helmsdale. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | Jim McGillivray (Ind.) | | Deirdre Mackay (Labour) | Ian Ross (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | Jim McGillivray (Ind.) | Graham Phillips (SNP) | Deirdre Mackay (Labour) |
| 2017 | Jim McGillivray (Ind.) | Richard Gale (Liberal Democrats) | Deirdre Mackay (Labour) |
| 2022 | Jim McGillivray (Ind.) | Richard Gale (Liberal Democrats) | Leslie-anne Niven (SNP) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

East Sutherland and Edderton - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Gale (incumbent) | 35.8 | 1,151 | | | |
| | SNP | Leslie-anne Niven | 26.5 | 853 | | | |
| | Independent | Jim McGillivray (incumbent) | 19.0 | 611 | 775 | 796 | 834 |
| | Conservative | Max Bannerman | 17.0 | 546 | 613 | 615 | 635 |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian | 1.6 | 53 | 80 | 84 | |
| Electorate: 6,446 Valid: 3,214 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 804 Turnout: 50.5% ||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Highland Council election
East Sutherland and Edderton - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Deirdre MacKay (incumbent) | 21.20% | 755 | 757 | 831 | 946 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Gale | 19.63% | 699 | 715 | 773 | 889 | 909 | | |
| | Independent | Jim McGillivray (incumbent) | 16.76% | 597 | 600 | 649 | 793 | 806 | 814 | 1,155 |
| | SNP | Graham Phillips (incumbent) | 18.20% | 648 | 653 | 711 | 725 | 732 | 735 | |
| | Conservative | Eva Short | 14.52% | 517 | 518 | 532 | | | | |
| | No Label | George Gunn | 8.68% | 309 | 311 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian | 1.01% | 36 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,561 Spoilt: 30 Quota: 891 Turnout: 57.1% |||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Highland Council election
East Sutherland and Edderton - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Deirdre MacKay (incumbent) | 32.21% | 966 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim McGillivray (incumbent) | 19.27% | 578 | 622 | 642.9 | 691.2 | 811 | | |
| | SNP | Graham Phillips | 17.34% | 520 | 544.6 | 548 | 554.7 | 605.8 | 618.1 | 771.7 |
| | Independent | Richard Gale | 12.74% | 382 | 424.5 | 442.8 | 485.3 | 567.8 | 585.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robbie Rowantree * | 9.67% | 290 | 334.5 | 340.1 | 402.1 | | | |
| | Conservative | Kerensa Carr | 6.27% | 188 | 198.5 | 220.6 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Annie Murray | 2.5% | 75 | 81.9 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,179 Valid: 2,999 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 750 Turnout: 3,034 (49.1%) |||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Highland Council election
The Highland Council election, 2007: East Sutherland and Edderton :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Ross | 838 | 22.8 | 1 | 7 |
| Labour | Deirdre Mackay | 703 | 19.2 | 2 | 10 |
| SNP | Derek Louden | 511 | 13.9 | | |
| Independent | Jim McGillivray | 482 | 13.1 | 3 | 10 |
| Conservative | Michael Napper | 423 | 11.5 | | |
| Independent | Jimmy Melville | 252 | 6.9 | | |
| Independent | Evelyn MacKenzie | 155 | 4.2 | | |
| Independent | Gordon Campbell | 125 | 3.4 | | |
| Independent | Gordon Clunie | 114 | 3.1 | | |
| Independent | Richard Easson | 40 | 1.1 | | |
| Solidarity | Frank Ward | 27 | 0.7 | | |