# Highland (ward)

Highland is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Perth and Kinross Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Eleanor Howie (SNP) | | Ken Lyall (SNP) | Ian Campbell (Conservative) |
| 2008 by- | Kaite Howie (SNP) | | | Ken Lyall (SNP) | Ian Campbell (Conservative) |
| 2011 by- | Kaite Howie (SNP) | Mike Williamson (SNP) | | | Ian Campbell (Conservative) |
| 2012 | Kaite Howie (SNP) | Mike Williamson (SNP) | | | Ian Campbell (Conservative) |
| 2017 | | Mike Williamson (SNP) | Xander McDade (Ind.) | | Ian Campbell (Conservative) |
| 2018 by- | John Duff (Conservative) | Mike Williamson (SNP) | Xander McDade (Ind.) |
| 2022 | John Duff (Conservative) | Mike Williamson (SNP) | Xander McDade (Ind.) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Perth and Kinross Council election
Highland - 3 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 Duff (incumbent) | 24.92% | 1,110 | 1,120 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Xander McDade (incumbent) | 21.93% | 977 | 1,009 | 1,010.1 | 1,076.15 | 1,148.16 | | | |
| | SNP | Michael Williamson (incumbent) | 19.21% | 856 | 857 | 857.16 | 865.16 | 908.16 | 914.89 | 930.38 | 1,740.42 |
| | SNP | Sally Murray | 18.11% | 807 | 811 | 811.15 | 829.16 | 899.17 | 905.09 | 916.98 | |
| | Conservative | Rhona Metcalf | 6.02% | 268 | 275 | 279 | 283.03 | 291.06 | 297.86 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Mary McDougall | 4.56% | 203 | 212 | 212.1 | 247.11 | | | | |
| | Labour | Paula Hunter | 3.3% | 147 | 166 | 166.18 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry McMahon | 1.95% | 87 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,674 Valid: 4,455 Quota: 1,114 Turnout: 58.8% ||||

### 2018 By-election

Highland By-election (19 April 2018) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Conservative | John Duff | 46.7 | 1,907 | 1,908 | 1,923 | 1,930 | 1,977 | 2,084 |
| | SNP | John Kellas | 35.9 | 1,466 | 1,467 | 1,472 | 1,509 | 1,594 | 1,712 |
| | Independent | Avril Taylor | 6.9 | 280 | 286 | 299 | 325 | 391 | |
| | Labour | Jayne Ramage | 5.8 | 239 | 240 | 256 | 280 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Mary McDougall | 2.5 | 104 | 106 | 118 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Rennie | 1.9 | 78 | 78 | | | | |
| | Independent | Denise Baykal | 0.3 | 12 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,333 Valid: 4,086 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 2,044 Turnout: 56.2% ||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Perth and Kinross Council election
Highland - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | Ian Campbell (incumbent)†† | 45.44 | 1,927 | | | | |
| | SNP | Mike Williamson (incumbent) | 19.22 | 815 | 843.76 | 877.11 | 911.6 | 1,578.94 |
| | SNP | Kirsty Gowans | 17.31 | 734 | 757.82 | 791.27 | 822.21 | |
| | Independent | Xander McDade | 10.59 | 449 | 716.39 | 770.28 | 953.5 | 1,024.24 |
| | Scottish Green | Mary McDougall | 3.96 | 168 | 200.81 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Spittal | 3.49 | 148 | 332.71 | 385.39 | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,241 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,061 Turnout: 4,306 (58.4%) |||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Perth and Kinross Council election
Highland - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Katie Howie (incumbent) | 33.09% | 1,141 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Ian Campbell (incumbent) | 23.93% | 825 | 839 | 849 | 902 | | |
| | SNP | Mike Williamson (incumbent) | 15.28% | 527 | 727 | 742 | 776 | 780 | 879 |
| | Independent | Xander McDade | 9.08% | 313 | 334 | 368 | 410 | 418 | 559 |
| | Independent | William Leszke | 8.29% | 286 | 292 | 310 | 370 | 378 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor Clements | 6.24% | 215 | 227 | 250 | | | |
| | Labour | Lorna Ferguson | 4.09% | 141 | 147 | | | | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 3,448 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 863 Turnout: 3,500 (%) ||||||||||

### 2011 By-election

Highland by-election, 19 September 2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Mike Williamson | 54.43 | 1,449 |
| | Conservative | Graham Rees | 22.39 | 596 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor Clements | 12.06 | 321 |
| | Independent | William Leske | 10.11 | 269 |
| | Independent | Chris Rennie | 1.0 | 27 |
| | SNP hold | Swing | | |
| Electorate: 7,183 Valid: 2,662 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,332 Turnout: 2,685 (37.38%) |||||

### 2008 By-election

Highland by-election, 22 February 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Katie Howie | 59.90 | 1,891 |
| | Conservative | Graham Rees | 29.78 | 940 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Kenton | 7.25 | 229 |
| | Labour | Anne Chatt | 3.07 | 97 |
| | SNP hold | Swing | | |
| Electorate: 7,282 Valid: 3,157 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 1,579 Turnout: 43.6% |||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Perth and Kinross Council election
Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Highland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Eleanor Howie | 32.9 | 1,489 |
| | Conservative | Ian Campbell | 25.6 | 1,158 |
| | SNP | Ken Lyall | 25.4 | 1,150 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Danus Skene | 13.5 | 609 |
| | Independent | Ron Rose | 2.5 | 115 |
| Electorate: 7,312 Valid: 4,531 Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,131 Turnout: 63.14% |||||