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1990 Highland Regional Council election

{{Short description|Scottish election}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{One source|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1990 Highland Regional Council election

| country = Scotland

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1986 Highland Regional Council election

| previous_year = 1986

| election_date = {{Start date|1990|5|3|df=y}}

| next_election = 1994 Highland Regional Council election

| next_year = 1994

| seats_for_election = All 52 seats to Highland Regional Council

| majority_seats = 27

|turnout = 42.9%

| image1 = File:No image wide.svg

| party1 = Independent (politician)

| last_election1 = 36 seats, 73.0%

| seats1 = 34

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}2

| popular_vote1 = 19,359

| percentage1 = 56.9%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}16.1%

| image2 = File:No image wide.svg

| party2 = Scottish Labour Party

| last_election2 = 7 seats, 14.4%

| seats2 = 10

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}3

| popular_vote2 = 3,994

| percentage2 = 11.7%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}2.7%

| image3 = File:No image wide.svg

| party3 = Scottish Liberal Democrats

| last_election3 = 3 seats, 2.6%

| seats3 = 3

| seat_change3 = {{nochange}}0

| popular_vote3 = 1,941

| percentage3 = 5.7%

| swing3 = {{increase}}3.1%

| image4 = File:No image wide.svg

| party4 = Scottish National Party

| last_election4 = 3 seat, 6.4%

| seats4 = 2

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}1

| popular_vote4 = 3,994

| percentage4 = 11.7%

| swing4 = {{increase}}5.3%

| image5 = File:No image wide.svg

| party5 = Green Party (UK)

| last_election5 = Did Not Stand

| seats5 = 1

| seat_change5 = {{increase}}1

| popular_vote5 = 3,560

| percentage5 = 10.5%

| swing5 = New

| image6 = File:No image wide.svg

| party6 = Scottish Conservative Party

| last_election6 = 2 seats, 2.2%

| seats6 = 1

| seat_change6 = {{decrease}}1

| popular_vote6 = 946

| percentage6 = 2.8%

| swing6 = {{increase}}0.6%

| image7 = File:No image wide.svg

| party7 = Independent Liberal

| last_election7 = Did Not Stand

| seats7 = 1

| seat_change7 = {{increase}}1

| popular_vote7 = 0

| percentage7 = 0.0%

| swing7 = New

| map_image =

| map_size =

| map_alt =

| map =

| map_caption =

| title = Council Convener

| before_election = Sandy Russell

| before_party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

| posttitle = Council Convener after election

| after_election = Duncan McPherson

| after_party = Independent (politician)

}}

The 1990 Highland Regional Council election to the Highland Regional Council was held on 3 May 1990 as part of the wider 1990 Scottish regional elections. Independents won control of 36 of the council's 52 seats.

Turnout was 42.9% in the 27 of the region's 52 districts that were contested.

File:Highland Regional Council 1990.svg

Aggregate results

{{Election summary begin|title = Highland Regional election, 1990[http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1990.pdf pp.42-45]
Turnout: 42.1%}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Independent (politician)

|seats = 34

|gain =

|loss =

|net = {{decrease}}2

|seats % = 65.4

|votes % = 57.0

|votes = 19,359

|plus/minus = {{decrease}}16.1

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|seats = 10

|gain =

|loss =

|net = {{increase}}3

|seats % = 19.2

|votes % = 11.8

|votes = 3,994

|plus/minus = {{decrease}}2.7

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|seats = 3

|gain =

|loss =

|net = {{nochange}}0

|seats % = 5.8

|votes % = 5.7

|votes = 1,941

|plus/minus = {{increase}}3.1

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Scottish National Party

|seats = 2

|gain =

|loss =

|net = {{increase}}2

|seats % = 3.8

|votes % = 11.8

|votes = 3,994

|plus/minus = {{increase}}5.3

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Green Party (UK)

|seats = 1

|gain =

|loss =

|net = {{increase}}1

|seats % = 1.9

|votes % = 10.5

|votes = 3,560

|plus/minus = New

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Scottish Conservative Party

|seats = 1

|gain =

|loss =

|net = {{decrease}}1

|seats % = 1.9

|votes % = 2.8

|votes = 946

|plus/minus = {{increase}}0.6

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Independent Liberal

|seats = 1

|gain =

|loss =

|net = {{increase}}1

|seats % = 1.9

|votes % = 0.0

|votes = 0

|plus/minus = New

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Independent Labour

|seats = 0

|gain =

|loss =

|net = {{decrease}}1

|seats % = 0.0

|votes % = 0.6

|votes = 217

|plus/minus = {{decrease}}0.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

Ward results

class="wikitable"
colspan=5 | Highland Regional election, 1990{{cite web|last1=Bochel|first1=JM|last2=Denver|first2=DT|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1990.pdf|title=Scottish Regional Elections, 1990|website=The Elections Centre|pages=1–3|access-date=22 April 2020}}
scope="col" |

! scope="col" | Ward

! scope="col" | Councillor

! colspan=2 | Result

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |1

| Thurso West

| J. H. Fry

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |2

| Thurso East

| W. S. Smith

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |3

| Wick

| A. Murray

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |4

| Pulteney

| J. W. Oag

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |5

| Caithness North East

| W. Mowat

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |6

| Caithness South East

| W. A. Mowat

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |7

| Caithness Central

| D. Coghill

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |8

| Caithness West

| R. E. Godfrey

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |9

| Dornoch/Creich etc.

| A. M. Gilmour

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |10

| Fleet

| A. Murray

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |11

| Sutherland North West

| F. R. M. Keith

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |12

| Sutherland East

| R. R. McDonald

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |12A

| Toungue/Farr

| A. MacKay

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |13

| Lochbroom/Conon Valley

| D. R. Green

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |14

| Wester Ross

| D. N. Cameron

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |15

| Seaforth

| M. J. Nicolson

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |16

| Dingwall

| M. McKechnie

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |17

| Black Isle West

| H. Fraser

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |18

| Black Isle East

| D. J. McPherson

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |19

| Ferindonald

| V. MacIver

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |19A

| Alness

| J. MacInnes

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |20

| Invergordon

| I. C. Rhind

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |21

| Easter Ross

| E. D. Wilkerson

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |22

| Tain

| A. Rhind

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |23

| Ross South West

| W. M. Fulton

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |24

| Skye South & East

| F. M. MacLennan

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |25

| Skye North & West

| D. Grant

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats}} gain from Independent

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |26

| Fort William

| I. J. Macdonald

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} gain from Independent

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |27

| Caol/Inverlochy

| M. J. MacKay

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |28

| Nevis

| J. K. MacKay

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} gain from Independent

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |29

| Mallaig/Ardnamurchan

| M. E. M. Foxley

| {{Party name with colour|Independent Liberal}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |30

| Glencoe/Nether Lochaber

| A. S. Robertson

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |31

| Merkinch

| J. M. Henry

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |32

| Dalneigh/Muirtown

| W. J. Smith

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} gain from Labour

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |33

| Ballifeary/Columba

| A. Milne

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |34

| Ness Central

| C. M. Cumming

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} gain from Independent

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |35

| Crown/Raigmore

| C. L. Goodman

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |36

| Old Edinburgh

| A. G. Sellar

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |37

| Drummond

| W. A. E. Fraser

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |38

| Hilton

| T. Mackenzie

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |39

| Ardersier/Petty etc.

| P. J. Peacock

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |39A

| Inverness East

| W. McGarrity

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} gain from Independent

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |40

| Strathdearn

| Mack of Mackintosh

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |41

| Aird South

| A. W. Mackenzie

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} gain from Independent

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |41A

| Charleston

| J. T. MacDonald

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | 42

| Aird North

| J. S. Munro

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |43

| Strathspey

| B. M. S. Dunlop

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} gain from SNP

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |44

| Cairngorm

| A. I. M. Glen

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |45

| Badenoch

| A. J. Russell

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |46

| Ninian

| W. Shand

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} gain from Conservative

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |47

| Nairn County

| M. J. O. Graham

| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservatives}} hold

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |47A

| Alltan

| R. E. Winter

| {{Party name with colour|Green Party (UK)}} gain from Independent

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Highland elections}}

{{United Kingdom local elections, 1990}}

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1990