Highland Council Election: Discover who is standing in your area as more than twice the number of candidates as seats available enter the race to represent Inverness and Nairn wards
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Highland Council Election: The full slate of those standing is released while it also shows a wave of councillors standing down
The full list of candidates seeking to represent the Inverness and area at Highland Council has been confirmed by the local authority.
In all there are eight wards across the wider Inverness area – Aird and Loch Ness; Inverness West; Inverness Central; Inverness Ness-side; Inverness Millburn; Culloden and Ardersier; Nairn and Cawdor; and Inverness South.
The votes in each ward have attracted 59 candidates vying for 27 seats making them some of the most contested areas in the whole region.
The full slate of those standing is released while it also shows a wave of councillors standing down including big names like the current council leader Margaret Davidson and Labour group leader Jimmy Gray.
Voters will go to the polls on May 5 to elect a new Highland Council.
Aird and Loch Ness:
Chris Ballance, Scottish Greens Think Global Act Local
Helen Crawford, Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Aarron Duncan-Macleod, Independent
David Fraser, Independent
Holly Kingham, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Emma Knox, Scottish National Party (SNP)
Michael Perera, Scottish Labour Party
Inverness West:
Bill Boyd, Scottish National Party (SNP)
Ryan Forbes, Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Iain Forsyth, Independence for Scotland Party
Shaun Alexander Fraser, Scottish Labour Party
Alex Graham, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Ryan Mackintosh, Scottish Greens – Delivering For Our Community
Duncan McDonald, Independent
David Sansum, Independent
Helen Smith, Independent
Inverness Central:
Andrew Barnett, Independent
Michael Cameron, Scottish National Party (SNP)
Donald Mackenzie, Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Luigi Andrew Mackinnon, Independent
Kate Maclean, Scottish National Party (SNP)
Bet McAllister, Scottish Labour Party
John William McColl, Scottish Family Party: Pro-Family, ProMarriage, Pro-Life
Martin Rattray, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Sean Robertson, Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Arun Sharma, Scottish Greens – Delivering For Our Community
Inverness Ness-side:
Alasdair Christie, Scottish Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Jackie Hendry, Scottish National Party (SNP)
Calum Mark Liptrot, Scottish Libertarian Party
Andrew Mackintosh, Scottish Labour Party
Claire Maclean, Scottish Greens – Delivering For Our Community
Ron MacWilliam, Independent
Ric Scott, Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Inverness Millburn:
Ian Brown, Scottish National Party (SNP)
David Gregg, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Isabelle Mackenzie, Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Lewis Whyte, Scottish Labour Party
Culloden and Ardersier:
Steven Calvert, Scottish Labour Party
Glynis Campbell-Sinclair, Scottish National Party (SNP)
Mya Chemonges-Murzynowska, Alba Party for independence
Morven Reid, Independent
Mel Robertson, Independent
Trish Robertson, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Mary Scanlon, Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Nairn and Cawdor:
Kevin Brooks, Independent
Laurie Fraser, Independent
Michael Green, Independent
Barbara Babs Jarvie, Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Cal MacLeod, Scottish Family Party: Pro-Family, ProMarriage, Pro-Life
Paul Oldham, Scottish National Party (SNP)
Kevin James Reid, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Marjory Smith, Alba Party for independence
Inverness South:
Colin Aitken, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Jimmy Duncan, Alba Party for independence
Claire Filer, Scottish Greens – Delivering For Our Community
Ken Gowans, Scottish National Party (SNP)
David Jardine, Scottish Labour Party
Duncan Macpherson, Independent
Andrew Sinclair, Scottish Conservative and Unionist
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