Teenage Inverness footballer elected, full community council results
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GRASSROOTS politics in Inverness could be revitalised with the help of a promising young Caley Thistle footballer.
Calum Ferguson, a centre forward who won the Scottish Premier League club’s under-17 player of the year award last season, has become the first 16-year-old to be elected onto a community council in the city.
He finished sixth out of 12 in the vote for Lochardil and Drummond Community Council, which has places for 11 members.
> More on Calum in today's Courier.
Full results of all the community council elections in our area are below. The number of votes each candidate received is in brackets.
Ardersier and Petty —
Elected: Patricia Barrett (325), Isabel Fraser (324), Christine Wondin (251), John Ross (248), Alisdair McKay (191), James Devidge (186), Irene Ross (169), George Grant (161).
Not elected: Molly Witts (154); Margaret Cochrane (131); Mary Spence (122); Lorna Morrison (121), Tony Miklinski (116), Sharon Clarke (86), Stephanie Wilkins (79), Donald Jack (74), Jason Clarke (56).
Beauly —
Elected: James Campbell (416), Seona Fraser (327), Rosemary MacDonald (297), Jane Campbell (280), Tony Boyland (236), Belle Maxwell (195), James Stewart (179), Katie Cumming (175).
Not elected: Jean Mackie (166).
Carrbridge —
Elected: David Ritchie (320), Scott Bruce (314), Robert McInnes (307), Andrew Kirk (301), Carol Ritchie (265), Fiona Mullen (210), Lara Campbell (195), Kate Adamson (188).
Not elected: Kate Clark (137), Colin Rostant (110), Iris MacNaughton (50).
Cromarty —
Elected: Julie Kathleen Penwright (313), Anne Short MBE (309), Vivienne Janice Plampton (nee Griffiths) (280), Ronald John W. Young (241), Helen Elliott (226), Gabriele Pearson (157), Bill Wall (156).
Not elected: Vanessa Halhead (148).
Dores and Essich —
Elected: Ella MacRae (144), Gavin Finlay (122), Ruairidh MacLennan (122), John Hedger (90), Duncan Manson (90), Roslyn Mackay (88), Graham Scott (88), Stephen Feltham (79).
Not elected: John Martin (77), Annette Munro (73).
Fortrose and Rosemarkie —
Elected: Ewen Cameron Wylie (572), Jennifer Mary Barclay (555), Anne Phillips (543), Archie MacLeod (486), Libby Brown (451), Okain McLennan (438), Neil Campbell MacLeod (404), James Cornwell (324), Gerry McGarry (269).
Not elected: Brenda Steele (262), Allan Craig (257).
Kilmorack —
Elected: Mark Hedderwick (195), Duncan Fraser (181), John Stewart (154), Stephen Byford (145), Clare Caldwell (104), Mary Graham (94), John Graham (79).
Not elected: Adrian Todd (64).
Lochardil and Drummond —
Elected: Hugh Crout (766), Michael Gimson (760), Ian Thomson (722), Lawrence Johnson (631), Alison Bone (625), Calum Ferguson (595), Toby Stainton (588), Chris Lemon (575), Fiona Gell (572), Emma Marr (547), Maria De La Torre (482).
Not elected: John Marr (435).
Nairn Suburban —
Elected: Richard Youngson (630), John Mackie (520), Martin Ashford (509), Ian Knox (356), John Hart (354), Murray Walker (353), John Hampson (348), Linda Bisset (326), Lorraine Mallinson (315), Sorcha O’Carroll (221).
Not elected: Bet Caven (189).
Nairn West —
Elected: Rosemary Young (354), Laurence Kerr (264), Bill Young (242), Ann Torrance (214), Brian Stewart (195), George Mackay (188), Jimmy Ferguson (181), Seonaid Armstrong (177).
Not elected: Helen Petrow (168), Ritchie Cunningham (166), Graham Vine (136).
Stratherrick and Foyers —
Elected: Mark Houston (220), Elizabeth Merther (220), Morag Cameron (215), Liam MacNally (207), Alex Sutherland (207), Ken Fraser (194), Sandy MacPherson (187), Fraser Ross (185).
Not elected: Katherine Grant (161), Marjory Williams (140), Frank Ellam (118), Katie Ellam (105), Donald Forbes (96), Geri Stocks (96), Justin Sharp (70).
Strathglass —
Elected: Donald Fraser (175), Robin Sproull (169), Molly Doyle (155), Nigel Fraser (141), James Seatter (138), Alan Thomas (136), Heather Redmond (132), June Dunn (129).
Not elected: Edward Redmond (127).
Strathnairn —
Elected: James MacPherson (269), Sally Moore (259), Frances Matheson (255), William MacQueen (246), Paul Davies (222), John Murray (209), Jennifer Stewart (199), David Rennie (156), Ewen Hardie (152).
Not elected: Darren Read (144), Ian Hunt (119).
