Aird and Loch Ness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes Loch Ness, the town of Beauly, and the village of Fort Augustus. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Margaret Davidson (Ind.) | Helen Carmichael (Ind.) | Drew Hendry (SNP) | Hamish Wood (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| Oct 2015 | Jean Davis (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
| 2017 | Emma Knox (SNP) | George Cruickshank (Conservative) | ||||||
| Mar 2021 | David Fraser (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2022 | Helen Crawford (Conservative) | Chris Ballance (Green) | ||||||
See main article: 2022 Highland Council election.
A by-election was originally scheduled to take place on 5 November 2020 to elect one councillor after the death of George Cruickshank. However, it was postponed to 11 March 2021.[1]
See main article: 2017 Highland Council election.
A by-election was triggered by the resignation of Drew Hendry in July 2015, following his election as an MP.[2]
See main article: 2012 Highland Council election.
See main article: 2007 Highland Council election.
See main article: 2003 Highland Council election. Prior to 2007, council elections used single member wards with a first-past-the-post voting system. The current boundaries for Aird and Loch Ness mainly include the 1999-2007 wards of Loch Ness West, Loch Ness East, Beauly and Strathglass and Kirkhill. A large part of the old Inverness West ward is also included. Seven other old wards overlap with Aird and Loch Ness, but the vast majority of their areas lie outside the present boundary.[3]
See main article: 1999 Highland Council election. Prior to 2007, council elections used single member wards with a first-past-the-post voting system. The current boundaries for Aird and Loch Ness mainly include the 1999-2007 wards of Loch Ness West, Loch Ness East, Beauly and Strathglass and Kirkhill. A large part of the old Inverness West ward is also included. Seven other old wards overlap with Aird and Loch Ness, but the vast majority of their areas lie outside the present boundary.
¹For previous Kirkhill ward boundary
²For Drumnadrochit ward
³For East Loch Ness ward
See main article: 1995 Highland Council election. Prior to 2007, council elections used single member wards with a first-past-the-post voting system. The current boundaries for Aird and Loch Ness mainly include the 1995 wards of Beauly, Drumnadrochit, Kirkhill, Fort Augustus and East Loch Ness. Large parts of the Scorguie and Strathnairn and Strathdearn wards are also included. Five other old wards overlap with Aird and Loch Ness, but the vast majority of their areas lie outside the present boundary.