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Caron Lindsay

Liberal Democrat Trish Robertson GAINS a seat from Labour in the Highlands

By Caron Lindsay | Fri 7th October 2016 - 6:13 pm

View from Hillockhead towards Chanonry PointThere seems to be something special about Highland Council by-elections in early October for the Liberal Democrats. On 8 October last year, Jean Davis won the Aird and Loch Ness ward. Now, a year later, Trish Robertson has been elected as Liberal Democrat councillor for Culloden and Ardersier in a thrilling count that went to the wire. The photo shows a bit of the ward on the other side of the firth from our holiday cottage near Rosemarkie.

Scotland uses the Single Transferrable Vote  for local elections and the Alternative Vote for single place by-elections. On first preferences, the SNP were 290 ahead of Trish in second place. The Tories were a mere 24 votes behind us.

By stage 8, Trish had moved to 25 votes ahead of the SNP.

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