Blue - Independent Group (25)
Cream - Liberal Democrats (21)
Red - Labour (6)
Yellow - SNP (18)
Dark purple - Independent Members Group (6)
Green - Independent Alliance Group (4)
The representation on the 80 member council is shown on the pie chart (right), and the membership is as follows: -
Independent Group:
Sandy Park, Convener, Nairn
Billy Barclay, Black Isle
Helen Carmichael, Aird and Loch Ness
Robert Coghill, Landward Caithness
Peter Corbett, Inverness Central
Margaret Davidson, Aird and Loch Ness
Norman Donald, Inverness Ness-side
Jacqueline Douglas, Badenoch and Strathspey
Richard Durham, Tain and Easter Ross
William Fernie, Wick
Michael Finlayson, Cromarty Firth
Hamish Fraser, Eilean a' Cheò
Laurie Fraser, Nairn
Richard Greene, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
John Laing, Eilean a' Cheò
Donald Mackay, Thurso
William MacKay, Landward Caithness
Isobel McCallum, Black Isle
James McGillivray, East Sutherland and Edderton
Margaret Paterson, Dingwall and Seaforth
Alasdair Rhind, Tain and Easter Ross
Fiona Robertson, Tain and Easter Ross
John Rosie, Thurso
Audrey Sinclair, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Carolyn Wilson, Cromarty Firth
Scottish Liberal Democrats:
Leader: Michael Foxley, Fort William and Ardnamurchan
David Alston, Black Isle
Stuart Black, Badenoch and Strathspey
Carolyn Caddick, Inverness South
Isabelle Campbell, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Alasdair Christie, Inverness West
David Flear, Landward Caithness
Alexander Graham, Inverness West
David Henderson, Inverness Ness-side
Angela MacLean, Dingwall and Seaforth
Kenneth MacLeod, Inverness Millburn
Graham Marsden, Nairn
Andrew Millar, Eilean a' Cheò
Linda Munro, North West and Central Sutherland
Thomas Prag, Inverness South
Martin Rattray, Cromarty Firth
Gregor Rimell, Badenoch and Strathspey
William Ross, East Sutherland and Edderton
Robert Rowantree, North West and Central Sutherland
Marion Thurso, Thurso
Hamish Wood, Aird and Loch Ness
Scottish National Party (SNP:)
Leader: Drew Hendry, Aird and Loch Ness
Ian Brown, Inverness Millburn
Peter Cairns, Dingwall and Seaforth
David Fallows, Badenoch and Strathspey
George Farlow, North West and Central Sutherland
John Finnie, Inverness Ness-side
Craig Fraser, Black Isle
Brendan Gormley, Fort William and Ardnamurchan
Donald Kerr, Inverness Central
Elizabeth MacDonald, Nairn
Pauline Munro, Inverness West
Roy Pedersen, Inverness South
Ian Renwick, Eilean a' Cheò
Gail Ross, Wick
Glynis Sinclair, Culloden and Ardersier
Maxine Smith, Cromarty Firth
Jean Urquhart, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Robert Wynd, Culloden and Ardersier
Scottish Labour Party:
Leader: Jimmy Gray, Inverness Millburn
John Ford, Culloden and Ardersier
Deirdre Mackay, East Sutherland and Edderton
Elizabeth McAllister, Inverness Central
Brian Murphy, Fort William and Ardnamurchan
Fraser Parr, Inverness-side
Independent Members Group:
Roderick Balfour, Culloden and Ardersier
David Bremner, Landward Caithness
Janet Campbell, Inverness Central
David Chisholm, Dingwall and Seaforth
James Crawford, Inverness South
Graeme Smith, Wick
Independent Alliance Group
Donald Cameron, Fort William and Ardnamurchan
William Clark, Caol and Mallaig
Allan Henderson, Caol and Mallaig
Edward Hunter, Caol and Mallaig