Community Council elections
Community Councils
Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils
Community Councils are voluntary organisations that express the views and concerns of local people within their area. These can be across a wide range of issues from new buildings and roads, to local services and facilities.
For more information, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions or view the Community Council page.
The Elections Office is responsible for running the Community Council elections and Members are elected every four years to represent their Community council area. If there are less candidates than seats, then no election will be held. If membership of the community council falls to less than half, then the Community Council shall not operate until there are enough members. The maximum membership of each of the 154 Highland Community Councils is determined by the population it serves and varies from 7 to 13 members.
The last Community Council election was held in November 2019 and so therefore the next round of elections is not scheduled until 2023.
Interim Elections to be held in 2022
Interim elections may be held for Community Councils when the membership falls to below the minimum membership. Timetables are now published below to fill any vacancies that do occur within that timeframe.
- Thursday 3 March 2022
(notice of election to be published on Monday 10 January 2022) - Thursday 29 September 2022
(notice of election to be published on Monday 8 August 2022)
Notice of Interim Elections (11th January to 1st February 2022)
The resignation of some members had brought 15 community council’s listed below down to below HALF of their memberships, and so therefore prompted interim elections to fill some vacancies. Nominations were invited from 11th January 2022 to 1st February 2022.
Following the close of Nominations on Tuesday, 1 February 2022, the following 12 Community Council's have now formed uncontested: -
- Acharacle Community Council
- Cawdor and West Nairnshire Community Council
- Duror and Kentallen Community Council
- Fortrose and Rosemarkie Community Council
- Marybank, Scatwell and Strathconon Community Council * second attempt
- Nairn West and Suburban Community Council
- Nethybridge Community Council
- Slackbuie Community Council
- Smithton Community
- Spean Bridge, Roy Bridge and Achnacarry Community Council
- Staffin Community Council
- Strathdearn Community Council
The deadline for anyone wishing to withdraw their candidacy is Thursday 3 February 2022 at 12noon.
The 3 Community Council's listed below did not establish as they failed to attract half the maximum membership.
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Kinlochleven Communtiy Council * second attempt
Further Information
Below is the notice of Election and Nomination Form to be completed for Candidates wishing to serve on the Community Council.
Questions or advice
If you have any questions about the election process please contact the Elections Team
Email: election@highland.gov.uk
Tel: 01349 886657