1992 Caithness District Council election

1992 Caithness District Council election
All 16 seats to Caithness District Council; 9 seats needed for a majority
Council Convener before election; John Young; Independent	Council Convener after election ; John Young; Independent

Elections to the Caithness District Council took place on 7 May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. Independents remained in control of the council, winning 14 of the 16 seats. Nine candidates were elected unopposed, including one each from Labour and the Liberal Party. Voter turnout in the contested wards was 57.8%.

Aggregate results

1992 Caithness District Council election result^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Independent	14	1	0	1	87.5	95.6	3,512
Labour	1	0	1	1	6.25	0.0^[a]	0
Liberal	1	0	0	0	6.25	0.0^[a]	0
SNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.6	128

^ ^a ^b Candidate elected unopposed

Ward results

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1992 Caithness District Council election result^[1]
Ward	Councillor
Ward 1	D. M. F. Waters	Independent hold
Ward 2	J. H. Fry	Independent gain from Labour
Ward 3	W. S. Smith	Independent hold
Ward 4	J. S. Rosie	Independent hold
Ward 5	A. Murray	Independent hold
Ward 6	A. A. Roy	Independent hold
Ward 7	G. W. Oag	Independent hold
Ward 8	G. G. Fraser	Independent hold
Ward 9	J. H. Green	Independent hold
Ward 10	D. A. Richard	Independent hold
Ward 11	W. A. Mowat	Liberal hold
Ward 12	P. C. Sutherland	Labour hold
Ward 13	J. M. Young	Independent hold
Ward 14	N. MacInnes	Independent hold
Ward 15	J. M. Mowat	Independent hold
Ward 16	A. I. MacDonald	Independent hold

References

^ ^a ^b Bochel, JM; Denver, DT (1992). Scottish District Elections 1992 (PDF). Dundee: University of Dundee. ISBN 1-869820-04-5.

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[Unopposed-2] Candidate elected unopposed

[Handbook-1] Bochel, JM; Denver, DT (1992). Scottish District Elections 1992 (PDF). Dundee: University of Dundee. ISBN 1-869820-04-5.

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