Final proposal for Councillor and Ward numbers for Highland Council area submitted to Scottish Ministers

Boundaries Scotland has submitted its final proposal for Councillor numbers and wards in the Highland Council Area to Scottish Ministers. 

The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 required the Commission to review six councils containing inhabited islands  - Argyll and Bute, Highland, North Ayrshire, Orkney, Shetland and Na h-Eileanan an Iar. 

The final proposal for The Highland Council area, which can be found here, proposes to reduce the current 74 Members allocated within 21 wards to 73 Members to 20 wards.

The member to ward allocation is as follows: one ward returning 2 members, eight wards returning 3 members, eight wards returning 4 members and three wards returning 5 members.

The final proposal will be presented to The Highland Council meeting on Thursday 24 June for Members to consider the full implications in terms of Council business and service delivery within the proposed new arrangements and the running of future elections with a Local Government election scheduled for 5 May 2022.