Postal Packs issued for two Highland Council By-Elections
Issued on behalf of the Returning Officer
Postal vote packs for the Ward 6 Cromarty Firth and Ward 14 Inverness Central by-elections have been posted out. The Highland Council is advising postal voters to read the instructions carefully when completing their statement and ballot paper to ensure their vote counts.
The postal packs contain:
• Envelope A / Postal Voting Statement
• Ballot paper
• Return envelope (Envelope B)
• A guide to completing your postal vote
There is advice and a short video clip explaining how to correctly complete and return your postal ballot on the Council’s YouTube channel - https://youtu.be/tPhmBZsNDUA
Anyone who has requested a postal vote will not be able to vote in person at a polling station. However, it is possible to return your postal pack by hand into a polling station within your ward between the hours of 7am and 10pm on the day of poll - Thursday 26 September - if you are unable to post it in time. The list of polling stations for both wards can be viewed on the council’s website www.highland.gov.uk/byelection
If you haven’t received your postal pack, please telephone 01349 886657 for a replacement pack.
Those voters who will be casting their votes in person at a polling station should have received a poll card that details which polling station they should go to. The Highland Council is asking everyone to check their poll card carefully as their local polling station location may be different to previous elections. There is no requirement to bring any form of voter ID with you when casting your vote in person.
Voters are reminded that the single transferable voting system will be used. Instead of using a cross, voters should number the candidates in the order of their choice, putting a number 1 in the box next to the name of the candidate who is their first choice, 2 in the box next to their second choice and so on. Voters can mark as many choices as they wish. Voters are asked to put no other mark on the ballot paper as this could result in their vote not being counted.
There are two vacancies to be filled for Ward 6 – Cromarty Firth. The candidates standing are:
- Ryan BARROWMAN - Scottish Greens
- Sinclair COGHILL - Independent
- Richard James CROSS - Independent
- John EDMONDSON - Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Brideen GODLEY-MACKENZIE - Independent
- Kim HANNING JACKSON - Reform UK
- Roland HANNING JACKSON - Reform UK
- Odette MACDONALD - Scottish National Party (SNP)
- Tina MCCAFFERY - Independent
- Innes MUNRO - Scottish Conservative and Unionist
- Michael PERERA - Scottish Labour Party
- Martin RATTRAY - Independent
There is one vacancy in Ward 14 – Inverness Central. The candidates standing are:
- Andrew BARNETT - Scottish Greens
- Michael GREGSON - Scottish Labour Party
- Chris LEWCOCK - Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Martin MACGREGOR - Scottish National Party (SNP)
- Donald MACKENZIE - Scottish Conservative and Unionist
- Iain RICHMOND - Reform UK