Highland Council Election: Discover who is standing in your area as more than twice the number of candidates as seats available enter the race to represent Inverness and Nairn wards

Highland Council Election: The full slate of those standing is released while it also shows a wave of councillors standing down

The full list of candidates seeking to represent the Inverness and area at Highland Council has been confirmed by the local authority.

In all there are eight wards across the wider Inverness area – Aird and Loch Ness; Inverness West; Inverness Central; Inverness Ness-side; Inverness Millburn; Culloden and Ardersier; Nairn and Cawdor; and Inverness South.

The votes in each ward have attracted 59 candidates vying for 27 seats making them some of the most contested areas in the whole region.

The full slate of those standing is released while it also shows a wave of councillors standing down including big names like the current council leader Margaret Davidson and Labour group leader Jimmy Gray.

Voters will go to the polls on May 5 to elect a new Highland Council.

Aird and Loch Ness:

Chris Ballance, Scottish Greens Think Global Act Local

Helen Crawford, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Aarron Duncan-Macleod, Independent

David Fraser, Independent

Holly Kingham, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Emma Knox, Scottish National Party (SNP)

Michael Perera, Scottish Labour Party

Inverness West:

Bill Boyd, Scottish National Party (SNP)

Ryan Forbes, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Iain Forsyth, Independence for Scotland Party

Shaun Alexander Fraser, Scottish Labour Party

Alex Graham, Liberal Democrat Focus Team

Ryan Mackintosh, Scottish Greens – Delivering For Our Community

Duncan McDonald, Independent

David Sansum, Independent

Helen Smith, Independent

Inverness Central:

Andrew Barnett, Independent

Michael Cameron, Scottish National Party (SNP)

Donald Mackenzie, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Luigi Andrew Mackinnon, Independent

Kate Maclean, Scottish National Party (SNP)

Bet McAllister, Scottish Labour Party

John William McColl, Scottish Family Party: Pro-Family, ProMarriage, Pro-Life

Martin Rattray, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Sean Robertson, Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Arun Sharma, Scottish Greens – Delivering For Our Community

Inverness Ness-side:

Alasdair Christie, Scottish Liberal Democrat Focus Team

Jackie Hendry, Scottish National Party (SNP)

Calum Mark Liptrot, Scottish Libertarian Party

Andrew Mackintosh, Scottish Labour Party

Claire Maclean, Scottish Greens – Delivering For Our Community

Ron MacWilliam, Independent

Ric Scott, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Inverness Millburn:

Ian Brown, Scottish National Party (SNP)

David Gregg, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Isabelle Mackenzie, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Lewis Whyte, Scottish Labour Party

Culloden and Ardersier:

Steven Calvert, Scottish Labour Party

Glynis Campbell-Sinclair, Scottish National Party (SNP)

Mya Chemonges-Murzynowska, Alba Party for independence

Morven Reid, Independent

Mel Robertson, Independent

Trish Robertson, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Mary Scanlon, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Nairn and Cawdor:

Kevin Brooks, Independent

Laurie Fraser, Independent

Michael Green, Independent

Barbara Babs Jarvie, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Cal MacLeod, Scottish Family Party: Pro-Family, ProMarriage, Pro-Life

Paul Oldham, Scottish National Party (SNP)

Kevin James Reid, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Marjory Smith, Alba Party for independence

Inverness South:

Colin Aitken, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Jimmy Duncan, Alba Party for independence

Claire Filer, Scottish Greens – Delivering For Our Community

Ken Gowans, Scottish National Party (SNP)

David Jardine, Scottish Labour Party

Duncan Macpherson, Independent

Andrew Sinclair, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

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