A number of councillors are stepping down at the May elections, others have either declined to say or have not declared either way.
Here is the list in full:
Retiring in May
- David Alston (Lib Dem)
- Bill Clark (SNP)
- Dave Fallows (SNP)
- George Farlow (SNP)
- Bren Gormley (SNP)
- Brian Murphy (Lab)
- Thomas Prag (Lib Dem)
- Hamish Wood (Lib Dem).
Undeclared or declined to say
- Norrie Donald (Ind)
- Richard Laird (SNP)
- Linda Munro (non aligned)
- Isobel McCallum (Ind)
- Thomas MacLennan (Highland Alliance)
- Ken MacLeod (Lib Dem)
- Audrey Sinclair (Ind).
Eight members could not be contacted
- Jennifer Barclay (Ind)
- David Bremner (non aligned)
- Ian Cockburn (SNP)
- Jaci Douglas (Ind)
- John Gordon (Ind)
- Neil MacDonald (Lab)
- Ian Renwick (SNP)
- John Rosie (Ind).