Comhairle nan Eilean Siar elections
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Local government elections in Eilean Siar, Scotland
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.
As an islands council
| Year | Labour | Independent |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0 | 30 |
| 1978[a] | 0 | 30 |
| 1982 | 0 | 30 |
| 1986 | 0 | 30 |
| 1990 | 0 | 30 |
| 1994[b][c] | 4 | 25 |
As a unitary authority
| Year | SNP | Conservative | Labour | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| 2007[a] | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 2022[b] | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22[c] |
- ↑ Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
- ↑ New ward boundaries.[3]
- ↑ Includes 2 independents elected at by-elections caused by an insufficient number of nominations on 30 June 2022.
Results maps
1999 results map
2003 results map
2007 results map
2012 results map
2017 results map
2022 results map
By-elections
2012-2017
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Angus MacDonald Morrison | 73.5 | 745 | |
| SNP | John Norman MacDonald | 19.2 | 195 | |
| Independent | Les Mac An Ultaigh | 7.2 | 73 | |
| Independent gain from SNP | ||||
| Valid: 1,014 Spoilt: 14 Quota: 508 Turnout: 1,028 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Alistair Maclennan | N/A | N/A | |
| Independent hold | ||||
| Valid: N/A Spoilt: N/A Quota: N/A Turnout: N/A | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Walker | 59.1 | 437 | |
| SNP | Roslyn Macpherson | 40.9 | 302 | |
| Independent gain from Labour | ||||
| Valid: 739 Quota: 370 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | John Norman MacLeod | 86.9 | 886 | |
| Independent | Richard Froggatt | 7.4 | 75 | |
| Scottish Green | Gavin MacLeod Humphreys | 5.8 | 59 | |
| Independent hold | ||||
| Valid: 1,020 Quota: 511 | ||||
2017-2022
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Grant Fulton | 74.9 | 536 | |
| Independent | Annie MacDonald | 22.1 | 158 | |
| Independent | Kris O'Donnell | 3.1 | 22 | |
| Independent hold | ||||
| Valid: 716 Spoilt: 5 Quota: 359 Turnout: 721 | ||||
2022-2027
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Iain A. MacNeil | 49.3 | 189 | 197 | |
| Independent | Gerard Macdonald | 47.3 | 181 | 182 | |
| Independent | Calum Macmillan | 3.4 | 13 | ||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Electorate: 971 Valid: 383 Spoilt: 2 Quota: 193 Turnout: 385 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Norman M. MacDonald | 35.4 | 222 | 222 | 230 | 238 | 256 | 278 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Dobson | 20.4 | 128 | 128 | 129 | 142 | 159 | 220 | |
| Independent | Sophie B. Brown | 18.0 | 113 | 113 | 114 | 119 | 148 | ||
| SNP | Laura F. Cameron-Lewis | 15.3 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 112 | |||
| Scottish Green | Anne E. Edwards | 9.1 | 57 | 57 | 57 | ||||
| Independent | Donald J. MacLeod | 1.8 | 11 | 11 | |||||
| Independent | Iain J. MacKinnon | 0.2 | 1 | ||||||
| Electorate: 1,329 Valid: 628 Spoilt: 6 Quota: 315 Turnout: 634 | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Kenny MacLeod | 95.4 | 878 | |
| Scottish Family | Steven Welsh | 4.6 | 53 | |
| Electorate: 1,484 Valid: 931 Spoilt: 11 Quota: 467 Turnout: 942 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ↑ "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ↑ "Review of Electoral Arrangements Na h-Eileanan an Iar Council Area Final Proposals" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ↑ "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – Election Office". cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — An Taobh Siar agus Nis Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ↑ "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – 2015 Press Releases". cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017.
- ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch Ward — Eilean Siar". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- 1 2 "By-Election Results: Eilean Siar Double". Ballot Box Scotland. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ↑ "Local Government By Election 2024 Results | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar". www.cne-siar.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
