2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
All 31 seats to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of council wards
Council Leader before election; Angus Campbell; Independent	Council Leader after election ; Angus Campbell; Independent

Elections to

wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.^[1] Each ward elected three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system: a form of proportional representation

. A total of 31 Councillors were elected.

Scottish Labour Party

also gained an additional seat.

Election result

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Local Election Result 2012
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	21	1	5	4	67.7	71.6	8,211	7.2
SNP	7	4	1	3	22.6	23.8	2,733	11.7
Labour	3	2	1	1	9.7	4.6	523	2.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas

2007: 2xSNP; 2xIndependent
2012: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from SNP

Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas – 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	Donald Manford (incumbent)	37.43%	521
	Labour	Ronald Joseph MacKinnon	15.09%	210	226.3	228.7	234.7	242.8	263.8	292.6
	Independent	Donnie Steele	9.41%	131	142.6	144.6	150.6	155.9	179.4	200.8	204.1	222.2	263.6
	Independent	Calum MacMillan	8.84%	123	144.4	147.8	150.3	152.2	156.2	165.2	166.5	192.9
	Independent	David Blaney (incumbent)	8.48%	118	135.2	139.2	142.2	147.7	157.6	183.8	185.9	201.3	247.9
	Independent	Peter Carlin (incumbent)	6.47%	90	103	105	106	108.4	114.4
	Independent	Calum MacAulay	5.17%	72	76.2	76.2	77.2	81.1
	SNP	Gerry MacLeod (incumbent)	3.95%	55	135.8	135.8	135.8	143.5	146.5	154.3	155.1
	Independent	Allan MacLeod	2.01%	28	51.7	52.7	53.2
	Independent	Angus MacDonald	1.94%	27	27.9	27.9
	Independent	Eric Wallis	1.22%	17	17.9
Electorate: 2,510 Valid: 1,392 Spoilt: 30 Quota: 279 Turnout: 1,424 (55.46)%

Beinn Na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath

2007: 2xIndependent; 1xLab
2012: 2xIndependent; 1xLab
2007: No change

Beinn Na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath – 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Uisdean Robertson (incumbent)	29.34%	316
	Independent	Neil MacDonald Beaton	19.67%	212	222.6	241.1	263.5	264.0	359.7
	Labour	Archie K. Campbell (incumbent)†††	18.94%	204	224.4	241.5	271.5
	SNP	Andrew Walker	16.43%	177	181.2	186.5	219.7	219.9
	Independent	Martin Taylor (incumbent)	8.64%	93	97.2	111.5
	Independent	Michael MacLean	6.96%	75	76.3
Electorate: 2,329 Valid: 1,077 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 270 Turnout: 1,102 (46.24)%

Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas Nan Loch

2007: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
2012: 1xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Independent

Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas Nan Loch – 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Independent	Catherine MacDonald (incumbent)	62.09%	498
	SNP	Philip Robert MacLean (incumbent)	25.19%	202
	Labour	D.J. MacRae	8.6%	69	163.8	163.9	193.5
	SNP	David Cameron Wilson	4.11%	33	105.2	105.8
Electorate: 1,922 Valid: 802 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 201 Turnout: 830 (41.73)%

Sgir' Uige agus Ceann a Tuath Nan Loch

2007: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
2012: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Lab

Sgir' Uige agus Ceann a Tuath Nan Loch
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Norman Alexander MacDonald (incumbent)	21.62%	315	321	340	355	364.0
	SNP	Bill Houston†	20.37%	292	297	313	401
	Independent	Cudig MacLeod	16.25%	233	240	307	339	348.9	350.3	521.8
	Independent	Catherine MacIver	15.97%	229	238	253	278	284.2	285.5
	SNP	Annie MacDonald (incumbent)	11.99%	172	176	185
	Independent	Norman A. P. MacDonald	10.25%	147	152
	Independent	Barry Shelby	3.21%	46
Electorate: 2,424 Valid: 1,434 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 359 Turnout: 1,457 (60.11)%

Sgire an Rubha

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Sgire an Rubha – 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Zena Stewart	17.52%	205	238	276	316
	Independent	Alasdair MacLeod	17.52%	205	219	242	291	297.8
	Independent	Donald John MacSween (incumbent)	15.13%	177	187	200	227	230.3	231.7
	Independent	Norman MacLeod (incumbent)	15.04%	176	186	202	252	256.2	257.6	349.0
	Independent	Donald Nicholson (incumbent)	14.44%	169	183	197
	SNP	John Norman MacDonald	12.05%	141	149
	Independent	Iain Don MacIver	8.29%	97
Electorate: 1,921 Valid: 1,170 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 293 Turnout: 1,189 (60.91)%

Steòrnabhagh a Deas

2007: 4xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

Steòrnabhagh a Deas – 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Charlie Nicolson (incumbent)	45.67%	685
	Independent	Angus Campbell (incumbent)	13.73%	206	287.8	288.8	290.5	311.5
	Independent	Angus McCormack (incumbent)	12.6%	189	298.9	306.2
	Independent	Keith Dodson (incumbent)	11.4%	171	230.9	233.1	234.0	247.3	251.7
	SNP	Rae MacKenzie	9.67%	145	203.9	253.1	254.1	268.9	270.5	365.9
	SNP	Bob Duncan	3.8%	57	63.7
	Independent	Uilleam Macleod	3.13%	47	66.1	67.1	67.5
Electorate: 2,962 Valid: 1,500 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 301 Turnout: 1,526 (50.65)%

Steòrnabhagh a Tuath

2007: 4xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

Steòrnabhagh a Tuath – 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Iain MacKenzie (incumbent)	20.68%	299
	Independent	Roddie MacKay (incumbent)	18.12%	262	264.1	272.1	294.1
	SNP	Mohammed Ahmed	12.17%	176	176.4	179.5	182.5	182.8	194.9	207.1	218.2
	SNP	Gordon Murray	12.03%	174	174.7	180.7	192.7	193.2	208.4	228.7	251.1	358.4
	Independent	Murdo Murray	8.30%	120	121.8	123.8	128.4	129.4	142.6	160.9
	Independent	Iain MacLean MacAulay	7.12%	103	103.5	109.6	117.7	118.4	145.7	177.3	221.9	249.0
	Independent	David Morrison	6.36%	92	93.1	97.1	104.1	104.8
	Independent	Neil Campbell (incumbent)	6.29%	91	91.5	92.5
	Independent	Jackie MacKay (incumbent)	6.15%	89	89.8	95.8	108.1	108.8	123.2
	Labour	Kevin Paterson	2.77%	40	40.2
Electorate: 2,986 Valid: 1,446 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 290 Turnout: 1,471 (48.42)%

Loch a Tuath

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

Loch a Tuath – 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Independent	Donald Finlayson Crichton	28.0%	331
	SNP	John A. MacIver (incumbent)	24.53%	290	298.4
	Independent	Catriona Stewart (incumbent)	23.88%	273	282.5	283.1	333.1
	Independent	Kenneth MacIver (incumbent)	14.47%	171	177.9	178.5	201.8
	Independent	Alasdair Nicholson	9.9%	117	122.1	122.7
Electorate: 2,166 Valid: 1,182 Spoilt: 17 Quota: 296 Turnout: 1,199 (54.57%)

An Taobh Siar agus Nis

2007: 4xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

An Taobh Siar agus Nis – 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Independent	Iain Morrison (incumbent)††††	24.18%	354
	Independent	John MacKay (incumbent)	21.17%	310
	SNP	Kenneth MacLeod	20.36%	298
	Independent	Kenneth MacLeod Murray (incumbent) ††	19.74%	289	316.4
	Independent	Alastair MacLennan	8.13%	119	128.3
	Independent	Alastair Dunlop	6.42%	94	103.3
Electorate: 2,599 Valid: 1,464 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 293 Turnout: 1,485 (56.34%)

Changes since election

† Sgir' Uige Agus Ceann A Tuath Nan Loch SNP Cllr Bill Houston died on 15 September 2012. A by-election was held on 29 November 2012 and was won by the Independent Angus MacDonald Morrison.[2]
†† Sgir' An Taobh Siar agus Nis Independent Cllr Kenneth MacLeod Murray died on 23 December 2014.^[3] A by-election was to be held to fill the vacancy on 12 March 2015. Only Independent Alistair MacLennan was nominated and was deemed elected.^[4]
††† Beinn Na Foghla Agus Uibhist A Tuath Labour Cllr Archie K. McDonald resigned for health reasons on 25 January 2015.^[5] A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 26 March 2015 and the seat was won by the Independent Andrew Walker.
†††† Sgir' An Taobh Siar agus Nis Independent Cllr Iain Morrison died on 31 July 2015 after a battle with cancer.^[6] A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 7 October 2015 and was won by the Independent John MacLeod.^[7]

By-elections since 2012

Sgir’ Uige Agus Ceann A Tuath Nan Loch By-election (29 November 2012) – 1 Seat^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Independent	Angus MacDonald Morrison	73.47	745
	SNP	John Norman MacDonald	19.23	195
	Independent	Les Mac An Ultaigh	7.2	73
Valid: 1,014 Spoilt: 14 Quota: 508 Turnout: 1,028

Beinn Na Faoghla Agus Uibhist A Tuath (26 March 2015) – 1 Seat^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Independent	Andrew Walker	59.1	437
	SNP	Roslyn Macpherson	40.9	302
Valid: 739 Quota:

An Taobh Siar agus Nis By-election (7 October 2015) – 1 Seat^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Independent	John Norman MacLeod	86.9%	886
	Independent	Richard Froggatt	7.4%	75
	Scottish Green	Gavin MacLeod Humphreys	5.8%	59
Valid: 1,020 Quota: 511 Turnout: (39.8%)

Ward areas in English

Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas: Barra, Vatersay, Eriskay and South Uist
Beinn Na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath: Benbecula and North Uist
Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas Nan Loch:
Harris and South Lewis

Sgir' Uige agus Ceann a Tuath Nan Loch: Mid Lewis

Sgire an Rubha:

Eye Peninsula

Steòrnabhagh a Deas: Stornoway South
Steòrnabhagh a Tuath: Stornoway North
Loch a Tuath:
Broad Bay
An Taobh Siar agus Nis
: North West Lewis

References

^ "Corporate Services – Election Office". Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
^ "Western Isles councillor Bill Houston dies suddenly at home on Lewis | Highlands & Islands | News | STV". news.stv.tv. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.
^ "Tribute paid to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar councillor". BBC. 23 December 2014.
^ "No poll after one candidate stands in Western Isles ward". BBC. 10 February 2015.
^ "Uist councillor calls it a day". whfp.com. 25 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015.
^ "Death of local councillor". hebrides-news.com.
^ "Election Office – By-Election Taobh Siar Agus Nis – 7 October 2015". cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
^ "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – Election Office". cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013.
^ "Two candidates for North Uist and Benbecula by-election – Am Paipear". ampaipear.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015.
^ "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – 2015 Press Releases". cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017.

External links

[1] "Corporate Services – Election Office". Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008.

[2] "Western Isles councillor Bill Houston dies suddenly at home on Lewis | Highlands & Islands | News | STV". news.stv.tv. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.

[3] "Tribute paid to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar councillor". BBC. 23 December 2014.

[4] "No poll after one candidate stands in Western Isles ward". BBC. 10 February 2015.

[5] "Uist councillor calls it a day". whfp.com. 25 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015.

[6] "Death of local councillor". hebrides-news.com.

[7] "Election Office – By-Election Taobh Siar Agus Nis – 7 October 2015". cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[8] "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – Election Office". cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013.

[9] "Two candidates for North Uist and Benbecula by-election – Am Paipear". ampaipear.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015.

[10] "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – 2015 Press Releases". cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017.

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