Location of the ward [1]
Beinn Na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath (English: Benbecula and North Uist) is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. It elects three Councillors.
Beinn Na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath (English: Benbecula and North Uist) is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Martin Taylor (Ind.) | Uisdain Robertson (Ind.) | Archie K Campbell (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | Neil MacDonald Beaton (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2015 by | Andrew Walker (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2017 | Iain MacLeod (Ind.) | Roddy McKay (Ind.) | ||||||
| Roddy McKay (Green)[a] | ||||||||
2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Uisdean Robertson (incumbent) | 28.77 | 355 | ||||||||
| Independent | Iain MacLeod | 19.21 | 237 | 242.96 | 247.22 | 261.13 | 275.04 | 318.67 | |||
| Independent | Roddy MacKay | 15.96 | 197 | 202.44 | 209.44 | 215.57 | 236.48 | 261.72 | 264.61 | 342.41 | |
| SNP | Roslyn MacPherson | 12.64 | 156 | 159.76 | 162.76 | 170.89 | 180.3 | 201.12 | 202.13 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Walker (incumbent) | 8.27 | 102 | 115.22 | 126.61 | 139.26 | 161.36 | ||||
| Independent | Neil MacDonald Beaton (incumbent) | 5.75 | 71 | 79.42 | 89.42 | 97.94 | |||||
| Independent | John MacLeod | 5.27 | 65 | 67.72 | 74.72 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ken MacBrayne | 4.13 | 51 | 51.65 | |||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 1,234 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 309 Turnout: 1,260 (53.8%) | |||||||||||
2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)% | |||||||||
2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Archie K Campbell | 459 | 35.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Uisdain Robertson | 343 | 26.1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Martin Taylor | 251 | 19.1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Independent | Angus MacAulay | 203 | 15.4 | |||
| Independent | John Huson | 58 | 4.4 | |||
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