Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath (ward)

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Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Beinn Na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath.jpg
Boundary of Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath in Na h-Eileanan Siar from 2007–2022.
Electorate 2,342 (2017)
Major settlements Balivanich
Lochmaddy
Scottish Parliament constituency Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament region Highlands and Islands
UK Parliament constituency Na h-Eileanan an Iar
2007 (2007)–2022 (2022)
Number of councillors3
Replaced by Uibhist a Deas, Èirisgeigh agus Beinn na Faoghla
Uibhist a Tuath
Created from Eochar
Harris West
Lochmaddy
North Benbecula
Paible

Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath ( Scottish Gaelic for 'Benbecula and North Uist') was one of the nine wards of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar ( Scottish Gaelic for 'Council of the Western Isles'). Created in 2007, the ward elected three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system. As a result of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, the ward was abolished in 2022.

Contents

Independents have dominated elections in the Western Isles and all but one of the councillors elected in the area had no party affiliation.

Boundaries

The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Lochmaddy, North Benbecula and Paible wards as well as the northern half of the former Eochar ward and a few islands in the south of the former Harris West ward. The ward centred around the islands in the middle of the Outer Hebrides island chain and included Benbecula and North Uist as well as a number of uninhabited surrounding islands and the remote, uninhabited island of St Kilda in the Atlantic Ocean. [1] Proposals in the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections would have seen the ward's boundaries unchanged. [2] However, these were not adopted by Scottish ministers as plans for the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 would bring forward an interim review following the 2017 elections. [3]

The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 allowed for the creation of single- and dual-member wards to allow for better representation of island areas. As a result, the ward was abolished and replaced by the Uibhist a Deas, Èirisgeigh agus Beinn na Faoghla and Uibhist a Tuath wards. [4]

Councillors

YearCouncillors
2007 Martin Taylor
(Independent)
Uisdain Robertson
(Independent)
Archie K. Campbell
(Labour)
2012 Neil M. Beaton
(Independent)
2015Andrew Walker
(Independent)
2017 Iain MacLeod
(Independent)
Roddy McKay
(Independent)

Election results

2017 election

Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath – 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Independent Uisdean Robertson (incumbent)28.8355       
Independent Iain MacLeod19.2237242 247 261 275 318  
Independent Roddy MacKay16.0197202 209 215 236 261 264 342
SNP Roslyn MacPherson12.6156159 162 170 180 201 202  
Independent Andrew Walker (incumbent)8.3102115 126 139 161    
Independent Neil Beaton (incumbent)5.87179 89 97     
Independent John MacLeod5.36567 74      
Conservative Ken MacBrayne4.15151       
Electorate: 2,342  Valid: 1,234  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 309  Turnout: 53.8%  

    Source: [5]

    2012 Election

    2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

    Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Independent Uisdean Robertson (incumbent)29.34%316     
    Independent Neil MacDonald Beaton19.67%212222.6 241.1 263.5 264.0 359.7
    Labour Archie K. Campbell (incumbent)†††18.94%204224.4 241.5 271.5  
    SNP Andrew Walker16.43%177181.2 186.5 219.7 219.9  
    Independent Martin Taylor (incumbent)8.64%9397.2 111.5    
    Independent Michael MacLean6.96%7576.3     
    Electorate: 2,329  Valid: 1,077  Spoilt: 25  Quota: 270  Turnout: 1,102 (46.24)%  

      2007 Election

      2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

      Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Beinn na Foghla Agus Uibhist A Tuath
      PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
      Labour Archie K Campbell45935.011
      Independent Uisdain Robertson34326.121
      Independent Martin Taylor25119.134
      Independent Angus MacAulay20315.4
      Independent John Huson584.4

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