Location of the ward [1]
Loch a Tuath (English: Broad Bay) is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. It elects three Councillors.
Loch a Tuath (English: Broad Bay) is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | John A. MacIver (Ind./ SNP) | Kenneth MacIver | Catriona Stewart | |||||
| 2012 | Donald Finlayson Crichton | |||||||
| 2017 | Callum McLean | |||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Donald F. Crichton (incumbent) | 41.1 | 461 | ||
| Independent | Calum MacLean (incumbent) | 22.2 | 249 | 330 | |
| SNP | John A. MacIver (incumbent) | 21.9 | 246 | 281 | |
| Independent | Catriona Murray | 11.2 | 126 | 168 | |
| Independent | Hazel G. Mansfield | 3.5 | 39 | 46 | |
| Electorate: 2,216 Valid: 1,121 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 281 Turnout: 51.8% | |||||
Source: [2]
2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Donald Finlayson Crichton (incumbent) | 46.02 | 590 | |||||
| SNP | John A. MacIver (incumbent) | 17.94 | 230 | 271.03 | 276.54 | 298.67 | 335.76 | |
| Independent | Calum MacLean | 17.94 | 230 | 344.89 | ||||
| Independent | Ruaraidh Ferguson | 6.24 | 80 | 110.55 | 113.55 | 132.74 | ||
| Independent | Iain MacIver | 6.08 | 78 | 115.39 | 119.21 | 137.64 | 170.27 | |
| Independent | Allan MacLachlan | 5.77 | 74 | 98.16 | 104.99 | |||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 1,282 Spoilt: 35 Quota: 321 Turnout: 1,317 (58.4%) | ||||||||
2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | |||||||
2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Catriona Stewart | 486 | 36.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Kenneth MacIver | 249 | 18.4 | 2 | 3 | |
| SNP | Iain Murdo MacDonald | 235 | 17.4 | |||
| Independent | John A. MacIver† | 233 | 17.3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Independent | Alasdair Nicholson | 147 | 10.9 | |||
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is the local government council for Na h-Eileanan Siar council area of Scotland. It is based in Stornoway in the Isle of Lewis.
Na h-Eileanan an Iar, formerly Western Isles, is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created in 1918. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1997 enables local councils in Scotland to rename the areas for which they are responsible with Gaelic names. It enables them also to revert to names in English. The act was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second one using the 9 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. 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.
An election to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar was held on 6 May 1999 as part of the wider 1999 Scottish local elections.
An election to the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar was held on 1 May 2003 as part of the wider 2003 Scottish local elections.
Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the third one using the nine wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. 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.
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