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 | ||||||||
2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Donald Finlayson Crichton (incumbent) | 41.12 | 461 | ||
| Independent | Calum MacLean (incumbent) | 22.21 | 249 | 330 | |
| SNP | John A. MacIver (incumbent) | 21.94 | 246 | 281 | |
| Independent | Catriona Murray | 11.23 | 126 | 168 | |
| Independent | Hazel Glenys Mansfield | 3.48 | 39 | 46 | |
| Electorate: 2,216 Valid: 1,121 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 281 Turnout: 51.8 | |||||
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 | |||
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