Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007

Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles council) were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a results 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. The new wards replaced 31 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The large majority of the seats were held by independent candidates, similar to other predominately rural Scottish councils. The Scottish National Party and Scottish Labour Party had a small representation each, and the Scottish Liberal Democrats stood four candidates, all of whom were unsuccessful.

Election results

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	25	N/A	N/A	+1	80.6	78.8	10,853
	SNP	4	N/A	N/A	+1	12.9	12.1	1,661
	Labour	2	N/A	N/A	-2	6.5	6.7	916
	Liberal Democrats	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	2.5	340

Ward results

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh Eirisgeigh Agus Uibhist A Deas
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Donald Manford	723	49.0	1	1
	Independent	David Blaney	233	15.8	4	4
	Independent	Peter Carlin	177	12.0	3	4
	Labour	Ronald Joseph MacKinnon	162	11.0
	SNP	Gerry MacLeod	125	8.5	2	4
	Independent	Angus MacDonald	57	3.9

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Beinn Na Foghla Agus Uibhist A Tuath
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

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Na Hearadh Agus Ceann A Deas Nan Loch
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Morag Munro	583	49.0	1	1
	Independent	Catherine MacDonald	239	20.1	2	2
	SNP	Philip Robert MacLean	136	11.4	3	6
	Independent	Donald MacLeod	84	7.1
	Independent	Morris Black	76	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Blake	71	6.0

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Sgir’ Uige Agus Ceann A Tuath Nan Loch
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Annie MacDonald	442	26.9	1	1
	Independent	Alex MacDonald	406	24.7	2	2
	Labour	Norman Alexander MacDonald	295	18.0	3	6
	Independent	Gordon Anderson	246	15.0
	Independent	Alex MacIntosh	130	7.9
	Independent	John Angus MacDonald	124	7.5

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Sgire An Rubha
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Donald John MacSween	497	38.4	1	1
	Independent	Norman M MacLeod	450	34.8	2	1
	Independent	Donald Iain Nicholson	245	18.9	3	2
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Bennie	101	7.8

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Steòrnabhagh a Deas
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Charlie Nicolson	683	36.2	1	1
	Independent	Angus McCormack	529	28.0	2	1
	Independent	Keith Dodson	292	15.5	3	3
	Independent	Angus Campbell	188	10.0	4	6
	Independent	David Morrison	137	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Davis	60	3.2

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Steòrnabhagh a Tuath
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Murdo MacLeod	920	50.3	1	1
	Independent	Roddie MacKay	305	16.7	2	2
	Independent	Iain MacKenzie	212	11.6	3	3
	Independent	Neil Campbell	168	9.2	4	7
	Liberal Democrats	John Chisholm Cole	108	5.9
	Independent	Angus MacMillan	95	5.2
	Independent	Colin Scott	20	1.1

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Loch a Tuath
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 election, 2007: An Taobh Siar agus Nis
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Iain Morrison	463	25.9	1	1
	Independent	John MacKay	335	18.7	2	3
	Independent	Kenneth MacLeod Murray	313	17.5	3	5
	Independent	Annie MacSween	277	15.5
	Independent	Agnes Rennie	267	14.9	4	7
	Independent	Iain MacLeod	118	6.6
	Independent	Malcolm McTaggart	14	0.8

Changes since 2007 Election

• †On 25 November 2011 John A. MacIver joined the Scottish National Party and ceased to be an Independent.

External links

• Council website