Loch a Tuath (ward)
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Loch a Tuath | |
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Na h-Eileanan Siar | |
Population | 2,654 (2021)[1] |
Electorate | 2,216 (2022) |
Major settlements | Coll North Tolsta |
Scottish Parliament constituency | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Scottish Parliament region | Highlands and Islands |
UK Parliament constituency | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Current ward | |
Created | 2007 |
Number of councillors | 3 |
Councillor | Donald F. Crichton (Independent) |
Councillor | Calum MacLean (Independent) |
Councillor | John A. MacIver (SNP) |
Created from | Barvas and Arnol Blackwater Braighe Carloway Coll Gress Laxdale |
Loch a Tuath (Scottish Gaelic for 'Broad Bay', lit. 'North Loch'') is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors
[edit]Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | John A. MacIver (Ind./ SNP) |
Kenneth MacIver | Catriona Stewart | |||||
2012 | Donald Finlayson Crichton | |||||||
2017 | Callum McLean | |||||||
2022 |
Election results
[edit]2022 election
[edit]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 Election
[edit]2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election[3]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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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 Election
[edit]2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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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 Election
[edit]2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Loch a Tuath". Scottish Government. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Faulds, Allan. "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 2022". Ballot Box Scotland. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Local Government Elections 2017".