An Taobh Siar agus Nis

An Taobh Siar agus Nis
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Boundary of An Taobh Siar agus Nis in Na h-Eileanan Siar from 2007–2022.
Population	2,668 (2021)
Electorate	2,552 (2022)
Major settlements	Barvas Port of Ness
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 (2007)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	John N. MacLeod (Independent)
Councillor	Kenneth MacLeod (SNP)
Councillor	Donald MacSween (Independent)
Created from	Barvas and Arnol Carloway Dell Gress Laxdale Port of Ness Shawbost

An Taobh Siar agus Nis (Scottish Gaelic for 'West Side and Ness') is one of the 11 wards of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Scottish Gaelic for 'Council of the Western Isles'). Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system. Originally a four-member ward, the number of members elected in An Taobh Siar agus Nis was reduced following a boundary review and it has elected three councillors since the 2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election.

Independents have dominated elections in the Western Isles and the majority of councillors elected in the area have had no party affiliation. However, since 2012, the Scottish National Party (SNP) have held one of the seats.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Agnes Rennie		John MacKay		Kenneth M. Murray		Iain Morrison
2012		Kenneth MacLeod (SNP)
2015 by-election	John N. McLeod
2017			Kenny J. MacLeod
2022	Donald McSween

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

An Taobh Siar agus Nis – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	John N. MacLeod (incumbent)	25.0	346	356
	SNP	Kenny MacLeod (incumbent)	21.8	302	365
	Independent	Donald MacSween	19.6	271	282	288	290	339	479
	Independent	Dorothy Morrison	16.8	233	242	248	250	283
	Independent	Donald J. MacLeod	9.5	131	133	135	138
	SNP	Finlay J. MacLeod	7.4	102
Electorate: 2,552   Valid: 1,414   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 347   Turnout: 55.4%

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2017 Election

2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

An Taobh Siar agus Nis - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	John N. MacLeod (incumbent)	23.72	339
	SNP	Kenneth MacLeod (incumbent)	19.38	277	286.85
	Independent	Kenny John MacLeod	16.72	239	260.89	261.11	310.99
	Independent	John MacKay (incumbent)	15.4	220	224.38	224.63	254.81	261.75	339.88
	Independent	Alistair MacLennan (incumbent)	13.51	193	200.82	201	238.49	247.3
	Independent	Malcolm McTaggart	11.27	161	164.44	164.52
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 1,429   Spoilt: 35   Quota: 286   Turnout: 1,464 (57.6%)

2015 By-election

An Taobh Siar agus Nis By-election (7 October 2015) – 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	John Norman MacLeod	86.9%	886
	Independent	Richard Froggatt	7.4%	75
	Scottish Green	Gavin MacLeod Humphreys	5.8%	59
Valid: 1,020   Quota: 511   Turnout: (39.8%)

2012 Election

2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

An Taobh Siar agus Nis - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Independent	Iain Morrison (incumbent)††††	24.18%	354
	Independent	John MacKay (incumbent)	21.17%	310
	SNP	Kenneth MacLeod	20.36%	298
	Independent	Kenneth MacLeod Murray (incumbent) ††	19.74%	289	316.4
	Independent	Alastair MacLennan	8.13%	119	128.3
	Independent	Alastair Dunlop	6.42%	94	103.3
Electorate: 2,599   Valid: 1,464   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 293   Turnout: 1,485 (56.34%)

2007 Election

2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

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