Eilean a' Cheò (ward)
Appearance
Location of the ward [1]
Eilean a' Cheò is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the islands of Skye and Raasay. It elects four Councillors.
It is the only Highland Council ward with an official name in the Scottish Gaelic language. Eilean a' Cheò is a name for the Isle of Skye, meaning the Island of Mist.[2]
Councillors
[edit]Election | Councillors | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Hamish Fraser (Ind.) |
John Laing (Ind.) |
Drew Millar (Liberal Democrats) |
Ian Renwick (SNP) | ||||
2012 | John Gordon (Ind.) | |||||||
2017 | John Finlayson (Ind.) |
Ronald McDonald (Ind.) |
Calum MacLeod (SNP/ Independent/ Highland Matters) | |||||
Mar 2020 | Calum Munro (Ind.) | |||||||
2022 | Drew Millar (SNP) |
Ruraidh Stewart (Conservative) |
Election Results
[edit]2022 Election
[edit]2022 Highland Council election[3]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Independent | John Finlayson (incumbent) | 32.12% | 1,450 | |||||||||
SNP | Drew Millar | 22.57% | 1,019 | |||||||||
Independent | Calum Munro (incumbent) | 12.91% | 583 | 792.0 | 813.7 | 838.8 | 928.3 | |||||
Conservative | Ruraidh Stewart | 10.74% | 485 | 521.1 | 522.4 | 535.1 | 538.3 | 539.7 | 595.1 | 654.7 | 806.7 | |
Independent | Fay Thomson | 5.71% | 258 | 339.7 | 348.9 | 372.1 | 409.0 | 416.8 | 464.1 | 632.2 | ||
Independent | Donald MacDonald | 5.32% | 240 | 319.5 | 329.4 | 342.2 | 369.1 | 376.2 | 429.1 | |||
Alba | Hector MacLeod | 3.68% | 166 | 185.6 | 208.8 | 211.7 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | Jack Clark | 3.48% | 157 | 188.3 | 196.7 | 258.0 | 271.9 | 273.2 | ||||
Labour | Peter Ó Donnghaile | 3.48% | 157 | 180.3 | 189.0 | |||||||
Electorate: 8,912 Valid: 4,515 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 904 Turnout: 51.3% |
2020 By-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Independent | Calum Munro | 28.5% | 911 | 927 | 1,017 | 1,117 | 1,464 | |
SNP | Andrew Kiss | 27.3% | 874 | 885 | 889 | 1,019 | 1,135 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fay Thomson | 21.8% | 698 | 698 | 801 | 881 | ||
Scottish Green | Dawn Kroonstuiver Campbell | 11.2% | 357 | 367 | 379 | |||
Conservative | Ruraidh Stewart | 9.8% | 314 | 315 | ||||
No Label | Màrtainn Mac a’ Bhàillidh | 1.8% | 45 | |||||
Electorate: 8,848 Valid: 3,199 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,600 Turnout: 3,228 (36.5%) |
2017 Election
[edit]2017 Highland Council election[5]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Independent | John Finlayson | 28.9% | 1,449 | ||||||||||||
SNP | Calum MacLeod ††† | 12.5% | 626 | 656.6 | 666.9 | 676.5 | 690.4 | 710.3 | 726.6 | 1,028.8 | |||||
Independent | Ronald MacDonald†††††††† | 14.3% | 717 | 829.5 | 835.2 | 847.5 | 892.3 | 925.9 | 992.6 | 999.3 | 1,001.9 | ||||
Independent | John Gordon (incumbent) | 9.06% | 453 | 534.9 | 539.9 | 549.5 | 582.7 | 631.9 | 737.3 | 757.1 | 765.3 | 765.7 | 834.6 | 1,035.2 | |
Independent | Hamish Fraser (incumbent) | 6.8% | 339 | 395.9 | 408.5 | 425.1 | 442.8 | 515.6 | 545.6 | 554.8 | 559.1 | 559.2 | 632.03 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm MacLeod | 6.4% | 319 | 331.4 | 335.4 | 359.2 | 371 | 383.9 | 394.5 | 395.8 | 396.3 | 396.4 | |||
SNP | Ian Renwick (incumbent) | 6.2% | 310 | 317.4 | 320.4 | 323.4 | 334.8 | 351.7 | 363.5 | ||||||
Independent | Campbell Dickson | 4.3% | 216 | 249.7 | 251.6 | 257.9 | 277.3 | 303.3 | |||||||
Independent | Drew Millar (incumbent) | 4.3% | 213 | 241.1 | 243.4 | 250.4 | 265.8 | ||||||||
Independent | Moira Scoobie | 3.3% | 164 | 197.1 | 208 | 222.6 | |||||||||
Liberal Democrats | Ken MacLeod * | 1.9% | 97 | 106.6 | 131.2 | ||||||||||
Labour | Peter O'Donnghaile | 1.9% | 98 | 104.5 | |||||||||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,001 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,001 Turnout: 5,082 (59.1%) |
2012 Election
[edit]2012 Highland Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Independent | John Gordon | 26.59% | 949 | |||
SNP | Ian Renwick (incumbent) | 23.26% | 830 | |||
Independent | Hamish Fraser (incumbent) | 18.13% | 647 | 702.5 | 729.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Drew Millar (incumbent)††† | 17.96% | 641 | 704.1 | 726.4 | |
Independent | Moira Scoobie | 7.12% | 254 | 301 | 317.1 | |
Labour | Andrew MacKintosh | 4.4% | 157 | 164.7 | 171.5 | |
Conservative | John Crews | 2.55% | 91 | 97.4 | 99.8 | |
Electorate: 8,161 Valid: 3,569 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 714 Turnout: 3,609 (44.22%) |
2007 Election
[edit]2007 Highland Council election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Drew Millar | 960 | 21.2 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | Hamish Fraser | 795 | 17.6 | 2 | 4 | |
Independent | John Laing | 734 | 16.2 | 3 | 6 | |
SNP | Ian Renwick | 669 | 14.8 | 4 | 8 | |
Independent | John Murray | 498 | 11.0 | |||
Labour | Vicki Samuels | 351 | 7.8 | |||
Independent | Iain MacDonald | 338 | 7.5 | |||
Conservative | John Hodgson | 178 | 3.9 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Where is ... Eilean a' Cheo?". The Observer Travel. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ a b "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Community Council elections".