Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath (Scottish Gaelic for 'Benbecula and North Uist') was one of the nine wards of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Scottish Gaelic for 'Council of the Western Isles'). Created in 2007, the ward elected three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system. As a result of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, the ward was abolished in 2022.
| Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath | |
|---|---|
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | |
 Boundary of Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath in Na h-Eileanan Siar from 2007–2022. | |
| Electorate | 2,342 (2017) |
| Major settlements | Balivanich Lochmaddy |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
| Scottish Parliament region | Highlands and Islands |
| UK Parliament constituency | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
| 2007–2022 | |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Replaced by | Uibhist a Deas, Èirisgeigh agus Beinn na Faoghla Uibhist a Tuath |
| Created from | Eochar Harris West Lochmaddy North Benbecula Paible |
Independents have dominated elections in the Western Isles and all but one of the councillors elected in the area had no party affiliation.
Boundaries
editThe ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Lochmaddy, North Benbecula and Paible wards as well as the northern half of the former Eochar ward and a few islands in the south of the former Harris West ward. The ward centred around the islands in the middle of the Outer Hebrides island chain and included Benbecula and North Uist as well as a number of uninhabited surrounding islands and the remote, uninhabited island of St Kilda in the Atlantic Ocean.[1] Proposals in the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections would have seen the ward's boundaries unchanged.[2] However, these were not adopted by Scottish ministers as plans for the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 would bring forward an interim review following the 2017 elections.[3]
The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 allowed for the creation of single- and dual-member wards to allow for better representation of island areas. As a result, the ward was abolished and replaced by the Uibhist a Deas, Èirisgeigh agus Beinn na Faoghla and Uibhist a Tuath wards.[4]
Councillors
edit| Year | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Martin Taylor (Independent) |
Uisdain Robertson (Independent) |
Archie K. Campbell (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | Neil M. Beaton (Independent) | |||||||
| 2015 | Andrew Walker (Independent) | |||||||
| 2017 | Iain MacLeod (Independent) |
Roddy McKay (Independent) | ||||||
Election results
edit2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Uisdean Robertson (incumbent) | 28.8 | 355 | ||||||||
| Independent | Iain MacLeod | 19.2 | 237 | 242 | 247 | 261 | 275 | 318 | |||
| Independent | Roddy MacKay | 16.0 | 197 | 202 | 209 | 215 | 236 | 261 | 264 | 342 | |
| SNP | Roslyn MacPherson | 12.6 | 156 | 159 | 162 | 170 | 180 | 201 | 202 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Walker (incumbent) | 8.3 | 102 | 115 | 126 | 139 | 161 | ||||
| Independent | Neil Beaton (incumbent) | 5.8 | 71 | 79 | 89 | 97 | |||||
| Independent | John MacLeod | 5.3 | 65 | 67 | 74 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ken MacBrayne | 4.1 | 51 | 51 | |||||||
| Electorate: 2,342 Valid: 1,234 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 309 Turnout: 53.8% | |||||||||||
Source: [5]
2012 Election
edit2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Uisdean Robertson (incumbent) | 29.34% | 316 | ||||||
| Independent | Neil MacDonald Beaton | 19.67% | 212 | 222.6 | 241.1 | 263.5 | 264.0 | 359.7 | |
| Labour | Archie K. Campbell (incumbent)††† | 18.94% | 204 | 224.4 | 241.5 | 271.5 | |||
| SNP | Andrew Walker | 16.43% | 177 | 181.2 | 186.5 | 219.7 | 219.9 | ||
| Independent | Martin Taylor (incumbent) | 8.64% | 93 | 97.2 | 111.5 | ||||
| Independent | Michael MacLean | 6.96% | 75 | 76.3 | |||||
| Electorate: 2,329 Valid: 1,077 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 270 Turnout: 1,102 (46.24)% | |||||||||
2007 Election
edit2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; Na h-Eileanan an lar Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Council ward boundaries agreed". Scottish Government. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Review of Electoral Arrangements; Na h-Eileanan an Iar Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Results 2017 Eilean Siar". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 1 November 2024.