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

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general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

. The election was the first one using 9 new

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 31 single-member wards which used the

plurality Plurality may refer to: Voting * Plurality (voting), or relative majority, when a given candidate receives more votes than any other but still fewer than half of the total ** Plurality voting, system in which each voter votes for one candidate and ...

( first past the post) system of election. The large majority of the seats were held by independent candidates, similar to other predominantly rural Scottish councils. The

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and

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had a small representation each, and the Scottish Liberal Democrats stood four candidates, all of whom were unsuccessful.

Election results

Ward results

Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas

Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath

Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch

Sgir' Uige agus Ceann a Tuath nan Loch

Sgire an Rubha

Steòrnabhagh a Deas

Loch a Tuath

An Taobh Siar agus Nis

Changes since 2007 Election

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

References

External links

Council website
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2007

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2007 Scottish local elections