Eilean a' Cheò (ward)
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.
Location of the ward [1]
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
| 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
2022 Election
2022 Highland Council election[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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
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
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
- "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
- "Where is ... Eilean a' Cheo?". The Observer Travel. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- "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".
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