Sgìre an Rubha
| Sgìre an Rubha | |
|---|---|
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | |
 Boundary of Sgìre an Rubha in Na h-Eileanan Siar from 2007–2022. | |
| Population | 2,158 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 1,905 (2017) |
| Major settlements | Bayble Garrabost |
| 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 |
| Number of councillors | 2 |
| Councillor | Norrie T. MacDonald (Independent) |
| Councillor | Finlay M. Stewart (Independent) |
Sgìre an Rubha (Scottish Gaelic for 'Point District') 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 two councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system. Originally a three-member ward, the number of members elected in Sgìre an Rubha was reduced following a boundary review and it has elected two councillors since the 2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election.
Independents have dominated elections in the Western Isles and every councillor elected in the area has had no party affiliation.
Boundaries
[edit]The 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 Sgìre an Rubha was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Knock and Bayble and Tiumpan wards as well as part of the former Braighe ward. The ward centres around the Eye Peninsula – also known as Point – in the northeast of the Isle of Lewis and includes the uninhabited Bayble Island.[2] Proposals in the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections would have seen the ward's western boundary extended west to include the village of Sandwick and the ward renamed Sgìre an Rubha agus Sanndabhaig.[3] 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.[4]
The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 allowed for the creation of single- and dual-member wards to allow for better representation of island areas. The ward's western boundary was brought east to the causeway which joins the Eye Peninsula to the Isle of Lewis so that an area including Stornoway Airport and the village of Melbost were transferred to Steòrnabhagh a Deas. As a result, it was reduced from a three-member ward to a dual-member ward.[5]
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Donald J. MacSween (Independent) |
Norman M. MacLeod (Independent) |
Donald I. Nicholson (Independent) | |||||
| 2012 | Zena Stewart (Independent) |
Alasdair McLeod (Independent) | ||||||
| 2017 | Norrie MacDonald (Independent) |
Finlay Stewart (Independent) | ||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
Election results
[edit]2022 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Norrie T. MacDonald (incumbent) | Unopposed | |||
| Independent | Finlay M. Stewart (incumbent) | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
Source:[6]
2017 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Norrie MacDonald | 32.0 | 354 | ||||||
| Independent | Alasdair MacLeod (incumbent) | 29.7 | 329 | ||||||
| Independent | Finlay Stewart | 13.6 | 151 | 169 | 191 | 213 | 267 | 338 | |
| Independent | Tony Robson | 8.2 | 91 | 113 | 124 | 141 | 162 | ||
| Independent | John MacMillan | 9.0 | 100 | 113 | 120 | 133 | |||
| Conservative | Don MacDonald | 7.4 | 83 | 88 | 92 | ||||
| Electorate: 1,905 Valid: 1,108 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 278 Turnout: 59.5% | |||||||||
Source: [7]
2012 Election
[edit]2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Zena Stewart | 17.52% | 205 | 238 | 276 | 316 | ||||
| Independent | Alasdair MacLeod | 17.52% | 205 | 219 | 242 | 291 | 297.8 | |||
| Independent | Donald John MacSween (incumbent) | 15.13% | 177 | 187 | 200 | 227 | 230.3 | 231.7 | ||
| Independent | Norman MacLeod (incumbent) | 15.04% | 176 | 186 | 202 | 252 | 256.2 | 257.6 | 349.0 | |
| Independent | Donald Nicholson (incumbent) | 14.44% | 169 | 183 | 197 | |||||
| SNP | John Norman MacDonald | 12.05% | 141 | 149 | ||||||
| Independent | Iain Don MacIver | 8.29% | 97 | |||||||
| Electorate: 1,921 Valid: 1,170 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 293 Turnout: 1,189 (60.91)% | ||||||||||
2007 Election
[edit]2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Donald John MacSween | 497 | 38.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Norman M MacLeod | 450 | 34.8 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Donald Iain Nicholson | 245 | 18.9 | 3 | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stanley Bennie | 101 | 7.8 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Sgìre an Rubha". Scottish Government. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Notice Of Uncontested Election". Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Results 2017 Eilean Siar". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 1 November 2024.