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]

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)
2020 by- Calum Munro
(Ind.)

Election Results

2020 By-election

Eilean a' Cheò By-election (12 March 2020)[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
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 Ruriadh 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 [3]

    Eilean a' Cheò (Skye) - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789101112
    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

      Eilean a' Cheò - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      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

        The Highland Council election, 2007: Eilean a' Cheò
        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

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