Steòrnabhagh a Deas (English: Stornoway South) is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Charlie Nicolson
(Ind.)
Angus McCormack
(Ind.)
Keith Dodson
(Ind.)
Angus Campbell
(Ind.)
2012 Rae McKenzie
(SNP)
2017 Keith Dodson
(Ind.)
2022 George Murray Frances Murray
(SNP)

Election results

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2022 election

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Steòrnabhagh a Deas – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent George Murray 25.4 367            
SNP Rae MacKenzie (incumbent) 19.9 287 296          
Independent Angus McCormack (incumbent) 19.6 283 300          
SNP Frances Murray 14.0 203 213 215 217 231 246 301
Independent Archie MacDonald 7.7 111 120 122 122 158 206  
Independent Callum I. MacMillan 7.0 101 113 115 116 144    
Independent Frank S. Burns 6.5 94 102 104 104      
Electorate: 3,105   Valid: 1,446   Spoilt: 30   Quota: 290   Turnout: 47.5%  

Source:[2]

2017 Election

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2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election[3]

Steòrnabhagh a Deas - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Charlie Nicolson (incumbent) 49.25 755              
SNP Rae MacKenzie (incumbent) 16.31 250 345.53            
Independent Angus McCormack (incumbent) 10.76 165 290.54 299.3 308.8        
Independent Keith Dodson 10.18 156 207.03 214.16 215.46 215.74 229.3 276.02 338.01
Independent Shonnie MacRitchie 5.02 77 161.85 165.56 170.93 171.07 190.7 196.55  
Independent Caroline Brick 5.02 76 81.34 84.48 86.07 86.4 92.63    
Independent Derek McPherson 3.07 47 63.61 66.7 68.36 68.42      
Independent Campbell McKenzie 0.46 7 17.68 18.19          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 1,533   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 307   Turnout: 1,576 (52.8%)  

2012 Election

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2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

Steòrnabhagh a Deas - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Charlie Nicolson (incumbent) 45.67% 685            
Independent Angus Campbell (incumbent) 13.73% 206 287.8 288.8 290.5 311.5    
Independent Angus McCormack (incumbent) 12.6% 189 298.9 306.2        
Independent Keith Dodson (incumbent) 11.4% 171 230.9 233.1 234.0 247.3 251.7  
SNP Rae MacKenzie 9.67% 145 203.9 253.1 254.1 268.9 270.5 365.9
SNP Bob Duncan 3.8% 57 63.7          
Independent Uilleam Macleod 3.13% 47 66.1 67.1 67.5      
Electorate: 2,962   Valid: 1,500   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 301   Turnout: 1,526 (50.65)%  

2007 Election

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2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Steòrnabhagh a Deas
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent Charlie Nicolson 683 36.2 1 1
Independent Angus McCormack 529 28.0 2 1
Independent Keith Dodson 292 15.5 3 3
Independent Angus Campbell 188 10.0 4 6
Independent David Morrison 137 7.3
Liberal Democrats Jean Davis 60 3.2

References

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  1. ^ @BallotBoxScot (11 September 2019). "Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) (1/3);Apologies for lost accents on the Gaelic here, the software didn't lik…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Faulds, Allan. "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 2022". Ballot Box Scotland. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017".