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]

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	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

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

Eilean a' Cheò - 4 seats

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

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

1. http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/5th-reviews-ward-maps
2. Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/799/elections_and_voting/643/community_councils