Eilean a' Cheò (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

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.

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[edit]

Election	Councillors
2007		Hamish Fraser (Ind.)		John Laing (Ind.)		Drew Millar (Liberal Democrats)	Ian Renwick (SNP)
2012	John Gordon (Ind.)	Hamish Fraser (Ind.)				Drew Millar (Liberal Democrats)	Ian Renwick (SNP)
2017		John Finlayson (Ind.)		Ronald McDonald (Ind.)	Calum MacLeod (SNP/ Independent/ Highland Matters)
2017				Ronald McDonald (Ind.)
Mar 2020				Calum Munro (Ind.)
2022			Drew Millar (SNP)	Calum Munro (Ind.)		Ruraidh Stewart (Conservative)

Election Results[edit]

2022 Election[edit]

2022 Highland Council election^[3]

Eilean a' Cheò - 4 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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[edit]

Eilean a' Cheò By-election (12 March 2020)^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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[edit]

2017 Highland Council election^[5]

Eilean a' Cheò (Skye) - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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[edit]

2012 Highland Council election

Eilean a' Cheò - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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[edit]

2007 Highland Council election

The Highland Council election, 2007: Eilean a' Cheò
	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[edit]

^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^ "Where is ... Eilean a' Cheo?". The Observer Travel. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "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".

[1] "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

[2] "Where is ... Eilean a' Cheo?". The Observer Travel. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[Results-3] "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

[auto1-4] Smart, Joanna. "Local Government by-elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[5] "Community Council elections".

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