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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Scottish Gaelic for 'Council of the Western Isles'; Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈkʰõ.ərˠʎə nə ˈɲelan ˈʃiəɾ]) is the local authority for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles, also known as the Outer Hebrides), one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. [3] [4] It is based in Stornoway on the Isle of ...
The SNP stood nine candidates; the same as they had in 2017 and more than any other party. The Conservatives stood just two candidates, down from three in 2017. For the first time, the Greens (one) and the Alba Party (one) fielded candidates in a Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election.
Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles council) were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.
Western Isles Council - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - has asked councillors to approve its plan for a study at a meeting next week. In a report, the comhairle's education chief officer Donald ...
The Outer Hebrides (/ ˈ h ɛ b r ɪ d iː z / HEB-rid-eez) or Western Isles (Scottish Gaelic: na h-Eileanan Siar [nə ˈhelanən ˈʃiəɾ] ⓘ, na h-Eileanan an Iar [nə ˈhelanən əɲ ˈiəɾ] ⓘ or na h-Innse Gall, 'Islands of the Strangers'; Scots: Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of ...
The constituency area is that of the Outer Hebrides, known also as Na h-Eileanan Siar, and the constituency has the smallest electorate in the United Kingdom, one-fifth of the size of what was, until the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the largest, the Isle of Wight, which is also an island constituency.
An Taobh Siar agus Nis (Scottish Gaelic for 'West Side and Ness') 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 three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral
Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections.The election was the second one using the 9 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. [1]