2003 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

2003 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 31 seats to Western Isles Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alex Macdonald Party Independent Labour SNP Leader's seat Carloway Last election 22 seats, 74.1% 5 seats, 10.1% 4 seats, 15.8% Seats won 24 4 3 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 4,914 1,110 930 Percentage 70.7% 16.0% 13.4% Swing 3.7% 5.9% 2.4%
Council Convener before election Alex Macdonald Independent Council Convener after election Alex Macdonald Independent

An election to the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) was held on 1 May 2003 as part of the wider 2003 Scottish local elections.

Aggregate results

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2003
Turnout in contested wards: 64.1% (6,954)

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	24	2	0	2	77.4	70.7	4,914	3.4
	Labour	4	0	1	1	12.9	16.0	1,110	5.9
	SNP	3	0	1	1	9.7	13.4	930	2.4

Ward results

Port of Ness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S.E.L. Hawkins	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Dell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Mackay	298	60.1%
	Labour	M.J. Macleod (Incumbent)	198	39.9%
Majority			100	11.2%
	Independent gain from Labour

Barvas & Arnol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Iain Morrison (Incumbent)	266	56.7%
	Independent	R. Macdonald	203	43.3%
Majority			63	13.4%
	Independent hold

Shawbost

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Morrison (Incumbent)	293	62.6%
	Independent	Kenneth Murray	175	37.4%
Majority			118	15.2%
	Independent hold

Carloway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alex MacDonald (Incumbent)	286	63.8%
	Independent	A. Macleod	162	36.2%
Majority			124	27.6%
	Independent hold

Uig

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Norman MacDonald (Incumbent)	314	85.8%
	SNP	C.J. Ryan	52	14.2%
Majority			262	71.6%
	Labour hold

Gress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Angus Graham (Incumbent)	347	67.0%
	Independent	John Maciver	171	33.0%
Majority			176	34.0%
	Independent hold

Coll

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C.I. Graham (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Blackwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Iain Macleod (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Laxdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Neil Campbell	230	63.0%
	Labour	F. Cowan	135	37.0%
Majority			95	26.0%
	Independent gain from Labour

Coulregrein

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Lonie (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Labour hold

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A. Nicolson (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	SNP hold

Manor Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Murdo Macleod	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent gain from Labour

Goathill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N. Macdonald (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Bayhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Keith Dodson	220	55.1%
	Labour	J. Mackillop	121	30.3%
	Independent	Stanley Bennie	58	14.5%
Majority			99	24.8%
	Independent hold

Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Angus Campbell (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Plasterfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Angus McCormack	202	47.2%
	Independent	C.M. Macleay	120	28.0%
	Independent	A.G. Scott	106	24.8%
Majority			82	19.2%
	Independent gain from SNP

Braighe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Donald Nicholson (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Knock & Bayble

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Norman Macleod (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Tiumpan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Donald Macsween (Incumbent)	260	62.2%
	Labour	D.J. Smith	158	37.8%
Majority			102	24.4%
	Independent hold

North Lochs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alex Mackintosh	263	59.5%
	SNP	Gordon Anderson	179	40.5%
Majority			84	19.0%
	Independent hold

Lochs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Alex MacDonald	230	51.8%
	Independent	R.M. Mackenzie	214	48.2%
Majority			16	3.6%
	SNP gain from Independent

Harris West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Morag Munro (Incumbent)	465	88.1%
	Independent	A.A. Ross	63	11.9%
Majority			402	76.2%
	Independent hold

Paible

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Archie Campbell (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Labour hold

Lochmaddy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Maclean (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

North Benbecula

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Martin Taylor	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Eochar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Carlin	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Locheynort

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ronald Mackinnon (Incumbent)	184	54.6%
	SNP	Gerry Macleod	153	45.4%
Majority			31	9.2%
	Labour gain from Independent

Daliburgh & Eriskay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Angus Macdonald	168	50.8%
	Independent	David Blaney (Incumbent)	163	49.2%
Majority			5	1.6%
	Independent hold

Barra & Vatersay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Donald Manford (Incumbent)	316	63.6%
	Independent	A.F. Macleod	181	36.4%
Majority			135	17.2%
	SNP hold