1978 Western Isles Islands Council election

none April 2022 July 2017 1978 Western Isles Islands Council election Scotland Western Isles Council Flag.svg parliamentary no 1974 Western Isles Area Council election 1974 1978 5 8 y 1982 Western Isles Area Council election 1982 All 30 seats to Western Isles Council 16 Independent (politician) 30 seats, 100.0% Donald Macauley Uig West 30 2,590 100.0% 0 0.0 400px Council control Council control after election Donald Macauley Independent (politician) Donald Macauley Independent (politician) The second election to Western Isles Islands Council was held on 8 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. All candidates stood as Independents, and 23 candidates were elected unopposed. In a rematch of the council vote in 1974, incumbent convener Donald Macaulay defeated a challenge from former Stornoway Provost Sandy Matheson and was re-elected to a second term in office.Western Isles Islands Council Minutes 16 May 1978 Aggregate results Western Isles Council election, 1978pp.57-58 Independent (politician) 30 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 2,590 0.0 Ward results Port of Ness Independent (politician) Angus Morrison 237 54.0% Independent (politician) Donald Morrison (Incumbent) 200 45.6% 37 8.4% Independent (politician) Dell Independent (politician) Kathleen MacAskill (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Barvas Independent (politician) W. MacLeod 237 72.7% Independent (politician) John Paterson (Incumbent) 89 27.3% 148 45.4% Independent (politician) Shawbost Independent (politician) Malcolm MacLeod (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Carloway Independent (politician) Jack MacArthur (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Uig West Independent (politician) Donald MacAulay (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Gress Independent (politician) K.A. MacIver (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Coll Independent (politician) Murdo MacDonald (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Laxdale Independent (politician) Donald MacLeod (Incumbent) 176 58.9% Independent (politician) A.A. MacLeod 122 40.8% 54 18.1% Independent (politician) Coulregrein Independent (politician) Kenneth MacDonald (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Manor Park Independent (politician) James MacRae (Incumbent) 305 87.9% Independent (politician) T.A. Woodcock 42 12.1% 263 75.8% Independent (politician) Bayhead Independent (politician) Alasdair Rae MacKenzie (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Goathill Independent (politician) M.A. Macmillan unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Newton Independent (politician) Sandy Matheson (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Sandwick Independent (politician) William MacDonald (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Aignish Independent (politician) John Crichton (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Tiumpan Independent (politician) Donald MacKay (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) North Lochs Independent (politician) M.D. MacLeod 263 52.8% Independent (politician) Donald Martin (Incumbent) 233 46.8% 30 6.0% Independent (politician) Kinloch Independent (politician) Ian MacLennan (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Pairc Independent (politician) D.M. MacKay 113 46.5% Independent (politician) A. Kennedy 90 37.0% Independent (politician) A. MacLeod 40 16.5% 23 9.5% Independent (politician) Tarbert Independent (politician) Donald MacKinnon (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Bays Independent (politician) D. MacDonald (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Obbe Independent (politician) Wilfred Leonard (Incumbent) 246 55.5% Independent (politician) G. MacLeod 197 44.5% 49 11.0% Independent (politician) Paible Independent (politician) Roderick MacLeod (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Lochmaddy Independent (politician) James Robertson (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Benbecula Independent (politician) Calum MacLellan (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Iochdar Independent (politician) Dugald Morrison (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Lochboisdale Independent (politician) Roderick MacKinnon (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Northbay Independent (politician) Reginald Allan (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Castlebay Independent (politician) Hugh Morrison (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) By-elections A by-election was held in Carloway in March 1979 following the resignation of Rev Jack MacArthur, convener of the council's Education Committee, who had moved to Skye to work as a minister for the Church of Scotland in Broadford.Calum is new Carloway councillor West Highland Free Press 30 March 1979 1978 Carloway by-election Independent (politician) Malcolm MacArthur 174 59.2% Independent (politician) George MacLeod 120 40.8% 54 18.4% Independent (politician) References Western Isles Islands Council election 1978 Category:Long stubs with short prose