1974 Western Isles Islands Council election

1974 Scottish local government election June 2023 June 2023 1974 Western Isles Islands Council election Scotland Western Isles Council Flag.svg parliamentary no 1974 5 7 y 1978 Western Isles Area Council election 1978 All 30 seats to Western Isles Council 16 Independent (politician) Donald Macauley Uig West 30 6,430 100.0% 400px Council Convener Council Convener after election Donald Macauley Independent (politician) The first election to the Western Isles Islands Council was held on 7 May 1974 as part of the wider 1974 Scottish regional elections. All candidates stood as Independents, and 16 candidates were elected unopposed. Several members of political parties ran as independent candidates. This included Roderick MacLeod in Shawbost, who had contested the Western Isles constituency for the Conservatives in 1970, and Mary McCormack, election agent for Labour candidate Andrew Wilson in February 1974, both of whom were unsuccessful.Lively Election Scene West Highland Free Press 19 April 1974 After the election, Reverend Donald Macaulay and Stornoway Provost Sandy Matheson were tied in a 15-15 vote among councillors to become the council's first convener. Macaulay was elected upon the drawing of a lot.Western Isles Islands Council Minutes 16 May 1974 Aggregate results Western Isles Council election, 1974Western Isles Council, 1974Western Isles Islands Council Election Results Stornoway Gazette 11 May 1974 Independent (politician) 30 100.00 100.00 6,430 Ward results Stornoway Newton Independent (politician) Sandy Matheson 369 71.9% Independent (politician) Alasdair MacLeod 144 28.1% 225 43.8% Independent (politician) Stornoway Goathill Independent (politician) Albert Nicoll unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Stornoway Bayhead Independent (politician) Alasdair Rae MacKenzie 341 73.2% Independent (politician) Marie MacMillan 125 26.8% 216 46.4% Independent (politician) Stornoway Manor Independent (politician) James Macrae unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Aignish Independent (politician) John Crichton unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Tiumpan Independent (politician) Donald Mackay unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Gress Independent (politician) Peter MacLeod 310 59.3% Independent (politician) George Mackay 213 40.7% 97 18.6% Independent (politician) Coll Independent (politician) Kenneth MacDonald 284 52.1% Independent (politician) James MacLennan 261 47.9% 23 4.2% Independent (politician) Port of Ness Independent (politician) Donald Morrison 277 60.0% Independent (politician) Roderick Morrison 185 40.0% 92 20.0% Independent (politician) Dell Independent (politician) Kathleen MacAskill unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Barvas Independent (politician) John Paterson unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Shawbost Independent (politician) Malcolm MacLeod 238 41.0% Independent (politician) Roderick MacLeod 147 25.3% Independent (politician) William MacLeod 145 25.0% Independent (politician) Angus MacLeod 51 8.8% 91 15.7% Independent (politician) Laxdale Independent (politician) Donald MacLeod unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Coulregrein Independent (politician) Kenneth MacDonald unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Sandwick Independent (politician) William MacDonald 228 57.9% Independent (politician) Mary McCormack 166 42.1% 92 15.8% Independent (politician) Uig East Independent (politician) Jack Macarthur 371 81.4% Independent (politician) Norman Maciver 49 10.7% Independent (politician) Malcolm Macarthur 36 7.9% 332 70.7% Independent (politician) Uig West Independent (politician) Donald Macaulay unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) North Lochs Independent (politician) Donald Martin 282 53.5% Independent (politician) Angus MacLeod 217 43.5% 65 10.0% Independent (politician) Kinloch Independent (politician) Ian Maclennan unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Lochs Park Independent (politician) Malcolm Macinnes 189 77.7% Independent (politician) Joyce MacKay 54 22.2% 135 55.5% Independent (politician) Harris North Independent (politician) Donald Mackinnon 318 72.8% Independent (politician) John Halford-MacLeod 119 27.2% 119 45.6% Independent (politician) Harris Middle Independent (politician) Andrew Mundy unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Harris South Independent (politician) Wilfred Leonard unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) North Uist North Independent (politician) Roderick MacLeod 338 73.6% Independent (politician) Montague Ford 121 26.4% 217 47.2% Independent (politician) North Uist South Independent (politician) James Robertson 193 50.8% Independent (politician) John Macdonald 156 41.1% Independent (politician) James Macarthur 31 8.2% 37 9.7% Independent (politician) Benbecula Independent (politician) Calum Maclennan unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) South Uist Independent (politician) Dugald Morrison unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Lochboisdale Independent (politician) Roderick Mackinnon 272 57.6% Independent (politician) John Macinnes 200 42.4% 72 15.2% Independent (politician) Barra North Independent (politician) Reginald Allan unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Barra South Independent (politician) Hugh Morrison unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) References Category:1974 Scottish local elections 1974