Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch (ward)

Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Boundary of Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch in Na h-Eileanan Siar from 2007–2022.
Electorate	2,342 (2017)
Major settlements	Crossbost Tarbert
Scottish Parliament constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament region	Highlands and Islands
UK Parliament constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
2007 (2007)–2022 (2022)
Number of councillors	3
Replaced by	Na Hearadh Sgìre nan Loch

Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch (Scottish Gaelic for 'Harris and South of The Lochs') was one of the nine wards of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Scottish Gaelic for 'Council of the Western Isles'). Created in 2007, the ward elected three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system. As a result of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, the ward was abolished in 2022.

Independents have dominated elections in the Western Isles and the majority of the councillors elected in the area had no party affiliation. However, the Scottish National Party (SNP) also held one seat at each election.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Philip Robert MacLean (SNP)		Morag Munro (Independent)		Catherine MacDonald (Independent)
2012			D.J. McKay (Labour)
2017	John Mitchell (SNP)		Finlay Cunningham (Independent)	Paul Finnegan (Independent)

Election results

2017 election

Main article: 2017 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Finlay Cunningham	33.2	381
	Independent	Paul Finnegan	16.5	189	214	215	219	224	239	261	359
	SNP	John Mitchell	15.0	172	179	179	181	220	228	236	278
	Independent	Catherine McDonald (incumbent)	14.5	166	187	187	191	195	199	218
	Independent	Sheena MacLeod	7.0	80	91	91	95	98	126
	Independent	Denise Wilson	5.6	64	66	70	72	73
	SNP	Fiona MacLeod	4.1	47	50	51	55
	Independent	D. J. MacRae (incumbent)	3.7	42	43	45
	Independent	Alex Smith	0.6	7	7
Electorate: 1,860   Valid: 1,148   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 288   Turnout: 63.2%

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2012 Election

2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas Nan Loch - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Catherine MacDonald (incumbent)	62.09%	498
	SNP	Philip Robert MacLean (incumbent)	25.19%	202
	Labour	D.J. MacRae	8.6%	69	163.8	163.9	193.5
	SNP	David Cameron Wilson	4.11%	33	105.2	105.8
Electorate: 1,922   Valid: 802   Spoilt: 18   Quota: 201   Turnout: 830 (41.73)%

2007 Election

2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007: Na Hearadh Agus Ceann A Deas Nan Loch

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Morag Munro	583	49.0	1	1
	Independent	Catherine MacDonald	239	20.1	2	2
	SNP	Philip Robert MacLean	136	11.4	3	6
	Independent	Donald MacLeod	84	7.1
	Independent	Morris Black	76	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Blake	71	6.0