1990 Western Isles Islands Council election

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3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)

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All 30 seats to Western Isles Council
16 seats needed for a majority

	First party

Leader	Sandy Matheson
Party	Independent
Leader's seat	Newton
Last election	30 seats, 99.7%
Seats won	30
Seat change	0
Popular vote	7,179
Percentage	100.0%
Swing	0.3%

The result of the election

Council control before election

Sandy Matheson
Independent

Council control after election

Donald Macaulay
Independent

The fifth election to the Western Isles Islands Council was held on 3 May 1990 as part of the wider 1990 Scottish regional elections.

The Council's inaugural Convener, Donald Macaulay, was re-elected to the position after an eight-year absence. He would only serve until 1991, resigning in response to the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International which led to the Council losing £24 million.^[1]

Aggregate results

Western Isles Council election, 1990^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	30	0	0	0	100.0	100.0	7,179	0.3

Ward Results

Port of Ness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D.J. MacLennan (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Dell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kathleen MacAskill (Incumbent)	244	56.5%
	Independent	P. Graham	187	43.3%
Majority			57	13.2%
	Independent hold

Barvas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. MacDonald (Incumbent)	305	74.2%
	Independent	A. MacDonald	106	25.8%
Majority			199	48.4%
	Independent hold

Shawbost
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Donald MacLeod (Incumbent)	389	62.3%
	Independent	M. Gillies	235	37.7%
Majority			154	24.6%
	Independent hold

Carloway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alex Macdonald (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Uig
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Donald MacAulay	220	53.7%
	Independent	J. MacLeod (Incumbent)	190	46.3%
Majority			30	7.4%
	Independent hold

Gress
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A.M. Graham (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Coll
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Nicholson	351	63.0%
	Independent	D.M. MacLean (Incumbent)	205	36.8%
Majority			146	26.2%
	Independent hold

Coll
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L. MacIver (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Coulregrein
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Lonie	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Manor Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A.M. MacKenzie (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Bayhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Murdo Afrin (Incumbent)	344	76.3%
	Independent	K. Nicolson	106	23.5%
Majority			238	54.8%
	Independent hold

Goathill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. MacFarlane (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Sandy Matheson (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Sandwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		No nominations
Majority

Aignish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Crichton (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Tiumpan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D.M. MacLeod (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

North Lochs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D.H.M. MacIver (Incumbent)	372	68.3%
	Independent	A. MacLeod	173	31.7%
Majority			199	36.6%
	Independent hold

Kinloch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ian MacLennan (Incumbent)	204	71.8%
	Independent	R.D. Macdonald	80	28.2%
Majority			124	43.6%
	Independent hold

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

Tarbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C. Macdonald	302	79.3%
	Independent	Donald MacKinnon (Incumbent)	79	20.7%
Majority			223	58.6%
	Independent hold

Bays
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. MacDonald	205	55.6%
	Independent	K. MacDonald	139	37.7%
	Independent	K. Matheson	25	6.8%
Majority			66	17.9%
	Independent hold

Obbe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M.A. MacLean (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Paible
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. McIlwraith	256	58.4%
	Independent	N.M. Johnson (Incumbent)	182	41.6%
Majority			74	16.8%
	Independent hold

Lochmaddy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Robertson (Incumbent)	237	55.5%
	Independent	A.J. MacLeod	190	44.5%
Majority			47	11.0%
	Independent hold

Benbecula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A.A. MacDonald	245	62.5%
	Independent	Ray Burnett (Incumbent)	147	37.5%
Majority			98	25.0%
	Independent hold

Iochdar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mary Bremner (Incumbent)	286	73.7%
	Independent	C. Malone	102	26.3%
Majority			184	47.3%
	Independent hold

Lochboisdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. MacIntyre (Incumbent)	348	74.7%
	Independent	C. Malone	118	25.3%
Majority			230	49.4%
	Independent hold

Northbay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. MacKinnon (Incumbent)	202	61.6%
	Independent	M.B. Galbraith	126	38.4%
Majority			76	13.2%
	Independent hold

Castlebay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E. McAtear	140	50.2%
	Independent	H. Sinclair	139	49.8%
Majority			1	0.4%
	Independent hold

References

^ "Rev Donald Macaulay Minister and convener of the Western Isles Council during the BCCI crisis". The Herald.
^ pp.40-41

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