2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election

Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Scottish Gaelic for 'Council of the Western Isles') took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election was the first to use the nine wards created under the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 which allowed for single and dual member wards, with 29 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 2, 3 or 4 members, using the Single Transferrable Vote electoral system, a form of proportional representation. Following a boundary review the number of wards will increase from nine to 11 while the number of councillors elected will fall from 31 to 29.

2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
All 29 seats to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Roddie MacKay Gordon Murray
Party Independent SNP
Leader's seat Steòrnabhagh a Tuath Steòrnabhagh a Tuath
Last election 23 seats, 77.5% 7 seats, 19.2%
Seats before 22 6
Seats after 20 6
Seat change 3 1
Popular vote 6,573 1,880
Percentage 74.2% 21.3%
Swing 3.3% 2.2%
  Third party
 
Leader Ranald Fraser
Party Conservative
Leader's seat Sgìr' Ùige agus Carlabhagh
Last election 1 seat, 3.4%
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change 0
Popular vote 131
Percentage 1.5%
Swing 1.9%
Council Leader before election

Roddie MacKay
Independent

 Council Leader after election

Paul Steele
Independent

In the previous election in 2017, independent councillors retained a large majority of the seats on the council and retained control of the administration. The first two female councillors were elected since 2012.

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