Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar

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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is the local government council for Na h-Eileanan Siar council area

Council Area

Council Area is the name applied by some local authorities in Scotland, to the area over which they have responsibility delegated to them by the Scottish Government....
of Scotland

Scotland

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It is the only local council in Scotland to have a Gaelic

Goidelic languages

The Goidelic languages, , historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from the south of Ireland, through the Isle of Man, to the north of Scotland....
-only name.

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**Comhairle nan Eilean Siar**
Council flag and logo
Council area: Na h-Eileanan Siar Shown as one of the council areas of Scotland
Administrative headquarters Stornoway Stornoway Stornoway is a burgh on the Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.The town's population is approximately 8,055, out of a total population of 26,370 for the whole of the Western Isles....
Control No party Political party A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns.... control
Website http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is the local government council for Na h-Eileanan Siar council area

Council Area

Council Area is the name applied by some local authorities in Scotland, to the area over which they have responsibility delegated to them by the Scottish Government....
of Scotland

Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
.

It is the only local council in Scotland to have a Gaelic

Goidelic languages

The Goidelic languages, , historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from the south of Ireland, through the Isle of Man, to the north of Scotland....
-only name. Western Isles Council was retracted in 1997 under the Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997

Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997

The Local Government Act 1997 enables Local government in Scotlands in Scotland to rename the areas for which they are responsible with Scottish Gaelic names....
, meaning that the former Western Isles are now officially named Na h-Eileanan Siar, even in English-language contexts.

The council was created in 1975, 57 years after the creation of Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)

Na h-Eileanan an Iar pronunciation is a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created in 1918....
for elections to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
(the constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
being named, when created, Western Isles). Since 1999, there has been also the Western Isles constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Western Isles (Scottish Parliament constituency)

The Western Isles is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
, with the same boundaries.

Elections

General election

A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections....
s to the council are held on a four year cycle. The next is due in 2011.

During the period since 1975, elections to the council have been by the first past the post system of election with the final elections of this type returning 31 councillors, elected by 31 single-member wards.

In 2007, under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

The Local Governance Act 2004 is an Act of Parliament of the Scottish Parliament which provided, inter alia, for the election of Councillors to the local government in Scotland in Scotland by the Single Transferable Vote system....
, the single transferable vote

Single transferable vote

The Single transferable vote is a voting system of preferential voting designed to minimize wasted votes and provide proportional representation while ensuring that votes are explicitly expressed for individual candidates rather than for party lists....
system, together with multi-member wards, was used for the first time, each ward electing three or four councillors. This system is designed to produce a form of proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of voting systems aimed at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive ....
.

Governance

The council is governed by non-partisans and organized political parties have a very small presence on the council.

The political composition for Na h-Eileanan Siar council after the 2007 local elections is as follows.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Elections

Governance

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