 | 'Nowadays it is no longer enough simply to report objectively - we are now expected to be on message. Otherwise you are off message, out of the loop. If you are not for them, you're against them.' Murray Ritchie of the Herald, 14 th March 2000. |  |
| 'Nowadays it is no longer enough simply to report objectively - we are now expected to be on message. Otherwise you are off message, out of the loop. If you are not for them, you're against them.' Murray Ritchie of the Herald, 14 th March 2000. | |
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Dr Jean Davis |  |
| Liberal Democrat | ||
| Jean Davis is from Stornaway. She contested the seat in 2005. Recent electoral experience 2005 Westminster election, Na h-Eileanan An Iar, 1,096 votes (7.92 %) | ||
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Cllr Donald John MacSween |  |
| Labour | ||
| Donald MacSween is a member of the Western Isles Council and vice-chairman of the transport committee. He was an Independent Cllr for Tiumphan from 1999 until 2007, winning against the Lib Dems and the SNP in 1999 and against Labour in 2003. In 2007, he stood again and was elected as the first of three Cllrs for the new Sgire an Rubha ward. In his council elections he has stood as an Independent. He stood against the official Labour party candidate in the 2003 council elections which led to him being expelled from the Labour party. In 2005 he openly supported the SNP candidate Angus MacNeil against whom he is now standing. Ministerial Posts: None Recent electoral experience As an Independent 2007 Western Isles Council election, Sgire an Rubha, 497 First preference votes (38.44 %) (elected first of three cllrs) 2003 Western Isles Council election, Tiumpan, 260 votes (62.20 %) (elected) 1999 Western Isles Council election, Tiumpan, 219 votes (47.82 %) (elected) | ||
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Angus Brendan MacNeil MP |  |
| Scottish National Party | ||
| Angus B. MacNeil. Angus is a native Gaelic speaker from Barra. He was in School in Barra and the Nicholson Institute in Stornoway. He studied Civil Engineering at Strathclyde University and then worked as a reporter at the BBC in Inverness for 2 years before becoming a Primary Teacher. Angus worked for 2 years in Salen in Mull where he started the Gaelic Unit before moving to Fort William when he got married. Last year Angus returned to Barra to teach and now works in Eoligarry School at the north end of the island. At the 2001 Westminster election, Angus contested Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber where he came second with 25.6 %. In 2007, he defeated Dr Calum MacDonald who had held the Western Isles for Labour since the retiral of the Rt Hon Donald Stewart, SNP MP from 1970 until 1987. Angus B. MacNeil is possibly the best known MP of the 2005 intake, having instigated the police investigation onto the sale of honours.
Recent electoral experience 2005 Westminster Parliament election, Na h-Eileanan An Iar, 6,213 votes (44.90 %) (elected) 2001 Westminster Parliament election, Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber, 10,889 votes (25.64 %) | ||
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Who? |  |
| Conservative & Unionist | ||
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Recent electoral experience. | ||
| Turnout: 13,159 (60.34 %) | |||||
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| Logo | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | % change |
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Labour | Dr Calum MacDonald | 5,924 | 45.02 % | - 10.58 % |
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Scottish National Party | Alasdair Nicholson | 4,850 | 36.86 % | + 3.46 % |
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Conservative | Douglas Taylor | 1,250 | 9.50 % | + 2.85 % |
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Liberal Democrat | John Horne | 849 | 6.45% | + 3.38 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Joanne Telfer | 286 | 2.17 % | (+ 2.17 %) |
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Labour hold | Labour majority | 1,074 | 8.16 % | - 14.04 % |
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