1982 Western Isles Islands Council election
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1982 Western Isles Islands Council election
| country = Scotland
| flag_image = Western Isles Council Flag.svg
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1978 Western Isles Area Council election
| previous_year = 1978
| election_date = {{Start date|1982|5|6|df=y}}
| next_election = 1986 Western Isles Area Council election
| next_year = 1986
| seats_for_election = All 30 seats to Western Isles Council
| majority_seats = 16
| party1 = Independent (politician)
| leader1 = Donald Macauley
| leaders_seat1 = Uig
| last_election1 = 30 seats, 100.0%
| seats_before1 = 30
| seats1 = 30
| popular_vote1 = 5,314
| percentage1 = 100.0%
| seat_change1 = {{nochange}}0
| swing1 = {{nochange}}0.0%
| map_image =
| map_size = 400px
| map_alt =
| map =
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| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election = Donald Macauley
| before_party = Independent (politician)
| after_election = Sandy Matheson
| after_party = Independent (politician)
}}
The third election to the Western Isles Islands Council was held on 6 May 1982 as part of the wider 1982 Scottish regional elections. All candidates stood as Independents. Of the councils 30 councillors, 19 were elected unopposed.
Five incumbent councillors were defeated in the election, including Education Committee Chair Kathleen Macaskill.{{cite news |title=Shock Results in Council Election |publisher=Stornoway Gazette |date=15 May 1982}}
Following the election, Alexander Matheson, the final Provost of Stornoway Town Council prior to its abolition in 1975, unseated incumbent Convener Donald Macaulay in their third successive contest for the position. Macaulay was subsequently elected Matheson's Vice-Convener after a 15-15 council vote was decided by lot.{{cite book |title=Western Isles Islands Council Minutes |date=18 May 1982}}
Aggregate results
{{Election Summary Begin|title = Western Isles Council election, 1982[http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1982.pdf pp.36]}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 30
|gain = {{nochange}}0
|loss = {{nochange}}0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 100.00
|votes % = 100.00
|votes = 5,314
|plus/minus = {{nochange}}0.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward Results
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|title=Port of Ness
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Donald Murray
|votes = 318
|percentage = 54.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Angus Morrison (Incumbent)
|votes = 269
|percentage = 45.7%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 49
|percentage = 8.4%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
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|title=Dell
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Donald Murray
|votes = 258
|percentage = 56.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Kathleen MacAskill (Incumbent)
|votes = 196
|percentage = 43.1%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 62
|percentage = 13.6%
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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|title=Barvas
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = W. MacLeod (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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|winner = Independent (politician)
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|title=Shawbost
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Donald MacLeod
|votes = 318
|percentage = 58.3%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Malcolm MacLeod (Incumbent)
|votes = 180
|percentage = 33.0%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Donald Murray
|votes = 47
|percentage = 8.6%
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 138
|percentage = 25.3%
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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|title=Carloway
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Malcolm MacArthur (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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|winner = Independent (politician)
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|title=Uig
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Donald MacAulay (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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|winner = Independent (politician)
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|title=Gress
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = K.A. MacIver (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
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|title=Coll
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Murdo MacDonald (Incumbent)
|votes = 351
|percentage = 60.3%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = J. MacIver
|votes = 231
|percentage = 39.7%
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 120
|percentage = 20.6%
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Laxdale
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Allan MacLeod
|votes = 156
|percentage = 39.4%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Angus MacLeod
|votes = 128
|percentage = 32.3%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Norman MacIver
|votes = 111
|percentage = 28.0%
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 28
|percentage = 7.1%
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
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|title=Coulregrein
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = J.M. MacMillan (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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|title=Manor Park
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = James MacRae (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Bayhead
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Murdo Afrin (Incumbent)
|votes = 244
|percentage = 51.8%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Colin Finlayson
|votes = 153
|percentage = 32.5%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Frank Apps
|votes = 47
|percentage = 10.0%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jim Galloway
|votes = 26
|percentage = 5.5%
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 91
|percentage = 19.3%
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Goathill
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = M.A. MacMillan (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Newton
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sandy Matheson (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Sandwick
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Duncan Kennedy
|votes = 332
|percentage = 58.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = William MacDonald (Incumbent)
|votes = 234
|percentage = 41.3%
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 98
|percentage = 17.3%
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Aignish
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Crichton (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Tiumpan
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Donald MacKay (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=North Lochs
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = D.R. MacAulay
|votes = 393
|percentage = 74.4%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = J.P. MacIntosh
|votes = 135
|percentage = 25.6%
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 258
|percentage = 48.8%
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Kinloch
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ian MacLennan (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
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|title=Pairc
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = D. MacKay (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Tarbert
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Donald MacKinnon (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Bays
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = D. MacDonald (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Obbe
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Wilfred Leonard (Incumbent)
|votes = 153
|percentage = 32.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Murdo MacLean
|votes = 126
|percentage = 27.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = James Downie
|votes = 112
|percentage = 24.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = George MacLeod
|votes = 74
|percentage = 15.9%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 27
|percentage = 5.8%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Paible
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Donald MacDonald
|votes = 223
|percentage = 55.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = N.M. Johnston
|votes = 177
|percentage = 44.3%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 46
|percentage = 11.6%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Lochmaddy
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = James Robertson (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Benbecula
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = J. MacArthur
|votes = 181
|percentage = 56.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Catherine MacEachan
|votes = 141
|percentage = 43.8%
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 40
|percentage = 12.5%
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Iochdar
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mary Bremner (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Lochboisdale
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = J. MacIntyre (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Northbay
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Reginald Allan (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Castlebay
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Hugh Morrison (Incumbent)
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = unopposed
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Na h-Eileanan Siar elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 1982}}