The third largest town in the Scottish Highlands, which burgh on the Isle of Lewis is also home to one third of the population of the Western Isles?
Isle of Lewis 2007 elections 19 are independents, one has Labour and two SNP party affiliation. The Isle of Lewis is in the Highlands electoral region and is part of the identical Na h-Eileanan an Iar Scottish Parliamentiary and Na h-Eileanan an Iar Westminster constituencies, both currently represented by members of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and previously held by members of the Labour Party before the respective elections. Lewis' main settlement, the only burgh on the Outer Hebrides, is Stornoway ("Steòrnabhagh"), from which ferries sail to Ullapool on the Scottish mainland. In the 2001 census Lewis had a usually resident population of
Battle of the Western Isles Battle of the Western Isles The Battle of the Western Isles was an event in 1586 on the Isle of Jura, in the Scottish Highlands. It was fought between the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg and the Clan MacLean. Jura was divided between the MacLeans, and the MacDonalds of Dunnyveg, and a feud had developed between them. In 1579, the King forced the two sides to come to terms; Angus MacDonald, leader of the MacDonalds, married the sister of Lachlan MacLean, leader of the Macleans. In 1585, Donald MacDonald, head of the MacDonalds of Sleat, went to visit his relative, Angus.