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EU Referendum – Briefing Meeting

3 June 2016

There will be a briefing meeting for registered campaigners and referendum agents for the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar voting area in Committee Room 1, Council Offices, Stornoway, Friday 10th June 2016 at 4pm.

EU Referendum - 23 June 2016

2 June 2016

Election Notices

Notice of Referendum Agents

Notice of Referendum

Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations

Council Members Expenses 2015-2016

1 June 2016

Please see the table for Council Members Expenses in 2015-2016.

REFERENDUM ON THE UK’S MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – 23 JUNE 2016

1 June 2016

With the Referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union taking place on Thursday 23 June 2016, electors in the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Counting Area are being urged to ensure they are registered to vote before the deadline on Tuesday 7 June.

Iolaire 100 Years On - Arts, heritage and publishing come together to remember the Iolaire, 100 years on from the tragedy

1 June 2016

In the Outer Hebrides, 6,200 men served in WWI, and some 800 died, the highest per capita for any community in Britain. And yet on the Isle of Lewis, it is the tragedy which occurred after the Armistice which defines that bitter experience. In the early hours of New Years Day 1919, HMY Iolaire sank at the entrance to Stornoway Harbour with the loss of 205 servicemen. There were but 79 survivors. Image © BBC.