Western Isles looks to end stigma of being Scotland’s only all-male council

Officials plan workshop to persuade more women to stand – but some say ‘it doesn’t look like a safe space’

An appeal has been issued for women to stand as councillors in the Western Isles in 2022 in an effort to end the Hebridean islands’ unwelcome status as the only Scottish authority with an all-male council.

Islanders and equality campaigners were stunned in 2017 when none of the seven women who stood were elected for the Western Isles. Only one, an incumbent, came close to winning a seat in the 31-member authority.

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