Only eight women standing in elections for all-male Western Isles council

Officials and activists had urged more women to stand after none of the female candidates were elected in 2017

Equalities campaigners are dismayed that only eight women are standing for election to Western Isles council, despite a campaign to diversify Scotland's only all-male local authority.

Council officials and equalities activists had urged more women to stand for Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Gaelic for the Western Isles council, after none of the seven female candidates who stood in 2017 were elected, leaving the authority run solely by men.