CROFTERS elected six new commissioners to serve on the Crofting Commission Board, with Billy Neilson of Taynuilt beating former Commission convener Colin Kennedy of Coll for the South West Highlands seat by just two votes, writes Sandy Neil.
Billy Neilson.
Mr Neilson secured 201 votes at the count held by Western Isles Council, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, in Stornoway on March 17, also beating Ronnie Campbell of Lochaber, Catherine MacKinnon of Roybridge and Uilleam Smith of Inverness for the most-contested constituency covering Argyll and Bute, Lochaber, Arran and Cumbrae and the Small Isles.