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Will a woman be elected to the all-male Western Isles Council? Catr\xecona Murray on the Isle of Lewis is going to try.\n \nComhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) is the local authority governing the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. 5 May 2022 will see local elections across the UK and local government is particularly important to life on the islands. The council is traditionally male dominated and currently there are no female members, but Catr\xecona Murray wants to change that. This year she is running as an independent in her ward of Loch A Tuath.\n \nThere are only a handful of women running across the whole of the islands and only time will tell if one of them will be elected. Catr\xecona, a university lecturer, already juggles her job with community leadership. Now, she is campaigning on a range of issues to bring a different voice to the council, hoping to make it truly representative of the people it serves.\n \nProduced and Presented by Sam Peach