Shetland Council election, 2017
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All 22 seats to Shetland Islands Council 12 seats needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
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Leader |
Gary Robinson |
Robbie McGregor |
Party |
Independent |
SNP |
Leader's seat |
Shetland West |
Shetland South |
Last election |
22 seats, 100% |
0 seats, 1.9% |
Seats before |
22 |
0 |
Seats after |
21 |
1 |
Seat change |
1 |
1 |
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Map of council wards |
Council Leader before election
Gary Robinson
Independent |
Council Leader after election
Cecil Smith
Independent |
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Elections to Shetland Islands Council will be held on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election will be the third using seven wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 22 Councillors elected.
With the Shetland South ward going uncontested, the SNP elected its first councillor in Shetland.
Several members of the pro-Shetland Autonomy Wir Shetland group stood in the election; Ian Tinkler in Shetland West, and Alec Priest and Duncan Simpson in North Isles.[1][2] Former Wir Shetland member Ryan Thomson also stood in North Isles. Whilst having left the group, it was claimed by the Wir Shetland Chairman that Thomson still supported the groups core aims.[1] Other candidates with political positions of note included socialist Ian Scott and former Yes Scotland and Scottish Leave Left campaigner Brian Nugent in central ward.[3] Nugent is an SNP member and claimed to be standing as an independent solely due to having applied too late to use the SNP party name in the election.[4] Two paper candidates for the Conservatives also stood.[5]
Ward results
North Isles
- 2012: 3xIndependent
- 2017: 3xIndependent
- 2012-2017 Change: no change
Shetland North
- 2012: 3xIndependent
- 2017: 3xIndependent
- 2012-2017 Change: no change
Shetland West
- 2012: 3xIndependent
- 2017: 3xIndependent
- 2012-2017 Change: no change
Shetland Central
- 2012: 3xIndependent
- 2017: 3xIndependent
- 2012-2017 Change: no change
Shetland Central - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 |
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Independent |
Davie Sandison (incumbent) |
32.9 |
320 |
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Independent |
Mark Burgess (incumbent) |
26.7 |
260 |
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Independent |
Ian Scott |
19.6 |
191 |
214.04 |
217.18 |
263.52 |
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Independent |
Julie Buchan |
12.1 |
118 |
139.61 |
146.87 |
169.40 |
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Ind. (Scottish Nationalist) |
Brian Nugent |
8.6 |
84 |
93.26 |
95.79 |
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Shetland South
- 2012: 3xIndependent
- 2017: 2xIndependent, 1xScottish National Party
- 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent
Shetland South - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 |
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Independent |
Allison Duncan (incumbent) |
uncontested |
uncontested |
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SNP |
Robbie McGregor |
uncontested |
uncontested |
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Independent |
George Smith (incumbent) |
uncontested |
uncontested |
Lerwick North
- 2012: 3xIndependent
- 2017: 3xIndependent
- 2012-2017 Change: 3xIndependent
Lerwick South
- 2012: 4xIndependent
- 2017: 4xIndependent
- 2012-2017: no change