1986 Shetland Islands Council election

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1986 Shetland Islands Council election
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  1982 May 4, 1986 (1986-05-04) 1990  

All 25 seats to Shetland Islands Council
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderEdward Thomason
Party Independent Shetland Movement Labour
Leader's seatLerwick Harbour
Last election2302
Seats won1654
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Increase2.svg5Increase2.svg2
Popular vote4,015819997
Percentage66.9%13.6%16.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg20.9%N/AIncrease2.svg10.1%

Council Convener before election

A.I. Tulloch
Independent

Council Convener after election

Edward Thomason
Shetland Movement

Results by electoral district. Shetland Islands Area Council election, 1986.svg
Results by electoral district.

An election to Shetland Islands Council was held on 8 May 1986 as part of the Scottish regional elections. The election saw Labour gain another two seats on the Shetland Islands Council, and also saw the Shetland Movement contest the election on a party political platform for the first time. The outgoing three-term Convener, A.I. Tulloch, died just one day before the election. [1]

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Aggregate results

Shetland Islands Council election, 1986 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 1606Decrease2.svg764.066.94,015Decrease2.svg20.9
  Shetland Movement 550Increase2.svg520.013.6819N/A
  Labour 420Increase2.svg216.016.6997Increase2.svg10.1
  Independent Progressive 000Steady2.svg00.01.8107New
  Independent Liberal 000Steady2.svg00.01.060New

Ward Results

Aithsting and Sandsting
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Florence Grains 211 51.2%
Independent Harold Leask20148.8%
Majority102.4%
Independent hold
Bressay
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent James Irvine (Incumbent) 135 69.2%
Independent Liberal Roy Whitehead6030.8%
Majority7538.4%
Independent hold
Burra and Trondra
PartyCandidateVotes%
Shetland Movement William Cumming (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Shetland Movement gain from Independent
Delting North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Andrea Manson (Incumbent) 319 68.0%
Labour Fred Amphlett15032.0%
Majority16936.0%
Independent hold
Delting South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Albert Hunter (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Independent hold
Dunrossness North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent William Tait (Incumbent) 288 85.0%
Independent Annette Mitchell5115.0%
Majority23760.0%
Independent hold
Dunrossness South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Magnus Flaws 195 78.0%
Independent Raymond Bentley (Incumbent)5522.0%
Majority14056.0%
Independent hold
Gulberwick, Quarff and Cunningsburgh
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Joan McLeod (Incumbent) 240 55.3%
Independent David Nicolson19444.7%
Majority4610.6%
Independent hold
Lerwick Breiwick
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Cecil Eunson 203 60.6%
Independent Dorothy Stables10731.9%
Independent Robert Tait257.5%
Majority9628.7%
Independent hold
Lerwick Central
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bill Smith (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Labour hold
Lerwick Clickimin
PartyCandidateVotes%
Shetland Movement T.M.Y. Manson (Incumbent) 216 74.2%
Independent Ian Byrne7525.8%
Majority14148.4%
Shetland Movement gain from Independent
Lerwick Harbour
PartyCandidateVotes%
Shetland Movement Edward Thomason (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Shetland Movement gain from Independent
Lerwick North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Leonard Groat (Incumbent) 328 55.9%
Independent Michael Thomson25944.1%
Majority6911.8%
Labour hold
Lerwick Sound
PartyCandidateVotes%
Shetland Movement John Graham (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Shetland Movement gain from Independent
Lerwick Twageos
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James J. Paton 281 70.6%
Shetland Movement Sandy Cluness (Incumbent)11729.4%
Majority16441.2%
Labour gain from Independent
Nesting and Lunnasting
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Benji Hunter (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Independent hold
Northmavine
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Chris Dowle (Incumbent) 238 76.3%
Independent William Beattie7423.7%
Majority16452.6%
Labour hold
Sandness and Walls
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent James Nicolson 179 42.5%
Shetland Movement Gordon Walterson (Incumbent)16338.7%
Independent Chris Young7918.8%
Majority163.8%
Independent hold
Sandwick
PartyCandidateVotes%
Shetland Movement Malcolm Bray (Incumbent) 165 47.3%
Independent Peter Watts12435.5%
Independent Graham Jamieson6017.2%
Majority4111.8%
Shetland Movement gain from Independent
Scalloway
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent William Anderson (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Independent hold
Unst
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Elizabeth Nicolson 186 42.6%
Shetland Movement Tom Ellis15836.2%
Independent John Ritch4811.0%
Independent Alan Fraser (Incumbent)4510.3%
Majority286.4%
Independent hold
Whalsay & Skerries
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Henry Stewart (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Independent hold
Whiteness, Weisdale and Tingwall
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alex Arthur 194 43.4%
Independent Cecil Eunson (Incumbent)17238.5%
Independent Charles Johnson8118.1%
Majority224.9%
Independent hold
Yell North and Fetlar
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent David Johnson (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Independent hold
Yell South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Stewart Gray (Incumbent) 152 43.8%
Independent Robert Johnson11432.9%
Independent Daniel Spence8123.3%
Majority3810.9%
Independent hold

By-elections since 1986

1987 Sandwick by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent James Smith 147 36.8%
Independent Eddie Barclay13634.0%
Independent Graham Jamieson11729.3%
Majority112.8%
Independent gain from Shetland Movement
1988 Lerwick Twageos by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Michael Johnston 246 70.1%
Labour Robert Adair6618.8%
Independent Ian Selbie3911.1%
Majority112.8%
Independent gain from Labour

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