1999 Shetland Islands Council election

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1999 Shetland Islands Council election
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  1994 6 May 1999 (1999-05-06) 2003  

All 22 seats to Shetland Islands Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderLewis Shand SmithJohn NicolsonWillie Tait
Party Independent Liberal Democrats Independent Liberal
Leader's seatLerwick Breiwick
(defeated)
YellSandwick, Levenwick and Bigton
Last election16 seats, 77.8%2 seats, 6.7%0 seats, 0.0%
Seats before1620
Seats won1291
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg7Increase2.svg1
Popular vote3,8171,828200
Percentage64.1%30.7%3.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg13.7%Increase2.svg24.0%New

Council Convener before election

Lewis Shand Smith
Independent

Council Convener after election

Tom Stove
Independent

Results by ward. Shetland Islands Council election, 1999.svg
Results by ward.

Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 6 May 1999 as part of Scottish local elections. The Liberal Democrats won 9 seats, the party's best result in a Shetland Islands Council election. Nine seats were uncontested.

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Aggregate results

Shetland Islands Council election, 1999 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 1204Decrease2.svg454.5564.13,817Decrease2.svg13.7
  Liberal Democrats 970Increase2.svg740.9130.71,828Increase2.svg24.0
  Independent Liberal 110Increase2.svg14.553.4200New
  Independent Labour 000Steady2.svg00.001.9112Increase2.svg1.9

Ward results

Aithsting and Sandsting
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Florence Grains (incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Independent hold
Burra and Trondra
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alistair Goodlad 268 60.9%
Liberal Democrats John Allen Halcrow17239.1%
Majority9621.8%
Independent hold
Cunningsburgh and Sandwick
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Thomas Stove 282 56.1%
Independent Charles Simpson14128.0%
Independent James Smith8015.9%
Majority14128.1%
Independent gain from Shetland Movement
Delting East and Lunnasting
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Mary Colligan (incumbent) 242 54.5%
Independent Andrew Fraser10924.5%
Independent Joan Easten9320.9%
Majority13330.0%
Independent hold
Delting West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Drew Ratter (incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Independent hold
Dunrossness
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Gordon Mitchell 268 54.7%
Independent Magnus Flaws (incumbent)22245.3%
Majority469.4%
Independent hold
Lerwick Breiwick
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Cecil Eunson 231 51.8%
Independent Lewis Shand Smith (incumbent)21548.2%
Majority163.6%
Independent hold
Lerwick Clickimin
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent William Stove (incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Independent hold
Lerwick Harbour & Bressay
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Robert Black 224 45.3%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Miller18737.9%
Liberal Democrats Roy Whitehead8315.8%
Majority377.4%
Liberal Democrats hold
Lerwick North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Robert Anderson 229 67.2%
Independent Labour Leonard Groat (incumbent)11232.8%
Majority11734.4%
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Labour
Lerwick North Central
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Sandy Cluness 276 65.2%
Independent Greta McElvogue (incumbent)9722.9%
Independent J. Wiseman5011.8%
Majority17942.3%
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Lerwick Sound
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Christine Begg unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Liberal Democrats gain from Shetland Movement
Lerwick South Central
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Leslie Angus unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Lerwick Upper Sound, Gulberwick and Quarff
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Peter Malcolmson (incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Liberal Democrats hold
Nesting, Whiteness, Girlsta and Gott
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent James Irvine unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Independent hold
Northmavine, Muckle Roe and Busta
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Bill Manson (incumbent) 251 54.0%
Independent Brenda Wilcox21446.0%
Majority378.0%
Independent hold
Sandwick, Levenwick and Bigton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Ind. Lib Dem William Tait (incumbent) 200 37.3%
Liberal Democrats Cecil Hughson11822.0%
Independent Peter Watts11822.0%
Independent Rosemary Inkster10018.7%
Majority8215.3%
Ind. Lib Dem gain from Independent
Scalloway
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Iris Hawkins (incumbent) 261 49.7%
Independent John Burgess17032.4%
Independent Ian Scott9417.9%
Majority8215.3%
Independent hold
Unst and Fetlar
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Mark Ritch 254 57.3%
Independent Brian Gregson18942.7%
Majority8215.3%
Liberal Democrats gain from Shetland Movement
Walls, Sandness and Clousta
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Frank Robertson 285 70.0%
Independent James Gear12230.0%
Majority17340.0%
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Whalsay and Skerries
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Loretta Hutchison (incumbent) unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Independent hold
Yell
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats John Nicolson unopposed unopposed
Majorityunopposedunopposed
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

By-elections since 1999

2002 Whalsay and Skerries by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Josie Simpson 292 58.9%
Independent Kathleen Stewart20441.1%
Majority8817.8%
Independent hold

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