2003 Shetland Islands Council election

2003 Shetland Islands Council election

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All 22 seats to Shetland Islands Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Tom Stove John Nicolson Party Independent Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Cunningsburgh and Sandwick Yell Last election 12 seats, 64.1% 9 seats, 30.7% Seats before 12 9 Seats won 17 5 Seat change 5 4 Popular vote 4,304 1,343 Percentage 76.2% 23.8% Swing 12.1% 6.9%
Council Convener before election Tom Stove Independent Council Convener after election Sandy Cluness Liberal Democrats

Results by ward.

Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 1 May 2003 as part of Scottish local elections. The Liberal Democrats were reduced to 5 seats, with independent candidates making gains. Eight seats were uncontested.

Election results

Shetland Islands Council election, 2003 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	17	5	0	5	77.3	76.2	4,304	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	5	0	4	4	22.7	23.8	1,343	6.9

Ward results

Aithsting, Sandsting and Weisdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Florence Grains (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Burra and Trondra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Inkster	271	58.0%
	Independent	Robert Hunter	196	42.0%
Majority			75	16.0%
	Independent hold

Cunningsburgh and Sandwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tom Stove (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Delting East and Lunnasting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Barbara Cheyne	234	57.4%
	Independent	Joan Easten	90	22.1%
	Independent	Thomas Anderson	84	20.6%
Majority			144	36.8%
	Independent hold

Delting West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Drew Ratter (incumbent)	260	67.4%
	Independent	Andrea Manson-Clark	126	32.6%
Majority			64	34.8%
	Independent hold

Dunrossness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Mitchell (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lerwick Breiwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Cecil Eunson (incumbent)	360	77.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Robertson	105	22.6%
Majority			255	54.8%
	Independent hold

Lerwick Clickimin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Stove (incumbent)	175	62.7%
	Independent	Michael Peterson	104	37.3%
Majority			71	25.4%
	Independent hold

Lerwick Harbour and Bressay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Edward Knight	282	67.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Gair	134	32.2%
Majority			148	35.6%
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Lerwick North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Leonard Groat	168	59.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Anderson (incumbent)	116	40.8%
Majority			52	18.4%
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Lerwick North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Cluness (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lerwick Sound

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Henry	147	52.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Begg (incumbent)	132	47.3%
Majority			15	5.6%
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Lerwick South Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gussie Angus (incumbent)	240	56.7%
	Independent	Gary Robinson	183	43.3%
Majority			57	13.4%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lerwick Upper Sound, Gulberwick and Quarff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Feather	276	51.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Malcolmson (incumbent)	258	48.3%
Majority			18	3.4%
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Nesting, Whiteness, Girlsta and Gott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Irvine (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Northmavine, Muckle Roe and Busta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bill Manson (incumbent)	270	60.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Wilcock	180	40.0%
Majority			90	20.0%
	Independent hold

Sandwick, Levenwick and bigton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Tait (incumbent)	279	63.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Cecil Hughson	158	36.2%
Majority			121	27.6%
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Scalloway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Iris Hawkins (incumbent)	303	66.4%
	Independent	Ian Scott	153	33.6%
Majority			150	32.8%
	Independent hold

Unst & Fetlar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brian Gregson	248	68.3%
	Independent	Andrew Inkster	95	26.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Gray	20	5.5%
Majority			153	42.1%
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Walls, Sandness and Clousta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Robertson (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

Whalsay and Skerries

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Josie Simpson (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Yell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Nicolson (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

References

1. Stewart, James. "Shetland Islands Council Election May 2003". Shetland History Online. Retrieved 20 January 2022.