Lerwick North and Bressay (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Lerwick North and Bressay (previously called Lerwick North between 2007 and 2022), is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Alan Wishart		Sandy Cluness		Caroline Miller
2012	Malcolm Bell		Michael Stout
2017		Stephen Leask	John Fraser
2022	Gary Robinson		Arwed Wenger

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Shetland Islands Council election

Lerwick North and Bressay - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Stephen Leask (incumbent)	33.4	310
	Independent	Gary Robinson	32.4	301
	Independent	Arwed Wenger	14.7	136	164	189	220	312
	Independent	Marie Williamson	12.4	115	133	146	173
	Independent	Stephen Ferguson	7.1	66	79	92
Electorate: 2,410  Valid: 928  Spoilt: 13  Quota: 233  Turnout: 39.0%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2017 election

2017 Shetland Islands Council election ^[4]

Lerwick North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Independent	Malcolm Bell (incumbent)	71.9	715
	Independent	Stephen Leask	13.2	130	337.25
	Independent	John Fraser	12.4	124	243.92	287.73
	Conservative	Thomas Williamson	2.6	26	54.68	68.93

2012 election

2012 Shetland Islands Council election

Lerwick North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Malcolm Bell	55.93	684
	Independent	Michael Stout	16.93	207	350.3
	Independent	Allan Wishart (incumbent)	12.02	147	230.9	236.7	258.9	273.4	295.8	348.8
	SNP	Danus Skene	5.31	65	98.3	102.5	109.3	122.8	142.9
	Independent	Alex Wright	3.76	46	74.3	86.4	88.2	105.1
	Independent	Caroline Miller (incumbent)	2.86	35	51.1	53.3
	Independent	Bill Adams	2.29	28	64.1	75.8	83.3
Electorate: 2,453  Valid: 1,212  Spoilt: 11  Quota: 304  Turnout: 1,223 (49.86%)

2007 election

2007 Shetland Islands Council election

Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Lerwick North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Allan Wishart	505	39.2	1	1
	Independent	Sandy Cluness	264	20.5	2	3
	Independent	Caroline Miller	206	16.0	3	5
	Independent	Bill Adams	125	9.7
	Scottish Socialist	Kin Learmonth	110	8.6
	Independent	Kathy Greaves	79	6.1

References

1. "ward-maps". www.shetland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 Lerwick North and Bressay". Shetland Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 5 Lerwick North and Bressay". Shetland Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
4. "SIC Elections - 4 May 2017". www.shetland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.