Lerwick South (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Lerwick South is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Cecil Eunson		Gussie Angus		Cecil Smith		Jim Henry
2008 by-	Jonathan Willis
2012		Peter Campbell	Amanda Westlake
2017	Beatrice Wishart
2019 by-	Stephen Flaws
2022	John Fraser	Neil Pearson	Dennis Leask

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Shetland Islands Council election

Lerwick South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Dennis Leask	22.5	302
	Independent	John Fraser [note 1]	19.5	262	268	289
	Independent	Cecil Smith (incumbent)	18.4	251	257	275
	Independent	Neil Pearson	12.7	171	177	206	213	215	281
	Independent	Amanda Hawick (incumbent)	11.4	153	156	168	173	176	208
	Independent	Peter Coleman	7.8	106	109	120	123	125
	Independent	Shayne Mcleod	7.4	99	102
Electorate: 3,036  Valid: 1,344  Spoilt: 17  Quota: 269  Turnout: 44.8%

Source: ^{[3] [4]}

2017 election

2017 Shetland Islands Council election ^[5]

Lerwick South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Cecil Smith (incumbent)	28.8	429
	Independent	Beatrice Wishart †	26.4	394
	Independent	Peter Campbell (incumbent)	20.0	299
	Independent	Amanda Westlake (incumbent)	12.7	190	242.42	271.12	408.83
	Independent	Frances Valente	12.1	180	220.61	268.35

2012 election

2012 Shetland Islands Council election

Lerwick South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Dr Jonathan Wills (incumbent)	36.07	646
	Independent	Cecil Smith (incumbent)	17.81	319	407.3
	Independent	Peter Campbell	14.46	259	310.4	329.9	349.9	388.9
	Independent	Amanda Westlake	12.79	229	280.8	291.9	308.6	346.5	358.9
	Independent	Robbie Leith	8.04	144	184.9	188.1	204.6	241.4	248.9
	SNP	Iain Morrison	6.64	119	144.7	148.7	157.3
	Independent	Jim Henry (incumbent)	3.24	58	71.1	78.9
Electorate: 3,507  Valid: 1,774  Spoilt: 11  Quota: 355  Turnout: 1,791 (51.07%)

2007 election

2007 Shetland Islands Council election

Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Lerwick South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Cecil Eunson	489	26.4	1	1
	Independent	Gussie Angus	473	25.6	2	1
	Independent	Cecil Smith	199	10.8	3	7
	Conservative	Maurice Mullay	159	8.6
	Scottish Socialist	Robbie Leith	150	8.1
	Independent	Jim Henry	127	6.9	4	8
	Independent	Michael Peterson	116	6.3
	Independent	Geoff Feather	97	5.2
	Independent	Lindsay Smith	40	2.2

Notes

1. Sitting councillor for Lerwick North. ^[2]

References

1. "ward-maps". www.shetland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
2. "Councillors". Shetland Islands Council. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
3. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Lerwick South". Shetland Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
4. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 Lerwick South". Shetland Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
5. "SIC Elections - 4 May 2017". www.shetland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.