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.
Lerwick South is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects four 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 | |||||
| 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% | |||||||||
2017 Shetland Islands Council election [4]
| 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 | ||
| Quota: | |||||||
2012 Shetland Islands Council election
| 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 Shetland Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | 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 | |||
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