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Location of the ward [1]
Shetland Central is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.
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Shetland Central is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Iris Hawkins | Andrew Hughson | Betty Fullerton | 3 seats | ||||
| 2011 by- | David Sandison | |||||||
| 2012 | Vaila Wishart | Mark Burgess | ||||||
| 2017 | Ian Scott | |||||||
| 2019 by- | Moraig Lyall | |||||||
| 2022 | Catherine Hughson | |||||||
2022 Shetland Islands Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| No label | Moraig Lyall (incumbent) | 29.3% | 414 | ||
| Independent | Davie Sandison (incumbent) | 22.8% | 322 | ||
| Independent | Catherine Hughson (incumbent) | 19.9% | 282 | 339.27 | |
| No label | Ian Scott (incumbent) | 19.2% | 271 | 308.34 | |
| Green | Martin Randall | 7.0% | 99 | 116.09 | |
| Sovereignty | Brian Nugent | 1.8% | 26 | 29.16 | |
| Electorate: 3,170 Valid: 1,414 Spoilt: 8 Quota: 283 Turnout: 44.9% | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Moraig Lyall | 47.0 | 344 | |
| Independent | Julie Buchan | 15.8 | 116 | |
| SNP | Stewart Douglas | 15.2 | 111 | |
| Independent | Gordon Laverie | 11.5 | 84 | |
| Independent | Johan Adamson | 10.5 | 77 | |
| Valid: Quota: Turnout: 732 (31.0%) | ||||
2017 Shetland Islands Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Independent | Davie Sandison (incumbent) | 32.9 | 320 | ||||
| Independent | Mark Burgess (incumbent) | 26.7 | 260 | ||||
| Independent | Ian Scott | 19.6 | 191 | 214.04 | 217.18 | 263.52 | |
| Independent | Julie Buchan | 12.1 | 118 | 139.61 | 146.87 | 169.40 | |
| Independent nationalist | Brian Nugent | 8.6 | 84 | 93.26 | 95.79 | ||
| Valid: Quota: | |||||||
2012 Shetland Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Davie Sandison (incumbent) | 35.92 | 375 | |||||
| Independent | Vaila Wishart | 25.57 | 267 | |||||
| Independent | Ian Scott | 13.89 | 145 | 162.2 | 163.7 | 171.8 | 190.2 | |
| Independent | Mark Burgess | 13.70 | 143 | 193.9 | 196.8 | 221.1 | 259 | |
| Independent | John Hunter | 4.79 | 50 | 74.3 | 76.8 | 81.5 | ||
| Scottish Christian | Peter Jamieson | 4.60 | 48 | 52.7 | 53.1 | |||
| Electorate: 2,284 Valid: 1,028 Spoilt: 16 Quota: 258 Turnout: 1,044 (45.71%) | ||||||||
2007 Shetland Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Iris Hawkins | 330 | 27.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Andrew Hughson | 311 | 25.6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Betty Fullerton | 257 | 21.2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Independent | Ian Scott | 131 | 10.8 | |||
| Independent | Geordie Pottinger | 98 | 8.1 | |||
| Independent | John Hunter | 46 | 3.8 | |||
| Independent | Jim Ivens | 23 | 1.9 | |||
| Independent | Scotty Dyble | 19 | 1.6 | |||
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