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.
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 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Moraig Lyall (incumbent) | 29.3 | 414 | ||
| Independent | Davie Sandison (incumbent) | 22.8 | 322 | ||
| Independent | Catherine Hughson [note 1] | 19.9 | 282 | 339 | |
| Independent | Ian Scott (incumbent) | 19.2 | 271 | 308 | |
| Scottish Green | Martin Randall | 7.0 | 99 | 116 | |
| Sovereignty | Brian Nugent | 1.8 | 26 | 29 | |
| Electorate: 3,168 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 | |
| Quota: Turnout: 732 (31.0%) | ||||
2017 Shetland Islands Council election [4]
| 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 | ||
| 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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