Location of the ward [1]
Shetland North is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.
Shetland North is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Alastair Cooper | Addie Doull | Bill Manson | |||||
| 2012 | Andrea Manson | Drew Ratter | ||||||
| 2017 | Emma Macdonald | |||||||
| 2022 | Tom Morton (Labour) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Emma MacDonald | Unopposed | |||
| Independent | Andrea Manson | Unopposed | |||
| Labour | Tom Morton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Source: [2]
2017 Shetland Islands Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Andrea Manson (incumbent) | 42.7 | 509 | ||
| Independent | Alastair Cooper (incumbent) | 33.1 | 395 | ||
| Independent | Emma Macdonald | 20.1 | 240 | 379.04 | |
| Conservative | Isobel Johnson | 4.0 | 48 | 70.28 | |
| Quota: | |||||
2012 Shetland Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Andrea Manson | 30.79 | 444 | |||||||
| Independent | Alastair Cooper (incumbent) | 23.99 | 346 | 369.9 | ||||||
| Independent | Drew Ratter | 17.82 | 257 | 274 | 279.4 | 283.5 | 299.5 | 345.4 | 421.3 | |
| Independent | Davy Cooper | 11.93 | 172 | 182.3 | 184.3 | 191.2 | 209.9 | 257.9 | ||
| Independent | Jim Reyner | 8.25 | 119 | 129.9 | 130.8 | 141.4 | 153.9 | |||
| Independent | Alan MacDonald | 4.09 | 59 | 65.7 | 66.7 | 72.7 | ||||
| Independent | Colin Arnot | 2.50 | 36 | 40.4 | 40.8 | |||||
| Electorate: 2,488 Valid: 1,433 Spoilt: 9 Quota: 359 Turnout: 1,442 (57.96%) | ||||||||||
2007 Shetland Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alastair Cooper | 438 | 31.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Addie Doull | 215 | 15.5 | 2 | 6 | |
| Independent | Bill Manson | 214 | 15.5 | 3 | 6 | |
| Independent | Barbara Cheyne | 186 | 13.4 | |||
| Independent | Kenny Hughson | 135 | 9.6 | |||
| Independent | Alan MacDonald | 82 | 5.9 | |||
| Independent | Daniel Robertson | 68 | 4.9 | |||
| Independent | Joan Easten | 46 | 3.3 | |||
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