2007 Shetland Islands Council election

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2007 Shetland Islands Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 22 seats to Shetland Islands Council 12 seats needed for a majority
Registered	17,108
Turnout	59.0%
First party   Leader Sandy Cluness Party Independent Leader's seat Lerwick North Last election 17 seats, 76.2% Seats before 17 Seats won 22 Seat change 5 Popular vote 9,249 Percentage 92.8% Swing 16.6%
Council Convener before election Sandy Cluness Independent Council Convener after election Sandy Cluness Independent

Results by ward.

Elections to Shetland Islands Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. The council was one of only three in Scotland with a majority of elected members who were independents.^[1][2]

Election results

Shetland Islands Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	22	5	0	5	100.0	92.8	9,249	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	5	5	0.0	3.0	300	20.8
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.6	260	New
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	159	New

Ward results

North Isles

North Isles – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Josie Simpson (incumbent)	33.5	479
	Independent	Laura Baisley	13.8	197	208	239	264	299	366
	Independent	Robert Henderson	10.1	145	172	194	227	260	308
	Independent	Brian Gregson (Incumbent)	10.1	145	160	177	199	238	280
	Independent	Gordon Williamson	8.8	126	137	151	183	203
	Independent	Laurence Odie	8.2	117	122	133
	Independent	Laurence Robertson	7.9	113	131	149	159
	Independent	Robert Thomson	7.5	107	119

Shetland North

Shetland North – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Alastair Cooper	31.6	438
	Independent	Addie Doull	15.5	215	243	248	263	299	350
	Independent	Bill Manson (Incumbent)	15.5	214	235	242	253	267	298
	Independent	Barbara Cheyne (Incumbent)	13.4	186	198	218	228	239	282
	Independent	Kenny Hughson	9.8	135	144	149	159	178
	Independent	Alan MacDonald	5.9	82	85	91	101
	Independent	Daniel Robertson	4.9	68	73	77
	Independent	Joan Easten	3.3	46	49

Shetland West

Shetland West – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Frank Robertson (Incumbent)	31.6	384
	Independent	Gary Robinson	23.8	289	316
	Independent	Florence Grains (Incumbent)	20.1	245	265	268	327
	Independent	Brian Anderson	14.3	174	183	186	222
	Independent	Marion Hughson	10.2	124	134	138

Shetland West

Shetland Central – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Iris Hawkins (Incumbent)	27.2	330
	Independent	Andrew Hughson	25.6	311
	Independent	Betty Fullerton	21.2	257	265	267	276	295
	Independent	Ian Scott	10.8	131	133	134	141	150
	Independent	Geordie Pottinger	8.1	98	103	104	112	118
	Independent	John Hunter	3.8	46	49	50	56
	Independent	Jim Ivens	1.9	23	24	25
	Independent	Scotty Dyble	1.6	19	19	19

Shetland South

Shetland South – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Allison Duncan	31.6	501
	Independent	Jim Budge	22.1	350	382	395	451
	Independent	Rick Nickerson	28.0	286	301	310	364
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Mitchell (Incumbent)	14.2	225	239	271	302
	Independent	John Hunter	9.3	148	165	175
	Liberal Democrats	James Friedlander	4.7	75	78

Lerwick North

Lerwick North – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Allan Wishart	39.2	505
	Independent	Sandy Cluness (Incumbent)	20.5	264	312	340
	Independent	Caroline Miller	16.0	206	245	270	277	312
	Independent	Bill Adams	9.7	125	149	166	170	233
	Scottish Socialist	Kin Learmonth	8.5	110	132	141	143
	Independent	Kathy Greaves	6.1	79	95

Lerwick South

Lerwick South – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Cecil Eunson (incumbent)	26.4	489
	Independent	Gussie Angus	25.6	483
	Independent	Cecil Smith	10.8	199	226	249	269	281	329	428
	Conservative	Maurice Mullay	8.6	159	169	180	182	207	218
	Scottish Socialist	Robbie Leith	8.1	150	164	174	181	195	222	233	242
	Independent	Jim Henry (Incumbent)	6.9	127	146	169	172	201	235	268	285
	Independent	Michael Peterson	6.3	116	129	137	149	164
	Independent	Geoff Feather (Incumbent)	5.2	97	105	113	118
	Independent	Lindsay Smith	2.2	40	46	52

By-elections since 2007 Elections

• On 28 February 2008 Independent Dr Jonathan Wills won a by-election which arose following the death of Independent Councillor Cecil Eunson on 25 December 2007.

Lerwick South By-Election (28 February 2008)- 1 seat^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Dr Jonathan Wills	25.08	332	335	350	361	402	462	576
	Independent	Peter Campbell	17.60	233	240	246	272	317	370	465
	Independent	Lyle Williamson	17.22	228	229	234	245	286	337
	Independent	Robbie Leith	13.82	183	188	204	216	228
	Conservative	Maurice Mullay	12.76	169	171	177	199
	Independent	Geoff Feather	6.57	87	91	96
	Independent	Larry Deyell	4.76	63	66
	Independent	Vic Thomas	2.19	29
	Independent hold		Swing
Electorate: 3,382   Valid: 1,324   Spoilt: 7   Quota: 663   Turnout: 1,331 (39.15%)

• On 15 December 2011 Independent David Sandison won a by-election which arose following the resignation of Independent Councillor Iris Hawkins on 30 September 2011.

Shetland Central By-Election (15 December 2011)- 1 seat^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Independent	David Sandison	48.4	332	352
	Independent	Stephen Morgan	16.9	116	124
	Independent	Ian Scott	15.6	107	115
	Independent	Robert Williamson	10.9	75	81
	Conservative	Clive Richardson	4.2	29
	Independent	Scotty van der Tol	3.9	27
	Independent hold		Swing
Electorate: 2,300   Valid: 686   Spoilt: 4   Quota: 344   Turnout: 690 (30%)

References

1. MacMahon, Peter and Walker, Helen (18 May 2007) "Winds of change sweep Scots town halls". Edinburgh. The Scotsman. The other two independent run Councils are Orkney and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Moray is run by a Conservative/Independent coalition.
2. "Political Groups" Shetland Islands Council. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
3. "Lerwick South (Shetland) 28 th February 2008". Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
4. "www.kristoferkeane.co.uk – Scottish Elections :: Shetland Central By-Election 2011". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.