1986 Shetland Islands Area Council election

1986 Shetland Islands Council election

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All 25 seats to Shetland Islands Council 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Edward Thomason Party Independent Shetland Movement Labour Leader's seat Lerwick Harbour Last election 23 0 2 Seats won 16 5 4 Seat change 7 5 2 Popular vote 4,015 819 997 Percentage 66.9 13.6% 16.6 Swing 19.5 13.6 9.4
Council Convener before election A.I. Tulloch Independent Council Convener after election Edward Thomason Shetland Movement

An election to Shetland Islands Council was held on 8 May 1986 as part of the regional elections. The election saw Labour gain another two seats on Shetland council, and also saw the Shetland Movement contest the election on a party political platform for the first time. The outgoing three-term Convener, A.I. Tulloch, died just one day before the election.^[1]

Aggregate results[]

Shetland Islands Council election, 1986^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	16	0	6	7	64.0	66.9	4,015	19.5
	Shetland Movement	5	5	0	5	20.0	13.6	819	13.6
	Labour	4	2	0	2	16.0	16.6	997	9.4
	Independent Progressive	0	0	0		0.0	1.8	107	1.8
	Independent Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	60	1.0

Ward Results[]

Aithsting and Sandsting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Florence Grains	211	51.2%
	Independent	Harold Leask	201	48.8%
Majority			10	2.4%
	Independent hold

Bressay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Irvine (Incumbent)	135	69.2%
	Independent Liberal	Roy Whitehead	60	30.8%
Majority			75	38.4%
	Independent hold

Burra and Trondra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	William Cumming (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Shetland Movement gain from Independent

Delting North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andrea Manson (Incumbent)	319	68.0%
	Labour	Fred Amphlett	150	32.0%
Majority			169	36.0%
	Independent hold

Delting South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Albert Hunter (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Dunrossness North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Tait (Incumbent)	288	85.0%
	Independent	Annette Mitchell	51	15.0%
Majority			237	60.0%
	Independent hold

Dunrossness South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Magnus Flaws	195	78.0%
	Independent	Raymond Bentley (Incumbent)	55	22.0%
Majority			140	56.0%
	Independent hold

Gulberwick, Quarff and Cunningsburgh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joan McLeod (Incumbent)	240	55.3%
	Independent	David Nicolson	194	44.7%
Majority			46	10.6%
	Independent hold

Lerwick Breiwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Cecil Eunson	203	60.6%
	Independent	Dorothy Stables	107	31.9%
	Independent	Robert Tait	25	7.5%
Majority			96	28.7%
	Independent hold

Lerwick Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Smith (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Labour hold

Lerwick Clickimin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	T.M.Y. Manson (Incumbent)	216	74.2%
	Independent	Ian Byrne	75	25.8%
Majority			141	48.4%
	Shetland Movement gain from Independent

Lerwick Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	Edward Thomason (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Shetland Movement gain from Independent

Lerwick North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Leonard Groat (Incumbent)	328	55.9%
	Independent	Michael Thomson	259	44.1%
Majority			69	11.8%
	Labour hold

Lerwick Sound

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	John Graham (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Shetland Movement gain from Independent

Lerwick Twageos

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James J. Paton	281	70.6%
	Shetland Movement	Sandy Cluness (Incumbent)	117	29.4%
Majority			164	41.2%
	Labour gain from Independent

Nesting and Lunnasting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Benji Hunter (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Northmavine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Dowle (Incumbent)	238	76.3%
	Independent	William Beattie	74	23.7%
Majority			164	52.6%
	Labour hold

Sandness and Walls

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Nicolson	179	42.5%
	Shetland Movement	Gordon Walterson (Incumbent)	163	38.7%
	Independent	Chris Young	79	18.8%
Majority			16	3.8%
	Independent hold

Sandwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	Malcolm Bray (Incumbent)	165	47.3%
	Independent	Peter Watts	124	35.5%
	Independent	Graham Jamieson	60	17.2%
Majority			41	11.8%
	Shetland Movement gain from Independent

Scalloway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Anderson (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Unst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elizabeth Nicolson	186	42.6%
	Shetland Movement	Tom Ellis	158	36.2%
	Independent	John Ritch	48	11.0%
	Independent	Alan Fraser (Incumbent)	45	10.3%
Majority			28	6.4%
	Independent hold

Whalsay & Skerries

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Henry Stewart (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Whiteness, Weisdale and Tingwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alex Arthur	194	43.4%
	Independent	Cecil Eunson (Incumbent)	172	38.5%
	Independent	Charles Johnson	81	18.1%
Majority			22	4.9%
	Independent hold

Yell North and Fetlar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Johnson (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Yell South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stewart Gray (Incumbent)	152	43.8%
	Independent	Robert Johnson	114	32.9%
	Independent	Daniel Spence	81	23.3%
Majority			38	10.9%
	Independent hold

By-elections since 1986[]

1987 Sandwick by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Smith	147	36.8%
	Independent	Eddie Barclay	136	34.0%
	Independent	Graham Jamieson	117	29.3%
Majority			11	2.8%
	Independent gain from Shetland Movement

1988 Lerwick Twageos by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Johnston	246	70.1%
	Labour	Robert Adair	66	18.8%
	Independent	Ian Selbie	39	11.1%
Majority			11	2.8%
	Independent gain from Labour

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