2022 Shetland Islands Council election

2022 Shetland Islands Council election

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All 23 seats to Shetland Islands Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Steven Coutts Robbie McGregor Debra Nicolson & Martin Randall Party Independent SNP Green Leader's seat Shetland West Shetland South Contesting Shetland West & Shetland Central Last election 22 seats, 97.8% 1 seat, 0.0% Did not contest Seats before 21 1 0   Fourth party   Leader Tom Morton Party Labour Leader's seat Contesting Shetland North Last election Did not contest Seats before 0
Council Leader before election Steven Coutts Independent Council Leader after election TBD

Elections to the Shetland Islands Council will be held on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. Seven wards will be contested, each ward electing two to four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 23 Councillors elected.

The elections will be the first held since the passage of the Islands Act 2018 which allowed wards in Scottish councils containing islands to be reduced to single and dual member wards. As a result, the Shetland West ward has been reduced from three members to two.^[1]

The Scottish Greens will contest a Shetland Islands Council election for the first time, standing three candidates.^[2]

Election results[]

Shetland Islands Local Election Result 2022

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent
	SNP
	Green
	Labour

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results[]

North Isles[]

• 2017: 3xIndependent

North Isles - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Duncan Anderson (incumbent)
	Independent	Ryan Thomson (incumbent)

Shetland North[]

• 2017: 3xIndependent

Shetland North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Emma Macdonald (incumbent)
	Independent	Andrea Manson (incumbent)
	Labour	Tom Morton

Shetland West[]

• 2017: 3xIndependent

Shetland West - 2 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Green	Debra Nicolson[2]
	Independent	Ian Tinkler

Shetland Central[]

• 2017: 3xIndependent

Shetland Central - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Moraig Lyall (Incumbent)
	Green	Martin Randall
	Independent	Davie Sandison (incumbent)
	Independent	Ian Scott (incumbent)

Shetland South[]

• 2017: 2xIndependent, 1xScottish National Party

Shetland South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Green	Alex Armitage[2]
	Independent	Stewart Douglas
	Independent	Allison Duncan (Incumbent)
	SNP	Robbie McGregor (Incumbent)[3]
	Independent	Bryan Peterson

Lerwick North and Bressay[]

• 2017: 3xIndependent

Lerwick North and Bressay - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Stephen Leask (incumbent)
	Independent	Gary Robinson
	Independent	Arwed Wenger
	Independent	Marie Williamson

Lerwick South[]

• 2017: 4xIndependent

Lerwick South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Peter Coleman
	Independent	John Fraser (incumbent)
	Independent	Amanda Hawick (incumbent)
	Independent	Cecil Smith (incumbent)

Retiring Councillors[]

Council Ward	Departing Councillor	Party
Lerwick North	Malcolm Bell		Independent
Shetland North	Alastair Cooper		Independent
Lerwick South	Peter Campbell		Independent
Shetland West	Steven Coutts		Independent
Shetland South	George Smith		Independent
Shetland West	Theo Smith		Independent

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