Shetland Central (ward)

Location of the ward

Shetland Central is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.

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

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Shetland Islands Council election

Shetland Central - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	No label	Moraig Lyall (incumbent)	29.3%	414
	Independent	Davie Sandison (incumbent)	22.8%	322
	Independent	Catherine Hughson (incumbent)	19.9%	282	339.27
	No label	Ian Scott (incumbent)	19.2%	271	308.34
	Scottish Green	Martin Randall	7.0%	99	116.09
	Sovereignty	Brian Nugent	1.8%	26	29.16
Electorate: 3,170   Valid: 1,414   Spoilt: 8   Quota: 283   Turnout: 44.9%

2019 By-election

Shetland Central By-election (7 November 2019)

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 Election

2017 Shetland Islands Council election

Shetland Central - 3 seats

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 Election

2012 Shetland Islands Council election

Shetland Central - 3 seats

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 Election

2007 Shetland Islands Council election

Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Shetland Central

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