1999 Shetland Islands Council election

1999 Shetland Islands Council election

6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)
All 22 seats to Shetland Islands Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lewis Shand Smith John Nicolson Willie Tait Party Independent Liberal Democrats Independent Liberal Leader's seat Lerwick Breiwick (defeated) Yell Sandwick, Levenwick and Bigton Last election 16 seats, 77.8% 2 seats, 6.7% 0 seats, 0.0% Seats before 16 2 0 Seats won 12 9 1 Seat change 4 7 1 Popular vote 3,817 1,828 200 Percentage 64.1% 30.7% 3.4% Swing 13.7% 24.0% New
Council Convener before election Lewis Shand Smith Independent Council Convener after election Tom Stove Independent

Results by ward.

Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 6 May 1999 as part of Scottish local elections. The Liberal Democrats won 9 seats, the party's best result in a Shetland Islands Council election. Nine seats were uncontested.

Aggregate results

Shetland Islands Council election, 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	12	0	4	4	54.55	64.1	3,817	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	9	7	0	7	40.91	30.7	1,828	24.0
	Independent Liberal	1	1	0	1	4.55	3.4	200	New
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.9	112	1.9

Ward results

Aithsting and Sandsting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Florence Grains (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Burra and Trondra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alistair Goodlad	268	60.9%
	Liberal Democrats	John Allen Halcrow	172	39.1%
Majority			96	21.8%
	Independent hold

Cunningsburgh and Sandwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Thomas Stove	282	56.1%
	Independent	Charles Simpson	141	28.0%
	Independent	James Smith	80	15.9%
Majority			141	28.1%
	Independent gain from Shetland Movement

Delting East and Lunnasting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mary Colligan (incumbent)	242	54.5%
	Independent	Andrew Fraser	109	24.5%
	Independent	Joan Easten	93	20.9%
Majority			133	30.0%
	Independent hold

Delting West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Drew Ratter (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Dunrossness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Gordon Mitchell	268	54.7%
	Independent	Magnus Flaws (incumbent)	222	45.3%
Majority			46	9.4%
	Independent hold

Lerwick Breiwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Cecil Eunson	231	51.8%
	Independent	Lewis Shand Smith (incumbent)	215	48.2%
Majority			16	3.6%
	Independent hold

Lerwick Clickimin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Stove (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Lerwick Harbour & Bressay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Black	224	45.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Miller	187	37.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Whitehead	83	15.8%
Majority			37	7.4%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lerwick North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Anderson	229	67.2%
	Independent Labour	Leonard Groat (incumbent)	112	32.8%
Majority			117	34.4%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Labour

Lerwick North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Cluness	276	65.2%
	Independent	Greta McElvogue (incumbent)	97	22.9%
	Independent	J. Wiseman	50	11.8%
Majority			179	42.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Lerwick Sound

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Begg	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats gain from Shetland Movement

Lerwick South Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Angus	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Lerwick Upper Sound, Gulberwick and Quarff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Malcolmson (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold

Nesting, Whiteness, Girlsta and Gott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Irvine	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Northmavine, Muckle Roe and Busta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bill Manson (incumbent)	251	54.0%
	Independent	Brenda Wilcox	214	46.0%
Majority			37	8.0%
	Independent hold

Sandwick, Levenwick and Bigton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Lib Dem	William Tait (incumbent)	200	37.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Cecil Hughson	118	22.0%
	Independent	Peter Watts	118	22.0%
	Independent	Rosemary Inkster	100	18.7%
Majority			82	15.3%
	Ind. Lib Dem gain from Independent

Scalloway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Iris Hawkins (incumbent)	261	49.7%
	Independent	John Burgess	170	32.4%
	Independent	Ian Scott	94	17.9%
Majority			82	15.3%
	Independent hold

Unst and Fetlar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ritch	254	57.3%
	Independent	Brian Gregson	189	42.7%
Majority			82	15.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Shetland Movement

Walls, Sandness and Clousta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Robertson	285	70.0%
	Independent	James Gear	122	30.0%
Majority			173	40.0%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Whalsay and Skerries

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Loretta Hutchison (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Yell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Nicolson	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

By-elections since 1999

2002 Whalsay and Skerries by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Josie Simpson	292	58.9%
	Independent	Kathleen Stewart	204	41.1%
Majority			88	17.8%
	Independent hold