1994_Shetland_Islands_Council_election

1994 Shetland Islands Council election
All 26 seats to Shetland Islands Council; 14 seats needed for a majority
Council Convener before election; Edward Thomason; Shetland Movement	Council Convener after election ; Lewis Shand Smith; Independent

1994 Shetland Islands Council election

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Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 5 May 1994 as part of Scottish regional elections. The Shetland Movement lost one but maintained six seats, while the Liberal Democrats gained representation on the council for the first time. Only ten seats were contested.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	16	0	0	0	54	77.9	2,575	20.9
Shetland Movement	6	0	1	1	24	8.1	297	22.4
Liberal Democrats	2	2	0	2	8	6.0	221	4.0
Labour	1	0	0	0	4	5.9	216	0.6
Independent Labour	1	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0.0

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Charles Goodlad	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mary Colligan (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Drew Ratter	220	59.5%
	Independent	Andrea Manson (Incumbent)	150	40.5%
Majority			70	19.0%
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Tait (Incumbent)	241	82.5%
	Independent	Margaret Pickbourne	51	17.5%
Majority			190	65.0%
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	Magnus Flaws (Incumbent)	258	82.4%
	Independent	John Johnston	55	17.6%
Majority			203	64.8%
	Shetland Movement hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Black	354	60.6%
	Independent	Joan McLeod (Incumbent)	146	25.0%
	Independent	Maurice Mullay	84	14.4%
Majority			208	35.6%
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Cecil Eunson (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Smith (Incumbent)	216	75.5%
	Independent	Tommy Goudie	70	25.5%
Majority			146	50.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	William Stove	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Shetland Movement gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Tavish Scott	221	52.9%
	Independent	James Irvine (Incumbent)	197	47.1%
Majority			24	5.8%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Shetland Movement

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labour	Leonard Groat (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Malcolmson	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats gain from Shetland Movement

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Lindsay Smith	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Sandness and Walls
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Gear (Incumbent)	189	59.4%
	Independent	Olive Watson	129	40.6%
Majority			60	18.8%
	Independent hold

Yell North and Fetlar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brian Gregson	165	62.2%
	Independent	Leslie Angus	75	28.3%
	Independent	Alan Ogden	25	9.4%
Majority			140	33.9%
	Independent gain from Shetland Movement

1996 Yell South by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Nicolson	217	63.8%
	Independent	Sandy Cluness	94	27.6%
	Independent	Alan Ogden	29	8.5%
Majority			123	36.2%
	Independent gain from Shetland Movement

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Lewis Shand Smith (Incumbent)	256	72.1%
	Independent	Ian Selbie	99	27.9%
Majority			157	44.2%
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	Robert Johnson	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Shetland Movement hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Greta McElvogue (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bill Manson (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	James Smith	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Shetland Movement hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Iris Hawkins	241	50.4%
	Independent	David Nicolson	119	24.9%
	Independent	Ian Scott	79	16.5%
	Shetland Movement	William Anderson (Incumbent)	39	8.2%
Majority			122	25.5%
	Independent gain from Shetland Movement

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	Joan Easten (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Shetland Movement gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Loretta Hutchison	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jonathan Wills (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shetland Movement	Peter Guy (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Shetland Movement gain from Independent