Lerwick South is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Cecil Eunson Gussie Angus Cecil Smith Jim Henry
2008 by- Jonathan Willis
2012 Peter Campbell Amanda Westlake
2017 Beatrice Wishart
2019 by- Stephen Flaws
2022 John Fraser Neil Pearson Dennis Leask

Election results

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2022 election

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Lerwick South - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Dennis Leask 22.5 302          
Independent John Fraser[note 1] 19.5 262 268 289      
Independent Cecil Smith (incumbent) 18.4 251 257 275      
Independent Neil Pearson 12.7 171 177 206 213 215 281
Independent Amanda Hawick (incumbent) 11.4 153 156 168 173 176 208
Independent Peter Coleman 7.8 106 109 120 123 125  
Independent Shayne Mcleod 7.4 99 102        
Electorate: 3,036   Valid: 1,344   Spoilt: 17   Quota: 269   Turnout: 44.8%  

Source: [2][3]

2017 election

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2017 Shetland Islands Council election[4]

Lerwick South - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Cecil Smith (incumbent) 28.8 429      
Independent Beatrice Wishart 26.4 394      
Independent Peter Campbell (incumbent) 20.0 299      
Independent Amanda Westlake (incumbent) 12.7 190 242.42 271.12 408.83
Independent Frances Valente 12.1 180 220.61 268.35  
Quota:  

2012 election

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2012 Shetland Islands Council election

Lerwick South - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Dr Jonathan Wills (incumbent) 36.07 646          
Independent Cecil Smith (incumbent) 17.81 319 407.3        
Independent Peter Campbell 14.46 259 310.4 329.9 349.9 388.9  
Independent Amanda Westlake 12.79 229 280.8 291.9 308.6 346.5 358.9
Independent Robbie Leith 8.04 144 184.9 188.1 204.6 241.4 248.9
SNP Iain Morrison 6.64 119 144.7 148.7 157.3    
Independent Jim Henry (incumbent) 3.24 58 71.1 78.9      
Electorate: 3,507   Valid: 1,774   Spoilt: 11   Quota: 355   Turnout: 1,791 (51.07%)  

2007 election

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2007 Shetland Islands Council election

Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Lerwick South
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Independent Cecil Eunson 489 26.4 1 1
Independent Gussie Angus 473 25.6 2 1
Independent Cecil Smith 199 10.8 3 7
Conservative Maurice Mullay 159 8.6
Scottish Socialist Robbie Leith 150 8.1
Independent Jim Henry 127 6.9 4 8
Independent Michael Peterson 116 6.3
Independent Geoff Feather 97 5.2
Independent Lindsay Smith 40 2.2

Notes

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  1. ^ Sitting councillor for Lerwick North.

References

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  1. ^ "ward-maps". www.shetland.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Lerwick South". Shetland Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 Lerwick South". Shetland Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. ^ "SIC Elections - 4 May 2017". www.shetland.gov.uk.