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Lerwick North and Bressay (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Lerwick North and Bressay (previously called Lerwick North between 2007 and 2022), is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Alan Wishart Sandy Cluness Caroline Miller
2012 Malcolm Bell Michael Stout
2017 Stephen Leask John Fraser
2022 Gary Robinson Arwed Wenger

Election results

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2022 election

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Lerwick North and Bressay - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Independent Stephen Leask (incumbent) 33.4 310        
Independent Gary Robinson 32.4 301        
Independent Arwed Wenger 14.7 136 164 189 220 312
Independent Marie Williamson 12.4 115 133 146 173  
Independent Stephen Ferguson 7.1 66 79 92    
Electorate: 2,410   Valid: 928   Spoilt: 13   Quota: 233   Turnout: 39.0%  

Source: [2][3]

2017 election

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2017 Shetland Islands Council election[4]

Lerwick North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Independent Malcolm Bell (incumbent) 71.9 715    
Independent Stephen Leask 13.2 130 337.25  
Independent John Fraser 12.4 124 243.92 287.73
Conservative Thomas Williamson 2.6 26 54.68 68.93
Quota:  

2012 election

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2012 Shetland Islands Council election

Lerwick North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Malcolm Bell 55.93 684            
Independent Michael Stout 16.93 207 350.3          
Independent Allan Wishart (incumbent) 12.02 147 230.9 236.7 258.9 273.4 295.8 348.8
SNP Danus Skene 5.31 65 98.3 102.5 109.3 122.8 142.9  
Independent Alex Wright 3.76 46 74.3 86.4 88.2 105.1    
Independent Caroline Miller (incumbent) 2.86 35 51.1 53.3        
Independent Bill Adams 2.29 28 64.1 75.8 83.3      
Electorate: 2,453   Valid: 1,212   Spoilt: 11   Quota: 304   Turnout: 1,223 (49.86%)  

2007 election

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2007 Shetland Islands Council election

Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Lerwick North
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent Allan Wishart 505 39.2 1 1
Independent Sandy Cluness 264 20.5 2 3
Independent Caroline Miller 206 16.0 3 5
Independent Bill Adams 125 9.7
Scottish Socialist Kin Learmonth 110 8.6
Independent Kathy Greaves 79 6.1

References

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  1. ^ "ward-maps". www.shetland.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 Lerwick North and Bressay". Shetland Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 5 Lerwick North and Bressay". Shetland Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. ^ "SIC Elections - 4 May 2017". www.shetland.gov.uk.