Lerwick South (ward)

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
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

2022 Election

2022 Shetland Islands Council election[2]

Lerwick South - 4 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Independent Dennis Leask 22.5% 302          
Independent John Fraser (incumbent) 19.5% 262 268.23 289.67      
Independent Cecil Smith (incumbent) 18.4% 251 257.45 275.88      
Independent Neil Pearson 12.7% 171 177.88 206.09 213.57 215.07 281.26
Independent Amanda Hawick (incumbent) 11.4% 153 156.93 168.37 173.78 176.28 208.72
No label Peter Coleman 7.8% 106 109.28 120.61 123.99 125.32  
Independent Shayne Mcleod 7.4% 99 102.50        
Electorate: 3,034   Valid: 1,344   Spoilt: 17   Quota: 269   Turnout: 44.9%  

    2017 Election

    2017 Shetland Islands Council election[4]

    Lerwick South - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    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  
    Valid:   Quota:  

      2012 Election

      2012 Shetland Islands Council election

      Lerwick South - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      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

        2007 Shetland Islands Council election

        Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Lerwick South
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % 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

        References
        1. "ward-maps". www.shetland.gov.uk.
        2. https://www.shetland.gov.uk/downloads/file/5971/notice-of-uncontested-and-notice-of-poll
        3. "Notice of Uncontested Election and Notice of Poll". Shetland Islands Council. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
        4. "SIC Elections - 4 May 2017". www.shetland.gov.uk.


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