2012 Shetland Islands Council election

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

Elections to Shetland Islands Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second using the seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 22 Councillors elected.

2012 Shetland Islands Council election

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
All 22 seats to Shetland Islands Council 12 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	54.7% (4.3)
First party   Leader Josie Simpson Party Independent Leader's seat North Isles Last election 22 seats, 100% Seats before 22 Seats won 22 Seat change 0 Popular vote 9,326 Percentage 96.9% Swing 4.1%
Map of council wards
Council Leader before election Josie Simpson Retired Independent Council Leader after election Gary Robinson Independent

As in 2007 Independents took all of the 22 seats on the council. The Scottish National Party contested both Lerwick Wards for the first time in 2012 but only secured 1.9% of the vote. The council was again administered solely by Independents.

Election results

Shetland Islands Local Election Result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	22	0	0	0	100.0	96.9	9,326	4.1
	SNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	184	New
	Scottish Christian	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	116	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

North Isles

• 2007: 3xIndependent
• 2012: 3xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

North Isles - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Robert Henderson (incumbent)	30.85	430
	Independent	Steven Coutts	23.74	331	358.9
	Independent	Gary Cleaver	21.59	301	308.5	312.7	377.2
	Independent	Jim Johnston	11.41	159	183.1	186.9	242.7
	Independent	Alan Skinner	11.33	158	176.2	179.5
Electorate: 2,278   Valid: 1,379   Spoilt: 15   Quota: 345   Turnout: 1,394 (61.19%)

Shetland North

• 2007: 3xIndependent
• 2012: 3xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Shetland North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Andrea Manson	30.79	444
	Independent	Alastair Cooper (incumbent)	23.99	346	369.9
	Independent	Drew Ratter	17.82	257	274	279.4	283.5	299.5	345.4	421.3
	Independent	Davy Cooper	11.93	172	182.3	184.3	191.2	209.9	257.9
	Independent	Jim Reyner	8.25	119	129.9	130.8	141.4	153.9
	Independent	Alan MacDonald	4.09	59	65.7	66.7	72.7
	Independent	Colin Arnot	2.50	36	40.4	40.8
Electorate: 2,488   Valid: 1,433   Spoilt: 9   Quota: 359   Turnout: 1,442 (57.96%)

Shetland West

• 2007: 3xIndependent
• 2012: 3xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Shetland West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Theo Smith	36.97	481
	Independent	Gary Robinson (incumbent)	27.59	359
	Independent	Tom MacIntyre	8.99	117	142.1	148.1	166.6	183.3	206.9
	Independent	Frank Robertson (incumbent)	8.61	112	160.3	163.6	187.4	216.3	269.9	381.3
	Independent	Ian Tinkler	5.99	78	107	112.9	127.9	167.8
	Independent	Andy Holt	5.92	77	103.8	109.6	126.8
	Independent	Marion Hughson	5.23	68	85.6	91.3
Electorate: 2,033   Valid: 1,292   Spoilt: 9   Quota: 324   Turnout: 1,301 (63.99%)

Shetland Central

• 2007: 3xIndependent
• 2012: 3xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Shetland Central - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Davie Sandison (incumbent)	35.92	375
	Independent	Vaila Wishart	25.57	267
	Independent	Ian Scott	13.89	145	162.2	163.7	171.8	190.2
	Independent	Mark Burgess	13.70	143	193.9	196.8	221.1	259
	Independent	John Hunter	4.79	50	74.3	76.8	81.5
	Scottish Christian	Peter Jamieson	4.60	48	52.7	53.1
Electorate: 2,284   Valid: 1,028   Spoilt: 16   Quota: 258   Turnout: 1,044 (45.71%)

Shetland South

• 2007: 3xIndependent
• 2012: 3xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Shetland South - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Independent	Alison Duncan (incumbent)	45.15	685
	Independent	George Smith	27.55	418
	Independent	Billy Fox	22.21	337	498.8
	Scottish Christian	Andrew Shearer	4.48	68	110.6
Electorate: 2,679   Valid: 1,508   Spoilt: 9   Quota: 378   Turnout: 1,517 (56.63%)

Lerwick North

• 2007: 3xIndependent
• 2012: 3xIndependent
• 2007-2012: No change

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%)

Lerwick South

• 2007: 4xIndependent
• 2012: 4xIndependent
• 2007-2012: No change

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%)

Retiring Councillors

Council Ward	Departing Councillor	Party
Shetland South	Gussie Angus		Independent
North Isles	Laura Baisley		Independent
Shetland Central	Jim Budge		Independent
Lerwick North	Sandy Cluness		Independent
Shetland North	Addie Doull		Independent
Lerwick Central	Betty Fullerton		Independent
Shetland West	Florence Grains		Independent
Shetland Central	Andrew Hughson		Independent
Shetland North	Bill Manson		Independent
Lerwick North	Rick Nickerson		Independent
North Isles	Josie Simpson		Independent

References

http://www.shetland.gov.uk/elections/default.asp