Shetland Islands Council

The Shetland Islands Council is the local governmental authority for Shetland. The council deal with such issues as roads, health, education, council tax, and culture.

Due to the oil boom in Shetland in the latter part of the 20th century, the council was one of the richest in Britain, if measured on a by-person basis.

The most recent election of it's councillors was in 2007 and the next election is scheduled for May 2012.

History

The Shetland Islands Council was officially formed on the 1st May 1975, combining the roles of the Zetland County Council and Lerwick Town Council, both of which stopped business in August following a local government reorganisation.

The Council

Shetland Islands Councillors are elected every 4 or 5 years and meet in the Lerwick Town Hall. The current Chief Executive is Alistair Buchan, who begun the role on August 9th, 2010.

Currently, there are 22 councillors.

Current Councillors

Shetland Electoral Wards

Councillor	Area Represented	Party	Councillor Since	Elected Until
Angus, Leslie	Lerwick South	None	May 1999	03/05/2012
Baisley, Laura	North Isles	None	May 2007	03/05/2012
Budge, James	Shetland South	None	May 2007	03/05/2012
Cluness, Alexander J.	Lerwick North	None	May 1999	03/05/2012
Cooper, Alastair	Shetland North	Independent	May 2007	03/05/2012
Doull, Adam T	Shetland North	None	May 2007	03/05/2012
Duncan, Allison	Shetland South	Independent	May 2007	03/05/2012
Fullerton, Betty	Shetland Central	None	May 2007	03/05/2012
Grains, Florence B	Shetland West	None	May 1986	03/05/2012
Hawkins, Iris Jean	Shetland Central	Independent	May 1994	03/05/2012
Henderson, Robert	North Isles	None	May 2007	03/05/2012
Henry, James H	Lerwick South	None	May 2003	03/05/2012
Hughson, Andrew J	Shetland Central	Independent	May 2007	03/05/2012
Manson, William H†	Shetland North	Independent	June 1991	03/05/2012
Miller, Caroline H. J.	Lerwick North	None	May 2007	03/05/2012
Nickerson, Richard C	Shetland South	Independent	May 2007	03/05/2012
Robertson, Frank A	Shetland West	None	May 1999	03/05/2012
Robinson, Gary	Shetland West	Independent	May 2007	03/05/2012
Simpson, Joseph Gilbert	North Isles	Independent	May 2007	03/05/2012
Smith, Cecil	Lerwick South	Independent	May 2007	03/05/2012
Wills, Jonathan W G*	Lerwick South	Independent	February 2008	03/05/2012
Wishart, Allan	Lerwick North	Independent	May 2007	03/05/2012

†Elected by by-election following the death of James M Manson.
*Elected by by-election following the death of Cecil Eunson.

Voting System

Shetland's Local Government are elected through a Single Transferable Vote system. This is a preferential voting system which is designed to minimize wasted votes, providing proportional representation.

External Links

• The Shetland Islands Council website

See Also

Shetland Election Results
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Scottish General Election	1999 - 2003 - 2007 - 2011
European Parliament Elections	1999 - 2004 - 2009
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