Shetland Islands Council Election May 2003

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Contents 1 Electoral Wards 1.1 Aithsting, Sandsting And Whiteness 1.2 Burra And Trondra 1.3 Cunningsburgh And Sandwick 1.4 Delting East And Lunnasting 1.5 Delting West 1.6 Dunrossness 1.7 Lerwick Breiwick 1.8 Lerwick Clickimin 1.9 Lerwick Harbour And Bressay 1.10 Lerwick North 1.11 Lerwick North Central 1.12 Lerwick Sound 1.13 Lerwick South Central 1.14 Lerwick Upper Sound, Gulberwick And Quarff 1.15 Nesting, Whiteness, Girlsta And Gott 1.16 Northmavine, Muckle Roe and Busta 1.17 Sandwick, Levenwick And Bigton 1.18 Scalloway 1.19 Unst And Fetlar 1.20 Walls, Sandness And Clousta 1.21 Whalsay And Skerries 1.22 Yell 2 See Also

Shetland's Local Government Elections of 2003 were held on Thursday May 1 2003. 30 individuals came forward for the 23 vacancies.

Please note that for the 2007 local government elections, wards were redefined.

Electoral Wards

Aithsting, Sandsting And Whiteness

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Florence B. Grains	Independent	Unopposed

Burra And Trondra

A one-seat ward.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Robert W. Hunter	Independent	196
John A. Inkster	Independent	271

Cunningsburgh And Sandwick

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Thomas W. Stove	Independent	Unopposed

Delting East And Lunnasting

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Barbara J. Cheyne	Independent	234
Joan W. Easten	Independent	90
Thomas J. Anderson	Independent	84

Delting West

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Drew Ratter	Independent	260
Andrea I. Manson-Clark	Independent	126

Dunrossness

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Gordon G. Mitchell	Scottish Liberal Democrat	Unopposed

Lerwick Breiwick

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Cecil Burgess Eunson	Independent	360
Margaret Roberson	Scottish Liberal Democrat	105

Lerwick Clickimin

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
William Nicolson Stove	Independent	175
Michael Peterson	Independent	104

Lerwick Harbour And Bressay

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Ronald D. J. Gair	Scottish Liberal Democrats	134
Edward J. Knight	Independent	282

Lerwick North

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
George Leonard Groat	Independent	168
Robert J. Anderson	Scottish Liberal Democrats	116

Lerwick North Central

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Alexander J. Cluness	Scottish Liberal Democrat	Unopposed

Lerwick Sound

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
James Henry	Independent	147
Christine M. Begg	Scottish Liberal Democrats	132

Lerwick South Central

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Leslie Angus	Scottish Liberal Democrats	240
Gary Robinson	Independent	183

Lerwick Upper Sound, Gulberwick And Quarff

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Robert G. Feather	Independent	276
Peter Malcolmson	Scottish Liberal Democrats	258

Nesting, Whiteness, Girlsta And Gott

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
James C. Irvine	Independent	Unopposed

Northmavine, Muckle Roe and Busta

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
William H. Manson	Independent	270
Brenda Wilcock	Scottish Liberal Democrats	180

Sandwick, Levenwick And Bigton

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
William Tait	Independent	279
Cecil M. J. Hughson	Scottish Liberal Democrats	158

Scalloway

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Iris J. Hawkins	Independent	303
Ian Scott	Independent	153

Unst And Fetlar

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Brian P. Gregson	Independent	248
Andrew A. J. Inkster	Independent	95
Sandra C. Gray	Scottish Liberal Democrats	20

Walls, Sandness And Clousta

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Frank Robertson	Scottish Liberal Democrat	Unopposed

Whalsay And Skerries

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Joseph G. Simpson	Independent	Unopposed

Yell

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
John P. Nicolson	Scottish Liberal Democrat	Unopposed

See Also

Shetland Election Results
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Scottish General Election	1999 - 2003 - 2007
European Parliament Elections	1999 - 2004 - 2009
Shetland Islands Council Election	1974 - 1976(by) - 1977(by) - 1978 - 1982 - 1983(by) - 1986 - 1987(by) - 1990 - 1991(by) - 1993(by) - 1993(by) - 1994 - 1996(by) - 1999 - 2002(by) - 2003 - 2007 - 2008(by)
Lerwick Town Council Elections	1818 - 1820 - 1823 - 1826 - 1829 - 1830(by) - 1832 - 1835 - 1838 - 1841 - 1844(by) - 1844 - 1847 - 1850 - 1853 - 1856 - 1859 - 1862 - 1865 - 1868 - 1871 - 1874 - 1876 - 1877 - 1878 - 1880 - 1881 - 1882 - 1883 - 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 - 1888 - 1889 - 1890 - 1891 - 1892 - 1893(by) - 1895 - 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - 1899 - 1900 - 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1915(by) - 1916(by) - 1916(by) - 1919 - 1920 - 1921(by) - 1921 - 1924(by) - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929 - 1930 - 1931 - 1932(by) - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936(by) - 1936 - 1936(by) - 1937 - 1938(by) - 1938 - 1940(by) - 1941(by) - 1941(by) - 1941(by) - 1942(by) - 1945(by) 1945 - 1946(by) - 1946 - 1947 - 1949 - 1949(by) - 1950 - 1950(by) - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1955(by) - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1962(by) - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1967(by) - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973
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