Raymond Bentley

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Raymond Ronald William Bentley (b. 1924, d. 7 August 1992, Lerwick) was a civil aviation fireman and County Councillor for Dunrossness South between 1967 and 1975, then again from 1978 to 1986.

He unsuccessfully contested the Dunrossness Seat at the inaugural Shetland Islands Council election in 1974 and the Dunrossness South seat at the 1986 Shetland Islands Council election.

Political Career

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Zetland County Council
Preceded by
James Gordon
Member for
Dunrossness South

1964-1975
Council body dissolved
Dunrossness South County Councillors
Councillors John Bruce (1890-1907) • William Fotheringham (1907-1919) • John Irvine (1919-1919) • William McDougall (1919-1922) • William Leslie (1922-1929) • William McDougall (1929-1937) • George Leslie (1937-1945) • James Bairnson (1945-1955) • Magnus R. Flaws (1952-1955) • James Gordon (1955-1964) • Raymond Bentley (1964-1975)
Shetland Islands Council
Constituency re-established Member for
Dunrossness South

1978-1986
Succeeded by
Magnus Flaws