County Council Election May 1961
The 1961 County Council Election occurred on Tuesday 8 May.
Results
Aithsting
Electorate: 379
Turnout: 305 (80%)
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Robert A. C. Garrick | 206 | ![]() |
Catherine Anderson | 99 | ![]() |
Bressay
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
John R. Smith | Unopposed | ![]() |
Burra and Quarff
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Alexander Bennet | Unopposed | ![]() |
Cunningsburgh
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Joan McLeod | Unopposed | ![]() |
Delting North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William Marshall | Unopposed | ![]() |
Delting South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Edward Percival Adie | Unopposed | ![]() |
Dunrossness North
Electorate:
Turnout:
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Tom Henderson | Unopposed | ![]() |
Dunrossness South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James J. Gordon | Unopposed | ![]() |
Fetlar
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Charles Brown | Unopposed | ![]() |
Gulberwick
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Robert A. Johnson | Unopposed | ![]() |
Nesting And Lunnasting
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William R. T. Hamilton | Unopposed | ![]() |
Northmavine North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Hamish A. S. Brydone | Unopposed | ![]() |
Northmavine South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Robert Balfour | Unopposed | ![]() |
Sandness
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Robert J. H. Ganson | Unopposed | ![]() |
Sandsting
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Alexander I. Tulloch | Unopposed | ![]() |
Sandwick
Electorate: 611
Turnout: 268 (43.9%)
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James R. Halcrow | 153 | ![]() |
Robert Bruce | 115 | ![]() |
Tingwall
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
George K. Spence | Unopposed | ![]() |
Unst North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Edward Thomason | Unopposed | ![]() |
Unst South
Electorate: 180
Turnout: 118 (65.6%)
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Peter B. A. Hunter | 96 | ![]() |
James Matches | 20 | ![]() |
Walls
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Harry S. Drever | Unopposed | ![]() |
Whalsay And Skerries
Electorate: 648
Turnout: 238 (36.5%)
Rejected ballots: 1
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
David Harbison | 190 | ![]() |
Arthur Laurenson | 47 | ![]() |
Whiteness And Weisdale
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Anthony Anderson | Unopposed | ![]() |
Yell North
Electorate: 323
Turnout: 190 (58.8%)
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Andrew W. Peterson | 143 | ![]() |
Amanda Youngman | 47 | ![]() |
Yell South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Charles G. Spence | Unopposed | ![]() |