Shetland Islands Council Election May 1978

The 1978 Shetland Islands Council Election occurred on Tuesday 2 May.

Results

Aithsting And Sandsting

Electorate:
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Alexander I. Tulloch	Unopposed

Bressay

Electorate:
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
James C. Irvine	Unopposed

Burra And Trondra

Electorate:
Turnout: 336 (55%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Arthur Williamson	174
William Cumming	162

Delting North

Electorate:
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Fraser Peterson	Unopposed

Delting South

Electorate:
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
James Hunter	Unopposed

Dunrossness North

Electorate:
Turnout: 259 (49%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
William Tait	166
Prophet Smith	93

Dunrossness South

Electorate:
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Raymond Bentley	Unopposed

Gulberwick, Quarff And Cunningsburgh

Electorate:
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Joan McLeod	Unopposed

Lerwick Breiwick

Electorate:
Turnout: 363 (46%)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
John Butler	Shetland Labour Party	194
Harry Gray		169

Lerwick Central

Electorate: 364
Turnout: 51%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Bill Smith	Labour	273
James Wiseman		73

Lerwick Clickimin

Electorate:
Turnout:

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Ian Byrne	Unopposed

Lerwick Harbour

Electorate:
Turnout: 296 (48%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Edward Thomason	241
William C. Christie	55

Lerwick North

Electorate:
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Alexander Morrison	Unopposed

Lerwick Sound

Electorate: 746
Turnout: 373 (50%)

Candidate	Party	Votes	Elected?
Lindsay Smith		141
Robert Brandie		98
James Gair		61
Donald Briers		38
Donald Sutherland	Independent/Progressive	33

Lerwick Twageos

Electorate:
Turnout: 390 (53.5%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Sandy Cluness	289
James Paton	157

Nesting And Lunnasting

Electorate:
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Peter Hunter	Unopposed

Northmavine

Electorate:
Turnout: 395 (68%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Christopher Dowle	317
John Jamieson	78

Sandness And Walls

Electorate:
Turnout: 397 (68.7%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Gordon Walterson	228
Williamina Tait	169

Sandwick

Electorate: 576
Turnout: 288 (50%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Peter Watts	163
Thomas M. Y. Manson	125

Scalloway

Electorate:
Turnout: 431 (53.7%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Jemima Walterson	263
Andrew B. Irvine	123
James A. Watt	29

Unst

Electorate:
Turnout: 357 (57%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
William Playfair	181
Alan Fraser	176

Whalsay And Skerries

Electorate:
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Henry Stewart	Unopposed

Whiteness, Weisdale And Tingwall

Electorate:
Turnout: 420 (63.6%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Florence Grains	169
Alexander Arthur	154
John Rae	97

Yell North And Fetlar

Electorate:
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
David Johnson	Unopposed

Yell South

Electorate:
Turnout: 291 (48%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Stewart Gray	146
Frank Odie	145

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