View source for County Council Election May 1961

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The '''[[1961]] [[Zetland County Council|County Council]] Election''' occurred on Tuesday 8 May. 

==Results==
===[[Aithsting_(Constituency)|Aithsting]]===
Electorate: 379<br />
Turnout: 305 (80%)<br />

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'''Candidate'''
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'''Votes'''
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'''Elected?'''
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|[[Robert A. C. Garrick]] || 206 || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
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|[[Catherine Anderson]] || 99 || [[Image:cross.gif]] 
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|}

===[[Bressay_(Constituency)|Bressay]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[John R. Smith]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]]
|-
|}

===[[Burra (Constituency)|Burra and Quarff]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Alexander Bennet]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Cunningsburgh (Constituency)|Cunningsburgh]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Joan McLeod]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]]
|-
|}

===[[Delting North (Constituency)|Delting North]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[William Marshall]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Delting South (Constituency)|Delting South]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Edward Percival Adie]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Dunrossness North (Constituency)|Dunrossness North]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: <br />

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Tom Henderson]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Dunrossness South (Constituency)|Dunrossness South]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[James J. Gordon]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Fetlar (Constituency)|Fetlar]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Charles Brown]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Gulberwick (Constituency)|Gulberwick]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Robert A. Johnson]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Nesting (Constituency)|Nesting And Lunnasting]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[William R. T. Hamilton]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Northmavine North (Constituency)|Northmavine North]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Hamish A. S. Brydone]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Northmavine South (Constituency)|Northmavine South]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Robert Balfour]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Sandness (Constituency)|Sandness]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Robert J. H. Ganson]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Sandsting_(Constituency)|Sandsting]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Alexander I. Tulloch]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Sandwick (Constituency)|Sandwick]]===
Electorate: 611<br />
Turnout: 268 (43.9%)<br />

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[James R. Halcrow]] || 153 || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
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|[[Robert Bruce]] || 115 || [[Image:cross.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Tingwall (Constituency)|Tingwall]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[George K. Spence]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Unst North (Constituency)|Unst North]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Edward Thomason]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Unst South (Constituency)|Unst South]]===
Electorate: 180<br />
Turnout: 118 (65.6%)

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|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Peter B. A. Hunter]] || 96 || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
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|[[James Matches]] || 20 || [[Image:cross.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Walls (Constituency)|Walls]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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|-
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Harry S. Drever]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Whalsay And Skerries (Constituency)|Whalsay And Skerries]]===
Electorate: 648<br />
Turnout: 238 (36.5%)<br />
Rejected ballots: 1<br />

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'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[David Harbison]] || 190 || [[Image:tick.gif]] 
|-
|Arthur Laurenson || 47 || [[Image:cross.gif]] 
|-
|}

===[[Whiteness And Weisdale (Constituency)|Whiteness And Weisdale]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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|-
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Anthony Anderson]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]]
|-
|}

===[[Yell North (Constituency)|Yell North]]===
Electorate: 323<br />
Turnout: 190 (58.8%)<br />

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|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Andrew W. Peterson]] || 143 || [[Image:tick.gif]]
|-
|[[Amanda Youngman]] || 47 || [[Image:cross.gif]]
|-
|}

===[[Yell South (Constituency)|Yell South]]===
Electorate: <br />
Turnout: N/A<br />

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|-
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Candidate'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Votes'''
|style="background: #8da7d6;"|
'''Elected?'''
|-
|[[Charles G. Spence]] || Unopposed || [[Image:tick.gif]]
|-
|}

==See Also==
{{ElectionResults}}
[[Category:Zetland County Council]]
[[Category:Zetland County Council elections]]