County Council Election December 1929
The 1929 County Council Election occurred on Tuesday 3 December. This election was contested within the space of one year instead of three due to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, which reformed the council.
Results
Aithsting
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James Anderson | Unopposed |
Bressay
Electorate: 210
Turnout: 65
Rejected ballots: 2
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Archibald MacIntyre | 42 | |
Allan Roy | 23 |
Burra and Quarff
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
John Percy Henderson | Unopposed |
Cunningsburgh
Electorate: 194
Turnout: 96
Rejected ballots: 5
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Henry Mouat | 69 | |
Rev. Charles H. Dick | 27 |
Delting North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Joseph Garfield Gordon Pole | Unopposed |
Delting South
Electorate:
Turnout:
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Edward Percival Adie | Unopposed |
Dunrossness North
Electorate:
Turnout:
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
John Irvine | Unopposed |
Dunrossness South
Electorate: 296
Turnout: 137
Rejecte ballots: 8
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William Laidlaw McDougall | 95 | |
Rev. Laurence Scollay | 42 |
Fetlar
Electorate: 82
Turnout: 60
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Sir Arthur J. F. W. Nicolson | 37 | |
William Carson | 23 |
Gulberwick
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Thomas Johnston | Unopposed |
Nesting And Lunnasting
Electorate: 387
Turnout: 171
Rejected ballots: 2
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Magnus Gray | 91 | |
James Gordon | 63 | |
James Hay | 17 |
Northmavine North
Electorate: 270
Turnout: 106
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
John Tulloch | 68 | |
John W. Robertson | 38 |
Northmavine South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Arthur Irvine | Unopposed |
Sandness
Electorate: 154
Turnout: 90
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Robert J. H. Ganson | 45 (presiding officer cast a deciding vote) | |
Thomas Sutherland | 45 |
Sandsting
Electorate: 422
Turnout: 179
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Dr James C. Bowie | 102 | |
James White | 77 |
Sandwick
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William Jamieson | Unopposed |
Tingwall
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James Peter Mouat | Unopposed |
Unst North
Electorate: 394
Turnout: 218
Rejected ballots: 2
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Charles Sandison | 126 | |
Hercules Johnson | 92 |
Unst South
Electorate: 228
Turnout: 103
Rejected ballots: 2
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Major Basil Neven-Spence | 83 | |
Norman Cameron | 20 |
Walls
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Reverend Theodore Andrew | Unopposed |
Whalsay And Skerries
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Magnus Shearer | Unopposed |
Whiteness And Weisdale
Electorate: 197
Turnout: 134
Rejected ballots: 1
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Laurence William Smith | 87 | |
J. R. Morrison | 47 |
Yell North
Electorate: 289
Turnout: 128
Rejected ballots: 5
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Captain George Jamieson | 110 | |
Robert Smith | 18 |
Yell South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James A. Smith | Unopposed |