1978 Shetland Islands Council election

1978 Scottish local government election April 2022 1978 Shetland Islands Council election Scotland Flag of Shetland.svg parliamentary no 1974 Shetland Islands Area Council election 1974 1978 05 02 1982 Shetland Islands Area Council election 1982 All 25 seats to Shetland Islands Council 13 18 A.I. Tulloch Independent (politician) Aithsting and Sandsting 21 3 4,039 81.1% 8.7% 4 Labour Party (UK) 4 0 941 18.9% 8.7% Council Convener Council Convener after election A.I. Tulloch Independent (politician) A.I. Tulloch Independent (politician)thumb|Results by electoral district. Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 2 May 1978 as part of Scottish regional elections, with 11 seats uncontested. The election saw 14 new councillors enter the Shetland Islands Council, an unusually large number, in part attributable to the charged political context surrounding the devolution debate of the late 1970s.Manson T.M.Y. Grønneberg Roy Island Futures: Scottish Devolution and Shetland's Constitutional Alternatives 9780906191088 1978 Thuleprint Ltd Sandwick 17 Several of these incomers consisted of members of the pro-autonomy Shetland Group, later to become the Shetland Movement, and local Scottish National Party branch, registered as independents.Grønneberg Roy Island Futures: Scottish Devolution and Shetland's Constitutional Alternatives 9780906191088 1978 Thuleprint Ltd Sandwick 68 Aggregate results Shetland Islands Council election, 1978 Independent (politician) 21 3 0 3 88.0 81.1 4,039 8.7 Scottish Labour Party 4 0 0 0 12.0 18.9 941 8.7 Ward results Aithsting and Sandsting Independent (politician) A.I. Tulloch (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Bressay Independent (politician) James Irvine (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Burra and Trondra Independent (politician) Arthur Williamson 174 51.8% Independent (politician) William Cumming (Incumbent) 162 48.2% 12 3.6% Independent (politician) Delting North Independent (politician) Fraser Peterson (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Delting South Independent (politician) Albert Hunter unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Dunrossness North Independent (politician) William Tait 166 64.1% Independent (politician) Prophet Smith (Incumbent) 93 35.9% 73 28.2% Independent (politician) Dunrossness South Independent (politician) Raymond Bentley unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Gulberwick, Quarff and Cunningsburgh Independent (politician) Joan McLeod (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Lerwick Breiwick Labour Party (UK) John Butler (Incumbent) 194 53.4% Independent (politician) Harry Gray 169 46.6% 25 7.8% Labour Party (UK) Lerwick Central Labour Party (UK) Bill Smith (Incumbent) 273 78.9% Independent (politician) James Wiseman 73 21.1% 200 57.8% Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Lerwick Clickimin Independent (politician) Ian Byrne (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Lerwick Harbour Independent (politician) Edward Thomason (Incumbent) 241 81.4% Independent (politician) William Christie 55 18.6% 186 62.8% Independent (politician) Lerwick North Labour Party (UK) Alex Morrison (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Labour Party (UK) Lerwick Sound Independent (politician) Lindsay Smith 141 38.0% Independent (politician) Robert Brandie 98 26.4% Independent (politician) James Gair 61 16.4% Independent (politician) Donald Briers 38 10.2% Independent (politician) Donald Sutherland 33 8.9% 43 11.6% Independent (politician) Lerwick Twageos Independent (politician) Sandy Cluness 289 64.8% Labour Party (UK) James Paton (Incumbent) 157 35.2% 132 29.6% Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) Nesting and Lunnasting Independent (politician) Peter Hunter unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Northmavine Labour Party (UK) Chris Dowle 317 80.3% Independent (politician) John Jamieson (Incumbent) 78 19.7% 239 50.7% Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Sandness and Walls Independent (politician) Gordon Walterson 228 57.4% Independent (politician) Williamina Tait (Incumbent) 169 42.6% 59 14.8% Independent (politician) Sandwick Independent (politician) Peter Watts 163 56.6% Independent (politician) T.M.Y. Manson 125 43.4% 59 13.2% Independent (politician) Scalloway Independent (politician) Jemima Walterson 263 63.4% Independent (politician) Andrew Irvine (Incumbent) 123 29.6% Independent (politician) James Watt 29 7.0% 140 33.8% Independent (politician) Unst Independent (politician) William Playfair 181 50.7% Independent (politician) Alan Fraser (Incumbent) 176 49.3% 5 1.4% Independent (politician) Whalsay and Skerries Independent (politician) Henry Stewart unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Whiteness, Weisdale and Tingwall Independent (politician) Florence Grains 169 40.2% Independent (politician) Alexander Arthur 154 36.7% Independent (politician) John Rae 97 23.1% 15 3.5% Independent (politician) Yell North and Fetlar Independent (politician) David Johnson (Incumbent) unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) Yell South Independent (politician) Stewart Gray (Incumbent) 146 50.2% Independent (politician) Frank Odie 145 49.8% 1 0.4% Independent (politician) By-elections since 1978 1980 Lerwick North by-election Ratepayers Association Robert Tulloch 261 71.9% Independent (politician) John Groat 75 20.7% Independent (politician) James Wiseman 27 7.4% 186 51.2% Ratepayers Association Independent (politician) The 1981 Burra and Trondra by-election was triggered by the resignation of Arthur Williamson. It was won by former councillor William Cumming, a member of the pro-autonomy Shetland Movement, as an independent candidate.Willie is returned! The Shetland Times 20 March 1981 1981 Burra and Trondra by-election Independent (politician) William Cumming 306 68.3% Ratepayers Association Tom Stove 133 29.7% Independent (politician) James Wiseman 9 2.0% 178 38.6% Independent (politician) References 1978 Shetland