1974 Shetland Islands Council election

1974 Scottish local government election April 2022 January 2022 1974 Shetland Islands Council election Scotland Flag of Shetland.svg parliamentary no 1973 Zetland County Council election 1973 1974 05 07 1978 Shetland Islands Area Council election 1978 All 22 seats to Shetland Islands Council 12 A.I. Tulloch Independent (politician) Aithsting and Sandsting 18 3,781 89.8% Labour Party (UK) 4 430 10.2% Council Convener Council Convener after election A.I. Tulloch Independent (politician) Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 7 May 1974 as part of Scottish local elections. This was the first election for the all-purpose Shetland Islands Council, as established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, combining the Lerwick Town Council and the Zetland County Council. The Council operated as a shadow authority until May 1975, when it assumed full responsibilities for local government in Shetland. 11 seats were uncontested. Aggregate results Shetland Islands Council election, 1974Stewart James Shetland Islands Council Election May 1974 http://shetlandhistory.com/Shetland_Islands_Council_Election_May_1974 Shetland History Online 25 January 2022 Independent (politician) 18 N/A N/A N/A 84.0 89.8 3,781 N/A Scottish Labour Party 4 N/A N/A N/A 6.0 10.2 430 N/A Ward results Aithsting and Sandsting Independent (politician) A.I. Tulloch 291 55.3% Independent (politician) Robert Garrick 235 44.7% 56 10.6% Bressay Independent (politician) James Irvine unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Burra and Trondra Independent (politician) William Cumming 225 78.1% Independent (politician) Victor Church 63 21.9% 162 56.2% Delting Independent (politician) Fraser Peterson 232 66.7% Independent (politician) Clem Robb 116 33.3% 116 33.4% Dunrossness Independent (politician) James Leask 258 55.4% Independent (politician) Raymond Bentley 208 44.6% 50 10.8% Gulberwick, Quarff and Cunningsburgh Independent (politician) Joan McLeod 248 69.7% Independent (politician) Angus Smith 108 30.3% 130 39.4% Lerwick Breiwick Labour Party (UK) John Butler 141 39.1% Independent (politician) Harry Gray 125 34.6% Independent (politician) Ronald Cumming 95 26.6% 16 4.5% Lerwick Central Independent (politician) Eric Gray 219 59.5% Independent (politician) Robert Wishart 149 40.5% 70 19.0% Lerwick North Labour Party (UK) Alex Morrison unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Lerwick Sound Independent (politician) William Peterson unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Lerwick Twageos Labour Party (UK) James Paton 289 58.7% Independent (politician) George Blance 203 41.3% 86 17.4% Lerwick West Labour Party (UK) Bill Smith unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Nesting Independent (politician) Edward Thomason unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Northmavine Independent (politician) John Jamieson unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Sandness and Walls Independent (politician) Williamina Tait 206 65.4% Independent (politician) Peter Garrick 109 34.6% 97 30.8% Sandwick Independent (politician) Thomas Stove unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Scalloway Independent (politician) Andrew Irvine unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Unst Independent (politician) Alan Fraser 225 56.7% Independent (politician) William Thomson 172 43.3% 53 13.4% Whalsay and Skerries Independent (politician) Frederick Dainty unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Whiteness, Weisdale and Tingwall Independent (politician) John Johnson 164 55.8% Independent (politician) John Rae 81 27.6% Independent (politician) George Morrison 49 16.7% 83 28.2% Yell North and Fetlar Independent (politician) David Johnson unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Yell South Independent (politician) Stewart Gray unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed By-elections since 1974 1976 Lerwick Sound by-election Independent (politician) Ian Byrne unopposed unopposed unopposed unopposed Independent (politician) 1977 Dunrossness by-electionBBC Radio Shetland Good Evening Shetland Shetland Archives, BBCRS/5/1977/15/1 13 July 1977 Independent (politician) Prophet Smith 143 34.5% Independent (politician) Ray Bentley 123 29.7% Independent (politician) Alan Whitfield 93 22.5% Independent (politician) Williamina Flaws 55 13.3% 20 4.8% Independent (politician) References 1974 Shetland Islands Council election Category:Long stubs with short prose