1982 Shetland Islands Area Council election

1982 Scottish local government election April 2022 1982 Shetland Islands Council election Scotland Flag of Shetland.svg parliamentary no 1978 Shetland Islands Area Council election 1978 1982 05 04 1986 Shetland Islands Area Council election 1986 All 25 seats to Shetland Islands Council 13 22 A.I. Tulloch Independent (politician) Aithsting and Sandsting 23 1 2,991 87.8% 6.7% 3 Labour Party (UK) 2 1 222 6.5% 12.4% Council Convener Council Convener after election A.I. Tulloch Independent (politician) A.I. Tulloch Independent (politician) thumb|Results by electoral district. An election to Shetland Islands Council was held on 6 May 1982 as part of the 1982 Scottish regional elections and yielded a swing to candidates supportive of Home Rule for the islands. Whilst no candidates appeared on the ballot as members of the Shetland Movement (all Shetland candidates were independents), the Shetland Movement did publish a list of candidates supportive of Shetland Home Rule. Ultimately of the 25 members of the Shetland council, 14 were supporters of the movement.8 May 1982 Shetland home rulers returned https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820508&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 12 Supporters of island autonomy similarly contested council elections in neighboring Orkney.https://books.google.com/books?id=cdrUZfeULK8C&q=1982+election+shetland&pg=PA209 Scottish Government and Politics: An Introduction 9780748612871 Lynch Peter 2001 The councils for the Shetland Islands, Orkney, and the Western Isles operated as combined authorities, meaning that instead of having both regional and district governance, the Islands had a single level combined of governance. These councils were elected at the same time as Scottish regional councils. Aggregate results Shetland Islands Council election, 1982 Independent (politician) 23 1 0 1 92.0 87.8 2,991 6.7 Scottish Labour Party 2 0 1 1 8.0 6.5 222 12.4 Ratepayers Association 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.7 194 New Ward results 1st, Lerwick Sound Independent (politician) John Graham 2nd, Lerwick–Clickimin Independent (politician) Thomas M. Y. Manson 121 35.4% Independent (politician) Cecil B. Eunson 112 32.7% Independent (politician) Ian Byrne (Incumbent) 109 31.9% 9 2.7% Independent (politician) 3rd, Lerwick–North Independent (politician) Leonard G. Groat 221 52.0% Ratepayers Association Robert Tulloch (Incumbent) 194 48.0% 17 4.0% Independent (politician) Ratepayers Association 4th, Lerwick Central Scottish Labour Party Bill Smith (Incumbent) 5th, Lerwick Harbour Independent (politician) Edward Thomason (Incumbent) 6th, Lerwick Twageos Independent (politician) Sandy Clunes (Incumbent) 7th, Lerwick Breiwick Independent (politician) Leslie Eunson 8th, Unst Independent (politician) Alan B. Fraser 157 41.1% Independent (politician) Karl M. Gray 148 38.7% Independent (politician) William Playfair (Incumbent) 77 20.2% 9 2.4% Independent (politician) 9th, Yell North Independent (politician) David Johnson (Incumbent) 10th, Yell South Independent (politician) Stewart Gray (Incumbent) 11th, Northmavine Scottish Labour Party Christopher D. Dowle (Incumbent) 222 55.8% Independent (politician) Gilbert J. Mowat 127 31.9% Independent (politician) William J. Beattie 49 12.3% 95 23.9% Scottish Labour Party Independent (politician) 12th, Delting North Independent (politician) Fraser Paterson 13th, Delting South Independent (politician) Albert Hunter (Incumbent) 14th, Nesting and Lunnasting Independent (politician) Benji Hunter (Incumbent) 15th, Bressay Independent (politician) James Irvine (Incumbent) 16th, Scalloway Independent (politician) William Anderson 17th, Whiteness, Weisdale and Tingwall Independent (politician) Cecil R. H. Eunson 258 55.7% Independent (politician) Florence B. Grains (Incumbent) 205 44.3% 53 11.4% 18th, Whalsay and Skerries Independent (politician) Henry Stewart (Incumbent) 19th, Sandsting and Aithsting Independent (politician) Alexander Tulloch (Incumbent) 247 57.6% Independent (politician) William Tait 182 42.4% 65 15.2% 20th, Sandness and Walls Independent (politician) Gordon Walterson (Incumbent) 21st, Cunningsburgh Independent (politician) Joan Macleod 22nd, Burra and Trondra Independent (politician) William A. Cumming 316 75.2% Independent (politician) Susan G. Morrow-Irvine 104 24.8% 212 50.4% 23rd, Sandwick Independent (politician) Malcolm S. Bray 198 57.9% Independent (politician) Peter Watts 144 42.1% 54 15.8% 24th, Dunrossness North Independent (politician) William Tait (Incumbent) 25th, Dunrossness South Independent (politician) Raymond R. Bentley (Incumbent) 142 65.7% Independent (politician) John F. D. MacKenzie 74 34.3% 68 31.4% https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820508&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Searchhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820507&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search By-elections since 1982 1982 Delting North by-election Labour Party (UK) Roberta Clubb Scottish Labour Party Independent (politician) 1983 Delting North by-election Independent (politician) Andrea Manson 337 76.8% Labour Party (UK) Paul Thorn 102 23.2% 235 53.6% Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) References 1982 Shetland Category:May 1982 in the United Kingdom Category:Long stubs with short prose