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2012 Shetland Islands Council election

2012 Scottish local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2012 Shetland Islands Council election
country	Shetland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2007 Shetland Islands Council election
previous_year	2007
election_date
next_election	2017 Shetland Islands Council election
next_year	2017
seats_for_election	All 22 seats to Shetland Islands Council
majority_seats	12
turnout	54.7% (4.3)
1blank	First preferences
2blank	First preferences (%)
3blank	Swing (pp)
leader1	Josie Simpson
party1	Independent (politician)
last_election1	22 seats, 100%
leaders_seat1	North Isles
seats_before1	22
seats_needed1	-
seats1	22
seat_change1	0
popular_vote1	9,326
percentage1	96.9%
swing1	4.1%
map_image	Shetland Islands Council election, 2012.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	Map of council wards
title	Council Leader
before_election	Josie Simpson Retired
before_party	Independent (politician)
posttitle	Council Leader after election
after_election	Gary Robinson
after_party	Independent (politician)

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

Elections to Shetland Islands Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second using the seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 22 Councillors elected.

As in 2007 Independents took all of the 22 seats on the council. The Scottish National Party contested both Lerwick Wards for the first time in 2012 but only secured 1.9% of the vote. The council was again administered solely by Independents.

Election results

|seats % = 100.0 |votes % = 96.9 |plus/minus = 4.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.9 |plus/minus = New |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.2 |plus/minus = New Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

North Isles

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Shetland North

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Shetland West

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Shetland Central

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Shetland South

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Lerwick North

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012: No change

Lerwick South

2007: 4xIndependent
2012: 4xIndependent
2007-2012: No change

Retiring Councillors

Council Ward	Departing Councillor	Party
Shetland South	Gussie Angus	Independent
North Isles	Laura Baisley	Independent
Shetland Central	Jim Budge	Independent
Lerwick North	Sandy Cluness	Independent
Shetland North	Addie Doull	Independent
Lerwick Central	Betty Fullerton	Independent
Shetland West	Florence Grains	Independent
Shetland Central	Andrew Hughson	Independent
Shetland North	Bill Manson	Independent
Lerwick North	Rick Nickerson	Independent
North Isles	Josie Simpson	Independent

References

http://www.shetland.gov.uk/elections/default.asp

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