1967 Zetland County Council election

1967 Zetland County Council election
24 of 33 seats on the Zetland County Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
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Elections to the Zetland County Council were held on 9 May 1967 as part of the 1967 Scottish local elections. Elections were held in every ward except for those in Lerwick to elect 24 landward members to the county council, who would be joined by nine nominated members from the Lerwick Town Council. None of the landward seats were contested.^[1]

Election results

Zetland County Council Election Results ^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	24	0	0	-	-	-	0	-

Ward results

Aithsting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Garrick (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Bressay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Scott (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Burra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	George Nelson	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Cunningsburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joan McLeod (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Delting North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andrew Tulloch (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Delting South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Hugh Sutherland	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Dunrossness North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Iain Campbell	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Dunrossness South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Raymond Bentley (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Fetlar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		No nominations

Gulberwick & Quarff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Johnson	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Nesting and Lunnasting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Hamilton (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Northmavine North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andrew Cromarty (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Northmavine South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Balfour (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Sandness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Ganson (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Sandsting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alexander Tulloch (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Sandwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Halcrow (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Tingwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		No nominations

Unst North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Edward Thomason (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Unst South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Hunter (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Walls
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Harry Drever (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Whalsay & Skerries
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Pottinger (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Whiteness & Weisdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Anthony Anderson (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Yell North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Hugh Williamson	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Yell South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Gray (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

By-elections since 1967

1967 Fetlar by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Arthur Johnson	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

1967 Tingwall by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andrew Irvine	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

References

^ ^a ^b "County Council Election May 1967 - Shetland History Online". shetlandhistory.com.

[auto-1] "County Council Election May 1967 - Shetland History Online". shetlandhistory.com.

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Election results

Ward results

By-elections since 1967

References