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AN ELECTION candidate who narrowly lost out in a Lerwick ward last week has set her sights on the upcoming North Isles by-election. Marie Williamson, who grew up in Whalsay, came fourth in the Lerwick North and Bressay vote when results were declared on Friday. But she has now...
THE VOTES have been counted, the results declared - Shetland’s next cohort of councillors has all but been decided. Twenty two out of the 23 Shetland Islands Council members for the next five years are now known, with a by-election due to be held in the North Isles for the...
SHETLAND Islands Council has now formally declared the two wards which were uncontested in the local government elections. Independent members Duncan Anderson and Ryan Thomson have been formally returned to the council chamber for the North Isles. In Shetland North Scottish...
VOTER turnout for today’s council elections appears to be slow with just 14 per cent of voters in the five contested ward areas having cast their vote by 5pm. A further 18 per cent of the electorate have opted to cast their vote by post, meaning the overall 5pm turnout is 32...
THERE is little doubt that the possible provision of fixed links to island communities will be top of the agenda once the new councillors get their feet under the table and start their five years in local government. Almost all of the 35 candidates have offered a view on the...