# Shetland Central (ward)

Shetland Central is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Iris Hawkins | | Andrew Hughson | | Betty Fullerton | 3 seats |
| 2011 by- | David Sandison | | | Andrew Hughson | | Betty Fullerton | 3 seats |
| 2012 | David Sandison | Vaila Wishart | Mark Burgess | | | | 3 seats |
| 2017 | David Sandison | Ian Scott | Mark Burgess | | | | 3 seats |
| 2019 by- | David Sandison | Ian Scott | Moraig Lyall | | | | 3 seats |
| 2022 | David Sandison | Ian Scott | Moraig Lyall | | Catherine Hughson |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Shetland Central - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Independent | Moraig Lyall (incumbent) | 29.3 | 414 | |
| | Independent | Davie Sandison (incumbent) | 22.8 | 322 | |
| | Independent | Catherine Hughson | 19.9 | 282 | 339 |
| | Independent | Ian Scott (incumbent) | 19.2 | 271 | 308 |
| | Scottish Green | Martin Randall | 7.0 | 99 | 116 |
| | Sovereignty | Brian Nugent | 1.8 | 26 | 29 |
| Electorate: 3,168 Valid: 1,414 Spoilt: 8 Quota: 283 Turnout: 44.9% ||||||
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### 2019 by-election

Shetland Central By-election (7 November 2019) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Independent | Moraig Lyall | 47.0 | 344 |
| | Independent | Julie Buchan | 15.8 | 116 |
| | SNP | Stewart Douglas | 15.2 | 111 |
| | Independent | Gordon Laverie | 11.5 | 84 |
| | Independent | Johan Adamson | 10.5 | 77 |
| Quota: Turnout: 732 (31.0%) |||||

### 2017 election

2017 Shetland Islands Council election
Shetland Central - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Independent | Davie Sandison (incumbent) | 32.9 | 320 | | | |
| | Independent | Mark Burgess (incumbent) | 26.7 | 260 | | | |
| | Independent | Ian Scott | 19.6 | 191 | 214.04 | 217.18 | 263.52 |
| | Independent | Julie Buchan | 12.1 | 118 | 139.61 | 146.87 | 169.40 |
| | Independent Nationalist | Brian Nugent | 8.6 | 84 | 93.26 | 95.79 | |
| Quota: ||||

### 2012 election

2012 Shetland Islands Council election
Shetland Central - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Davie Sandison (incumbent) | 35.92 | 375 | | | | |
| | Independent | Vaila Wishart | 25.57 | 267 | | | | |
| | Independent | Ian Scott | 13.89 | 145 | 162.2 | 163.7 | 171.8 | 190.2 |
| | Independent | Mark Burgess | 13.70 | 143 | 193.9 | 196.8 | 221.1 | 259 |
| | Independent | John Hunter | 4.79 | 50 | 74.3 | 76.8 | 81.5 | |
| | Scottish Christian | Peter Jamieson | 4.60 | 48 | 52.7 | 53.1 | | |
| Electorate: 2,284 Valid: 1,028 Spoilt: 16 Quota: 258 Turnout: 1,044 (45.71%) |||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Shetland Islands Council election
Shetland Islands council election, 2007: Shetland Central :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Iris Hawkins | 330 | 27.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | Andrew Hughson | 311 | 25.6 | 2 | 1 |
| Independent | Betty Fullerton | 257 | 21.2 | 3 | 7 |
| Independent | Ian Scott | 131 | 10.8 | | |
| Independent | Geordie Pottinger | 98 | 8.1 | | |
| Independent | John Hunter | 46 | 3.8 | | |
| Independent | Jim Ivens | 23 | 1.9 | | |
| Independent | Scotty Dyble | 19 | 1.6 | | |