County Council Election February 1890

Bressay

Electorate: 126 (107 men, 19 women) · Turnout: 86 (68.3%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
James Meiklejohn	69	Elected
J. Mitchell	17	Not elected

Burra, Quarff and Havera now Burra

Electorate: 50 (23 men, 27 women)

Cunningsburgh

Electorate: 103 (87 men, 16 women)

Delting North

Electorate: 101 (81 men, 20 women) · Turnout: 14 (13.9%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
Charles Hoseason	9	Elected
William Pole	5	Not elected

Delting South

Electorate: 76 (60 men, 18 women)

Dunrossness North

Electorate: 73 (66 men, 7 women)

Dunrossness South

Electorate: 139 (122 men, 17 women) · Turnout: 87 (62.3%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
John Bruce	48	Elected
Sinclair Mail	39	Not elected

Fetlar

Electorate: 10 (10 men, 1 women)

No candidate was nominated for the seat, see Fetlar County Council By-Election May 1890.

Gulberwick

Electorate: 147 (125 men, 22 women)

Lerwick Central

Electorate: 348 (204 men, 140 women)

Candidate	Result
John Robertson Jr	Unopposed

Lerwick North

Electorate: 426 (295 men, 131 women)

Candidate	Result
John B. Anderson	Unopposed

Lerwick South

Electorate: 122 (69 men, 53 women)

Nesting And Lunnasting now Nesting

Electorate: 83 (77 men, 6 women) · Turnout: 16 (19.7%)

Northmavine East now Northmavine North

Electorate: 199 (169 men, 30 women) · Turnout: 118 (59.3%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
Alexander C. Hay	43	Elected
James G. Laurenson	38	Not elected
George Sinclair	32	Not elected
Thomas Hawick	5	Not elected

Northmavine West now Northmavine South

Electorate: 138 (117 men, 21 women)

Sandsting and Aithsting North now Aithsting

Electorate: 204 (157 men, 47 women) · Turnout: 25 (12.3%)

Sandsting and Aithsting South now Sandsting

Electorate: 111 (82 men, 29 women) · Turnout: 46

Sandwick

Electorate: 202 (174 men, 28 women) · Turnout: 122 (60.4%)

Tingwall

Electorate: 264 (183 men, 81 women) · Turnout: 180 (68.2%)

Unst North

Electorate: 147 (112 men, 35 women) · Turnout: 113 (76.9%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
James H. Sutherland	57	Elected
Charles Sandison	56	Not elected
Zachary Hamilton		Withdrew

Unst South

Electorate: 162 (138 men, 24 women)

Candidate	Result
Alexander Sandison	Unopposed

Walls North now Sandness

Electorate: 68 (50 men, 18 women)

No candidate was nominated for the seat, and after two failed attempts at filling the vanancy, the council resolved to have no representative for the area.

Walls South now Walls

Electorate: 140 (105 men, 35 women)

No candidate was nominated for the seat, see 1890 Walls County Council by-election.

Whalsay And Skerries

Electorate: 82 (77 men, 5 women) · Turnout: 14 (17.1%)

Whiteness And Weisdale

Electorate: 126 (86 men, 30 women) · Turnout: 66 (52.9%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
John Robertson	52	Elected
Joseph Irvine	14	Not elected
Arthur Hay		(withdrew)

Yell North

Electorate: 62 (55 men, 7 women)

Yell South & Mid now Yell South

Electorate: 64 (54 men, 10 women)