Shetland Political History

Shetland Islands Council Election May 1974

7 May 1974 · general

Turnout: 526 (75%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
Alexander I. Tulloch	291	Elected
Robert Garrick	235	Not elected

Candidate	Result
James C. Irvine	Unopposed

Turnout: 288 (56.8%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
William Cumming	225	Elected
Victor F. W. Church	63	Not elected

Turnout: 356 (72.6%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
Joan McLeod	248	Elected
Angus A. Smith	108	Not elected

Electorate: 736 · Turnout: 368 (50%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
Eric Gray	219	Elected
Robert Wishart	149	Not elected

Candidate	Result
Alexander Morrison	Unopposed

Candidate	Result
Edward Thomason	Unopposed

Candidate	Result
Thomas Stove	Unopposed

Candidate	Result
Frederick Dainty	Unopposed

Turnout: 294 (57.6%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
John Johnson	164	Elected
John Rae	81	Not elected
George Morrison	49	Not elected

Candidate	Result
Stewart Gray	Unopposed

Delting

Turnout: 346 (64.2%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
Fraser Peterson	232	Elected
William Robb	116	Not elected

Dunrossness

Turnout: 466 (66%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
James W. Leask	258	Elected
Raymond R. Bentley	208	Not elected

Lerwick Breiwick

Turnout: 361 (38.5%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
John Butler	141	Elected
Harry Gray	125	Not elected
Ronald Cumming	95	Not elected

Lerwick Sound

Candidate	Result
William Peterson	Unopposed

Lerwick Twageos

Turnout: 492 (61%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
James Paton	289	Elected
George Blance	203	Not elected

Lerwick West

Candidate	Result
Bill Smith	Unopposed

Northmavine

Candidate	Result
John Jamieson	Unopposed

Sandness And Walls

Turnout: 315 (67.6%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
Williamina Tait	206	Elected
Peter J. Garrick	109	Not elected

Scalloway

Candidate	Result
Andrew Irvine	Unopposed

Unst

Turnout: 397 (60%)

Candidate	Votes	Result
Alan Fraser	225	Elected
William Thomson	172	Not elected

Yell North And Fetlar

Candidate	Result
David Johnson	Unopposed

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1974