• Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 7 May 1974 as part of Scottish local elections. This was the first election for the all-purpose...
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    Shetland Islands Council (Shetland Insular Scots: Shitlin Islant' Cooncil; Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Shealtainn) is the local authority for Shetland...
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    Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 2 May 1978 as part of Scottish regional elections, with 11 seats uncontested. The election saw...
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    The constituency contains the areas of the Orkney Islands Council and the Shetland Islands Council. Before 2011 the constituency had been unique in having...
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    The Orkney Islands Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Eileanan Arcaibh), is the local authority for Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1975 by the...
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  • for the County Council before its incorporation along with the Lerwick Town Council into the Shetland Islands Council in 1975. Elections were held in every...
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    company. Two Shetland Islands Council members, Ian Scott and Ryan Thomson, ran as independent candidates. A former Shetland Islands Council member, Michael...
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    large regional councils and smaller district councils. The only exceptions to this were the three island councils, Western Isles, Shetland and Orkney which...
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    most northerly constituency on the mainland (only the island constituency of Orkney and Shetland was further north). The creation of Caithness and Sutherland...
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    Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: Lower-tier borough council Principal area After the 2008 elections, the largest faction was...
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