Shetland Elects

31/01/2025

Shetland Times poll:

Do you think electric buses will prove a success in Shetland?

Yes: 32%
No: 68%

Period: 24-31 January 2025
Sample size: 481

(Note: unweighted, unscientific poll)

25/01/2025

After her defeat in this week's Shetland North by-election, Natasha Cornick (Independent) has said that she plans to contest the ward again at the next election, something that hopefully increases the chances of a contested vote in Shetland North in 2027.

25/01/2025

Gerry McGarvey - Labour's candidate for Orkney and Shetland in the 2015 UK general election - is also the Depute Leader of Stirling Council.

Apparently contesting Orkney and Shetland is a great way for Scottish Labour politicians to succeed in local politics!

Profile of Councillor Gerry McGarvey, Scottish Labour Party, Ward 2 Forth and Endrick

25/01/2025

Conor Savage has been elected Edinburgh's new councillor for the Colinton / Fairmilehead ward. That name might be familiar to Orcadians and Shetlanders, as he was the Labour candidate for Orkney and Shetland in last year's UK general election.

24/01/2025

By Shetland's standards - or really, anywhere in Scotland - the by-election landslides since 2022 have been remarkable.

Winning candidate vote shares in by-elections:

North Isles 2022 (Robert Thomson): 68.6%
Shetland West 2022 (Mark Robinson): 76.4%
Shetland North 2025 (Andrew Hall): 90.4%

24/01/2025

Shetland Times poll:

Are you looking forward to Up Helly A'?

Yes: 45%
No: 55%

Period: 17-24 January 2025
Sample size: 1,099

(Note: unweighted, unscientific poll)

24/01/2025

Updated composition of Shetland Islands Council:

Independent: 21
Green: 1
Scottish National Party: 1

24/01/2025

Shetland Islands Council, Shetland North by-election results:

Andrew Hall: 90.4%
Natasha Cornick: 9.6%

Turnout: 39.6%

The highest turnout was in Brae (40.4%) while the lowest turnout was in Mossbank (24.3%).

I believe the ballots were counted by hand, so there may not be any additional data available on the results.

24/01/2025

Andrew Hall (Independent) has won the Shetland North by-election in a landslide, securing 90.4% of the vote against Natasha Cornick's (Independent) 9.6%.

I believe this is the highest vote share a candidate has ever won in the Shetland Islands Council's history.

23/01/2025

Polls are open for the Shetland North by-election and will close at 10pm.

Votes will be counted tomorrow morning and we should know the result by mid day.

There are two candidates contesting the election: Natasha Cornick (Ind) and Andrew Hall (Ind).

21/01/2025

Shetland North by-election: what do the candidates think?

Natasha Cornick and Andrew Hall will be the names on the ballot paper in the Shetland North by-election when voting takes place on Thursday

18/01/2025

This month's Shetland North by-election has been a quiet affair so far, with limited attention. However, BBC Radio Shetland interviewed the two candidates this week:

Andrew Hall: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0026vr2

Natasha Cornick: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0026w5w

Local news and weather, What's On?, Fish Report and Job Spot.

18/01/2025

Shetland Times poll:

Should Lerwick have a blanket 20mph speed limit?

Yes: 12%
No: 88%

Period: 10-18 January 2025
Sample size: 1,135

(Note: unweighted, unscientific poll)

10/01/2025

Shetland Times poll:

Will Shetland have a tunnel by 2030?

Yes: 20%
No: 80%

Sample size: 794

(Note: unweighted, unscientific poll)

29/12/2024

Orkney and Shetland UK constituency, More in Common MRP projection, October-December 2024:

Liberal Democrat: 49% (-6)
Reform UK: 16% (+8)
Scottish National Party: 13% (-4)
Green: 7% (-3)
Conservative: 6% (+3)
Labour: 5% (-2)

+/- vs. 2024 election

21/12/2024

Faroe, Spyr poll:

Preferred Prime Minister

Beinir Johannesen (People's Party): 30% (-1)
Bárður á Steig Nielsen (Union Party): 24% (+3)
Aksel V. Johannesen (Social Democratic Party, incumbent): 21% (-5)
Sirið Stenberg (Republic): 14% (new)

+/- vs Sep

Fieldwork: 4 December 2024

21/12/2024

Faroe: half way through the parliamentary term, the governing coalition of the centre-left Social Democratic Party, left-wing Republic and liberal Progress poll at a combined 41% - down from 52% in 2022.

The conservative People's Party leads the polling average with 27%.

20/12/2024

Shetland Times poll:

Should the council appoint un-elected religious representatives to voting roles?

Yes: 14%
No: 86%

Sample size: 475

(Note: unweighted, unscientific poll)

Context:

A SHETLAND councillor believes it is “ludicrous” that some non-elected members – such as religious representatives on the education and families...