2019 Shetland by-election

The 2019 Shetland by-election was held on 29 August 2019 to elect a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the constituency of Shetland.[1] It was held following the resignation of Liberal Democrat MSP Tavish Scott upon taking a new role at Scottish Rugby.[2][3] The Liberal Democrats held the seat.

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Candidates

The Liberal Democrats' Beatrice Wishart was deputy convener of the Shetland Islands Council.[4][5] The Scottish National Party fielded Shetland-born Tom Wills, an engineer with an offshore renewables company.[4] Two Shetland Islands Council members, Ian Scott and Ryan Thomson, ran as independent candidates.[6] A former Shetland Islands Council member, Michael Stout, also ran as an independent candidate.[7]

Result
2019 Shetland by-election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Beatrice Wishart 5,659 47.86 -19.52
SNP Tom Wills 3,822 32.32 +9.27
Independent Ryan Thomson 1,286 10.88 N/A
Conservative Brydon Goodlad 425 3.59 -0.07
Scottish Green Debra Nicolson 189 1.60 N/A
Labour Johan Adamson 152 1.29 -4.61
Independent Michael Stout 134 1.13 N/A
Independent Ian Scott 66 0.56 N/A
UKIP Stuart Martin 60 0.51 N/A
Independent Peter Tait 31 0.26 N/A
Majority 1,837 15.54 -28.76
Turnout 11,824 66.39 +4.31
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -14.40

Previous result
Tavish Scott
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Shetland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Tavish Scott 7,440 67.4 +19.9
SNP Danus Skene 2,545 23.1 +11.0
Labour Robina Barton 651 5.9 -0.7
Conservative Cameron Smith 405 3.7 +0.2
Majority 4,895 44.3 +27.1
Turnout 11,041
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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References
  1. "New MSP vote to be held in late August". July 2, 2019.
  2. Shetland MSP Tavish Scott to stand down from Scottish Parliament Holyrood Magazine
  3. Former Lib Dem leader Tavish Scott to quit Holyrood BBC News
  4. "SNP announces Shetland by-election candidate". Holyrood Magazine. July 19, 2019.
  5. "SIC deputy convener Wishart will fight seat for Liberal Democrats". July 14, 2019.
  6. "Ukip names candidate for Holyrood by-election". July 10, 2019.
  7. "Former Councillor Stands on Transport Ticket". Shetland News.
  8. "Shetland News".
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