1986 Shetland Islands Area Council election

An election to Shetland Islands Council was held on 8 May 1986 as part of the regional elections. The election saw Labour gain another seat on Shetland council, and also saw the Shetland Movement contest the election on a party political platform for the first time.

Results by electoral district.

Aggregate results

Shetland Islands Council election, 1986[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Independent	16	0	6	8	64.00	66.94	4015
Shetland Movement	5	5	0	5	20.00	13.65	819
Labour	4	3	0	3	16.00	16.62	997
Independent Progressive	0	0	0		0.00	1.78	107
Independent Liberal	0	0	0		0.00	1.00	60

References

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860510&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Elections and referendums in Shetland
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Shetland Islands Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017
Referendums	1978

(1985 ←) 1986 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1987)
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