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    Shetland West is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Shetland Islands Council. It elects three Councillors. 2022 Shetland Islands Council...
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    the Shetland Mainland by bridges, East Burra, West Burra, Trondra, and Muckle Roe. There is also a bridge from Housay to Bruray. Nowhere in Shetland is...
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    which allowed wards in Scottish councils containing islands to be reduced to single and dual-member wards. As a result, the Shetland West ward was reduced...
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    electoral region includes also five other constituencies, covering the Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan Siar) council areas and most of the Argyll...
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  • Vaila (category Islands of Shetland)
    (Old Norse: "Valey") is an island in Shetland, Scotland, lying south of the Westland peninsula of the Shetland Mainland. It has an area of 327 hectares...
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    Shetland constituency, which also covers the Orkney Islands council area. It contains all seven of the Shetland Council wards: North Isles; Shetland North;...
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  • Queenborough and Halfway (Ward), Sheerness East (Ward) Archived 15 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Sheerness West (Ward) Archived 16 September 2016...
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    influenced by the surrounding seas. There are two main island groups: Shetland and Orkney. There are a total of 36 inhabited islands, with the fertile...
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    Bressay is a populated island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. Bressay lies due south of Whalsay, west of the Isle of Noss, and north of Mousa...
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  • west of Mainland, Shetland Muckle Skerry, the largest of the Pentland Skerries that lie off the north coast of Scotland Muckle Ward, the highest hill...
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    Fair Isle (category Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Shetland)
    Fairisle, is the southernmost Shetland island, situated roughly 38 kilometres (20+1⁄2 nautical miles) from the Shetland Mainland and about 43 kilometres...
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    the Shetland South ward going uncontested, the SNP elected its first councillor in Shetland. Several members of the pro-Shetland Autonomy Wir Shetland group...
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  • Shetland Islands Compass Head, Grutness Station (CHL), Sumburgh, Shetland Islands Ward Hill Station (CHL), Fair Isle Tiree Station (CHL), Tiree Islay Station...
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    Vementry (redirect from Muckle Ward)
    Norse: "Vemunðarey") is an uninhabited Scottish island in Shetland on the north side of the West Mainland, lying south of Muckle Roe. The island is known...
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    West Linga is an uninhabited island located between Mainland and Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland. West Linga is a long narrow island covered in rough heath...
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    portal Scotland portal Islands portal List of places in Orkney List of Shetland islands List of Outer Hebrides List of islands of Scotland List of the...
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    Muckle Roe (category Islands of Shetland)
    Muckle Roe is an island in Shetland, Scotland, in St. Magnus Bay, to the west of Mainland. It has a population of around 130 people, who mainly croft and...
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    off the north coast of Scotland. Part of the Northern Isles along with Shetland, Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of Caithness and has about 70 islands...
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    their names are influenced by the Norse, Gaelic and English languages. In Shetland, where there are over 100 stacks, the names are often from Norn, a local...
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    Whalsay (category Islands of Shetland)
    largest of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland. Whalsay, also known as "The Bonnie Isle", is a peat-covered island in the Shetland Islands. It...
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  • concentrations in the Isle of Man, Shetland and Orkney; and to a lesser degree, in the Western Isles of Scotland and in the Wirral, West Lancashire, Cumbria and...
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  • Conservative MP for Croydon Central from 2005 to 2010 Stood in the new Croydon West Whip restored just before dissolution of Parliament having been suspended...
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    and Shetland, but recommended against approval of the changes in Argyll and Bute and Highland. Councillors are elected to represent multi-member wards using...
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  • Westlands, Staffordshire, a suburban area and ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme Westland, a peninsula of the Shetland Mainland near Vaila, Scotland Westland (municipality)...
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  • Thumbnail for 2007 Shetland Islands Council election
    Elections to Shetland Islands Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament...
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    only exceptions to this were the three island councils, Western Isles, Shetland and Orkney which had the combined powers of regions and districts. The...
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  • Thumbnail for Ross, Skye and Inverness West (Scottish Parliament constituency)
    Orkney council area, all of the Shetland council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar. The Ross, Skye and Inverness West constituency was created at the...
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    old Gaelic name for Shetland, Innse Chat. Caithness extends about 30 miles (48 km) north-south and about 30 miles (48 km) east-west, with a roughly triangular-shaped...
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  • Thumbnail for List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election
    Labour Debbie Abrahams Labour Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton Labour Jim McMahon Labour Co-op Orkney and Shetland Liberal Democrats Alistair Carmichael...
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    constituencies of Na h-Eileanan an Iar covering the Western Isles, and Orkney and Shetland, covering the Northern Isles. The SNP ultimately won nine seats in the...
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