Council of the Isles of Scilly election, 2009

Elections to the Council of the Isles of Scilly, a sui generis unitary authority in the far southwest of England, were held on 4 June 2009.

The whole council of 21 members was up for election, with thirteen members elected in the St Mary's electoral division and another eight from the 'Off Islands', being two each from Bryher, St Martin's, St Agnes and Tresco. All eight seats for the 'Off Islands' were uncontested.

As with other unitary elections in England, these local elections in the Isles of Scilly took place on the same day as the European elections of 2009. The previous election, in 2005, coincided with the United Kingdom general election, 2005.

Results

Isles of Scilly Council election, 2009
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	21	n/a	n/a	n/a	100	100	6,029

By ward

St Mary's (13 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gordon Bilsborough	570
	Independent	Merryn Smith	526
	Independent	Roy Duncan	510
	Independent	Dudley Mumford	505
	Independent	Brian Mark Lowen	483
	Independent	Christopher Robin Thomas	481
	Independent	Michael Hicks	473
	Independent	Julia Margaret Day	404
	Independent	David Pearson	396
	Independent	Gaz O'Neill	394
	Independent	Amanda Jane Martin	367
	Independent	Ralph Harban Banfield	357
	Independent	Frederick John Ticehurst	335
	Independent	Lorraine Cheney	218

Bryher (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Marian Bennett	uncontested
	Independent	Christopher P. Hopkins	uncontested

St Agnes (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Molly Peacock	uncontested
	Independent	Richard I. McCarthy	uncontested

St Martin's (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John J. Goddard	uncontested
	Independent	Christine S. Savill	uncontested

Tresco (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert A. Dorrien Smith	uncontested
	Independent	Michael A. Nelhams	uncontested

External links

• Election results for St Mary's, 2009 at Isles of Scilly Council web site
• Uncontested results, 2009 at Isles of Scilly Council web site