2019 Shetland by-election

[1] It was held following the resignation of Liberal Democrat MSP Tavish Scott upon taking a new role at Scottish Rugby.

[4] The Liberal Democrats' Beatrice Wishart was deputy convener of the Shetland Islands Council.

[5][6] The Scottish National Party fielded Shetland-born Tom Wills, an engineer with an offshore renewables company.

[5] Two Shetland Islands Council members, Ian Scott and Ryan Thomson, ran as independent candidates.

[7] A former Shetland Islands Council member, Michael Stout, also ran as an independent candidate.