2007 Orkney Islands Council election

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2007 Orkney Islands Council election
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All 21 seats to Orkney Islands Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Leader Stephen Hagan
Party
Independent
Leader's seat North Isles
Last election 21 seats, 100%
Seats before 21
Seats won 21
Seat change Steady0
Popular vote 8,719
Percentage 99.2%
Swing Decrease0.8pp
Council Convener before election

Stephen Hagan

Independent

 Council Convener after election

Stephen Hagan

Independent

Elections to

first past the post
) system of election.

All the seats were won by independent candidates.

Election results

Orkney Islands Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
 
Independent
 21 ±0 ±0 ±0 100.0 99.2 8,719 Decrease0.8
 
Conservative
 0 ±0 ±0 ±0 0.0 0.8 68 New

Ward results

Source:[2]

Kirkwall East

Kirkwall East – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent
 Janice Annal (Incumbent) 27.6 460          
Independent
 Steven Heddle 21.6 359          
Independent
 Bobby Leslie 16.8 280 319 326 356    
Independent
 Mike Drever (Incumbent) 13.1 218 247 251 273 282 322
Independent
 Alastair MacLeod 9.0 150 168 173 192 198 244
Independent
 David Murdoch 6.5 108 118 122 131 133  
Independent
 Alastair MacDonald 5.4 90 101 103      

Kirkwall West and Orphir

Kirkwall West and Orphir- 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent
 Jack Moodie 38.1 601      
Independent
 David Tullock 16.5 260 321    
Independent
 Allan Leslie (Incumbent) 15.3 241 304 305 334
Independent
 Roderick McLeod (Incumbent) 14.7 232 295 296 317
Independent
 Ian MacDonald (Incumbent) 11.3 178 214 214 232
Independent
 Alasdair Thom 4.1 64 88 89  

Stromness and South Isles

Stromness and South Isles- 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent
 James Stockan (Incumbent) 41.6 539          
Independent
 John Eccles 17.9 232 259 272 278 280 327
Independent
 Ian Johnstone (Incumbent) 16.6 215 305 312 331    
Independent
 John Brown 9.5 123 153 158 167 169 215
Independent
 Fiona Matheson 8.7 113 145 149 157 159  
Independent
 Maurice Davidson 3.1 40 51 51      
Independent
 Terry Thomson 2.5 33 38        

West Mainland

West Mainland – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent
 Jimmy Moar (Incumbent) 30.7 545          
Independent
 Alistair Gordon (Incumbent) 22.5 400          
Independent
 Eoin Scott 13.6 242 292 303 321 337 369
Independent
 Rob Crichton 11.4 203 248 259 268 293 320
Independent
 Tom Flett 7.6 135 175 181 189 209 250
Independent
 Ian Flett 5.0 88 98 100 116 136  
Independent
 Norman Shearer 4.7 83 95 98 104    
Conservative
 Mark Jones 3.8 68 72 74      
Independent
 Bob Gilmour 0.7 12 13 14      

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Independent
 Andrew Drever (Incumbent) 39.0 524        
Independent
 Jim Foubister (Incumbent) 29.5 396        
Independent
 Russ Madge 12.0 161 189 200 208 249
Independent
 George Linnit 10.8 145 186 199 206 246
Independent
 Mac Petrie 7.6 102 166 185 186  
Independent
 Simon Treasure 1.0 14 17 18    

North Isles

North Isles – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent
 Stephen Hagan (Incumbent) 40.9 463          
Independent
 Stephen Clackson 13.6 154 164 181 188 209 211
Independent
 Sam Harcus 11.7 133 211 219 264 307  
Independent
 Graham Sinclair 10.9 123 148 160 182 207 213
Independent
 Bob Trigg 9.3 105 111 116      
Independent
 William Muir 6.4 72 102 130 145    
Independent
 Leo Martini-Brown 3.6 41 42        
Independent
 George Mowat-Brown 1.3 27 31        
Independent
 Barbara Jeffreys 1.3 15 18        

References

  1. ^ Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2004 asp 9
  2. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project – 2007 – Orkney". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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