2012 Orkney Islands Council election

2012 Orkney Islands Council election
All 21 seats to Orkney; 11 seats needed for a majority
Council Leader before election; Stephen Hagan; Independent	Council Leader after election ; Steven Heddle; Independent

The 2012 Orkney Islands Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of

wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation

, with 21 Councillors being elected.

As in 2007

Independents took all of the 21 seats on the council. The Scottish National Party

contested 4 wards in Orkney for the first time in 2012 but only secured 3% of the vote. The council was again administered solely by Independents.

Election result

Orkney Local Election Result 2012^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	21	-	-	-	100.0	96.9	8,161	-2.3
SNP	0	-	-	-	-	3.0	251	New
UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.1	11	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Kirkwall East

2007: 4xIndependent
2012: 4xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Kirkwall East - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Janice Annal (incumbent)	34.34	533
	Independent	Steven Heddle (incumbent)	26.35	409
	Independent	Gwenda Shearer	13.71	212	278.9	307.9	319.6
	Independent	Bill Stout	9.02	140	198.6	227.1	232.9	235.3	263.2	300.9	377
	SNP	John Mowat	5.9	93	105.9	115.4	116.7	117.5	132.5
	Independent	Alastair MacLeod	4.96	77	114.7	129.2	136.1	137.8	151.6	174.2
	Independent	Gerry McGuinness	3.48	54	69.9	77.6	85.9	87.4
	Independent	Paul Dawson	1.80	28	37.6	40.5
Electorate: 3,391 Valid: 1,546 Spoilt: 6 Quota: 310 Turnout: 1,552 (45.75%)

Kirkwall West & Orphir

2007: 4xIndependent
2012: 4xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Kirkwall West & Orphir - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Jack Moodie (incumbent) †	30.85	476
	Independent	John Richards	18.34	283	318.1
	Independent	David Tullock (incumbent)	13.93	215	263.9	266.3	267.7	270.1	273.2	288.1	301.1	321.3
	Independent	Alan Clouston	13.80	213	232.9	234.7	236.8	243	248.8	260.2	272.3	281.9	285.9	368.4
	Independent	David Dawson	10.50	162	186.1	188.9	188.9	192.5	206.4	213.4	219.9	232.4	236.7
	SNP	Lynda Baird	3.24	50	52.8	53.2	53.2	53.3	54.3	56.3
	Independent	Laurence Leonard	2.72	42	49.5	49.6	52.7	52.7	54.5	58.9	64.3
	Independent	Sandra Shearer	2.2	34	43.6	44.1	44.1	45.2	50.9
	Independent	Raymond Smith	1.94	30	37.8	38.4	40.4	43.2
	Independent	Bryan Leslie	1.04	16	18.8	19.5	19.6
	Independent	Walter Haywood	0.58	9	9.7	9.9
Electorate: 3,289 Valid: 1,530 Spoilt: 13 Quota: 307 Turnout: 1,543 (46.94%)

Stromness and South Isles

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Stromness and South Isles - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	James Stockan (incumbent)	53.2	576
	Independent	Rob Crichton	11.65	126	234.2	235.3	250.5	262.3	364.1
	Independent	Maurice Davidson	11.28	122	172.6	174.6	189.3	216.7	270.2
	Independent	John Brown	10.63	115	178.9	180.9	196.8	213.6
	Independent	Terry Thomson	5.64	61	82.9	84.4	100.6
	SNP	Arthur Alexander Robertson	5.64	61	79.7	81.2
	UKIP	Delia Mary Hall	1.02	11	15.3
Electorate: 2,210 Valid: 1,072 Spoilt: 10 Quota: 269 Turnout: 1,082 (48.76%)

West Mainland

2007: 4xIndependent
2012: 4xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

West Mainland - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Harvey Johnston	23.19	427
	Independent	Alistair Gordon (incumbent)††	17.49	322	333.3	335.5	353.6	371.4
	Independent	Jimmy Moar (incumbent)	15.59	287	303.2	307.2	317.4	319.4	320.4	353.1	470.1
	Independent	Owen Tierney	13.53	249	257	263	277.1	308.8	309.5	358.9	446.1
	Independent	Eoin F. Scott (incumbent)	12.93	238	246.4	249.6	254.8	276.2	277	314.4
	Independent	Victor Muir	7.17	132	136.9	139.9	143.9	150.1	150.5
	Independent	Andrew Appleby	4.02	74	77.7	81.7	93
	Independent	Carol Granere	3.97	73	75.1	78.1
	Independent	David Ward	1.79	33	33.4
Electorate: 3,379 Valid: 1,835 Spoilt: 6 Quota: 368 Turnout: 1,841 (54.53%)

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay & Burray - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Russ Madge (incumbent)	40.46	564
	Independent	Andrew Drever (incumbent)	18.72	261	315.2	331.6	344.5	375.3
	Independent	Jim Foubister (incumbent)	16.21	226	247.9	253.5	263.2	280.2	289.6	368.6
	Independent	Gill Smee	10.9	152	209.3	226.9	236.6	257.3	267.2
	Independent	Ken Ross	7.03	98	118.4	123.3	128.2
	SNP	Ewan Loudon	3.37	47	56.6	59.8
	Independent	Eleanor MacLeod	2.65	37	52.4
Electorate: 2,536 Valid: 1,385 Spoilt: 9 Quota: 347 Turnout: 1,394 (54.97%)

North Isles

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No Change

North Isles - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Independent	Stephen Hagan (incumbent)	40.93	433
	Independent	Stephen Clackson	29.1	308
	Independent	Gillian Skuse	16.07	170	219.2	237.7
	Independent	Graham Sinclair (incumbent)	13.61	144	238.1	249.5	375.1
Electorate: 1,854 Valid: 1,055 Spoilt: 3 Quota: 264 Turnout: 1,058 (57.47%)

Post-Election Changes

† Kirkwall West and Orphir Independent Cllr Jack Moodie resigned his seat for personal reasons on 9 September 2014.[1] A by-election was held on 27 November 2014 and was won by the Independent Leslie Manson.[2]^{[permanent dead link]}
†† West Mainland Independent Cllr Alistair Gordon died on 19 May 2015.[3] A by-election was held on 18 August 2015 to fill the vacancy and it was won by the Independent Rachael King.[4]

By-elections

Kirkwall West and Orphir by-election, 27 November 2014
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Independent	Leslie Manson	57.5	647
	Independent	Gillian Skuse	25.0	281
	Independent	Lorraine McBrearty	12.6	142
	Independent	Laurence Leonard	4.9	55
Quota: 563

West Mainland by-election, 18 August 2015
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Orkney Manifesto Group	Rachael King	51.4	593
	Independent	Barbara Foulkes	38.6	281
	Scottish Green	Fiona Grahame	10.0	115
Quota: 578

References

^ "2012 Scottish Local Government Elections" (PDF). Electoral Reform Society. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "Local Election Results 2012 - Orkney". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070718/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm

[1] "2012 Scottish Local Government Elections" (PDF). Electoral Reform Society. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[2] "Local Election Results 2012 - Orkney". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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