2012 Orkney Islands Council election

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2012 Orkney Islands Council election
2007 Flag of Orkney.svg
  2007 3 May 2012 (2012-05-03) 2017  

All 21 seats to Orkney
11 seats needed for a majority
 First party
 
LeaderSteven Heddle
Party Independent
Leader's seatKirkwall East
Last election21 seats, 100%
Seats before21
Seats won21
Seat change-
Popular vote8,161
Percentage96.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.3%

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 Orkney Council. The election used the six 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.

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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]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 21---100.096.98,161-2.3
  SNP 0----3.0251New
  UKIP 0----0.111New

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

Kirkwall East - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Independent Janice Annal (incumbent)34.34533       
Independent Steven Heddle (incumbent)26.35409       
Independent Gwenda Shearer13.71212278.9 307.9 319.6    
Independent Bill Stout9.02140198.6 227.1 232.9 235.3 263.2 300.9 377
SNP John Mowat5.993105.9 115.4 116.7 117.5 132.5   
Independent Alastair MacLeod4.9677114.7 129.2 136.1 137.8 151.6 174.2  
Independent Gerry McGuinness3.485469.9 77.6 85.9 87.4    
Independent Paul Dawson1.802837.6 40.5      
Electorate: 3,391  Valid: 1,546  Spoilt: 6  Quota: 310  Turnout: 1,552 (45.75%)  

    Kirkwall West & Orphir

    Kirkwall West & Orphir - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011
    Independent Jack Moodie (incumbent) †30.85476          
    Independent John Richards18.34283318.1         
    Independent David Tullock (incumbent)13.93215263.9 266.3 267.7 270.1 273.2 288.1 301.1 321.3  
    Independent Alan Clouston13.80213232.9 234.7 236.8 243 248.8 260.2 272.3 281.9 285.9 368.4
    Independent David Dawson10.50162186.1 188.9 188.9 192.5 206.4 213.4 219.9 232.4 236.7  
    SNP Lynda Baird3.245052.8 53.2 53.2 53.3 54.3 56.3     
    Independent Laurence Leonard2.724249.5 49.6 52.7 52.7 54.5 58.9 64.3    
    Independent Sandra Shearer2.23443.6 44.1 44.1 45.2 50.9      
    Independent Raymond Smith1.943037.8 38.4 40.4 43.2       
    Independent Bryan Leslie1.041618.8 19.5 19.6        
    Independent Walter Haywood0.5899.7 9.9         
    Electorate: 3,289  Valid: 1,530  Spoilt: 13  Quota: 307  Turnout: 1,543 (46.94%)  

      Stromness and South Isles

      Stromness and South Isles - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Independent James Stockan (incumbent)53.2576     
      Independent Rob Crichton11.65126234.2 235.3 250.5 262.3 364.1
      Independent Maurice Davidson11.28122172.6 174.6 189.3 216.7 270.2
      Independent John Brown10.63115178.9 180.9 196.8 213.6  
      Independent Terry Thomson5.646182.9 84.4 100.6   
      SNP Arthur Alexander Robertson5.646179.7 81.2    
      UKIP Delia Mary Hall1.021115.3     
      Electorate: 2,210  Valid: 1,072  Spoilt: 10  Quota: 269  Turnout: 1,082 (48.76%)  

        West Mainland

        West Mainland - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Independent Harvey Johnston23.19427       
        Independent Alistair Gordon (incumbent)††17.49322333.3 335.5 353.6 371.4   
        Independent Jimmy Moar (incumbent)15.59287303.2 307.2 317.4 319.4 320.4 353.1 470.1
        Independent Owen Tierney13.53249257 263 277.1 308.8 309.5 358.9 446.1
        Independent Eoin F. Scott (incumbent)12.93238246.4 249.6 254.8 276.2 277 314.4  
        Independent Victor Muir7.17132136.9 139.9 143.9 150.1 150.5   
        Independent Andrew Appleby4.027477.7 81.7 93     
        Independent Carol Granere3.977375.1 78.1      
        Independent David Ward1.793333.4       
        Electorate: 3,379  Valid: 1,835  Spoilt: 6  Quota: 368  Turnout: 1,841 (54.53%)  

          East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

          East Mainland, South Ronaldsay & Burray - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Independent Russ Madge (incumbent)40.46564      
          Independent Andrew Drever (incumbent)18.72261315.2 331.6 344.5 375.3  
          Independent Jim Foubister (incumbent)16.21226247.9 253.5 263.2 280.2 289.6 368.6
          Independent Gill Smee10.9152209.3 226.9 236.6 257.3 267.2  
          Independent Ken Ross7.0398118.4 123.3 128.2    
          SNP Ewan Loudon3.374756.6 59.8     
          Independent Eleanor MacLeod2.653752.4      
          Electorate: 2,536  Valid: 1,385  Spoilt: 9  Quota: 347  Turnout: 1,394 (54.97%)  

            North Isles

            North Isles - 3 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234
            Independent Stephen Hagan (incumbent)40.93433   
            Independent Stephen Clackson29.1308   
            Independent Gillian Skuse16.07170219.2 237.7  
            Independent Graham Sinclair (incumbent)13.61144238.1 249.5 375.1
            Electorate: 1,854  Valid: 1,055  Spoilt: 3  Quota: 264  Turnout: 1,058 (57.47%)  

              Post-Election Changes

              By-elections

              Kirkwall West and Orphir by-election, 27 November 2014
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              Independent Leslie Manson57.5647
              Independent Gillian Skuse25.0281
              Independent Lorraine McBrearty12.6142
              Independent Laurence Leonard4.955
              Quota: 563  
                West Mainland by-election, 18 August 2015
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1
                Orkney Manifesto Group Rachael King51.4593
                Independent Barbara Foulkes38.6281
                Scottish Green Fiona Grahame10.0115
                Quota: 578  

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                  References

                  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.

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