East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Andrew Drever		John Foubister		Russ Madge
2012
2017	Norman Rae Craigie			Steve Sankey (Greens)
2022	Raymie Peace	Gillian Skuse		James Moar

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Orkney Islands Council election

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Raymie Peace	47.8	642
	Independent	Gillian Skuse	20.7	278	380
	Scottish Green	Eric Page	14.5	195	216	223	252
	Independent	Julie Rickards	8.8	118	165	185
	Independent	James Moar	8.3	111	205	214	284	378
Electorate: 2,664  Valid: 1,344  Spoilt: 7  Quota: 337  Turnout: 50.7%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2017 election

2017 Orkney Islands Council election ^[4]

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay & Burray - 3 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Andrew Drever (incumbent)	35.74	509
	Scottish Green	Steve Sankey	19.94	284	301.9	383.4
	Independent	Norman Rae Craigie	16.71	238	281.9	354.2	362.6
	Independent	John Stanley Groundwater	14.12	201	229.4
	Independent	Jim Foubister (incumbent)	13.48	192	231.4	265.4	269.6
Electorate: 2,725  Valid: 1,424  Spoilt: 12  Quota: 357  Turnout: 1,436 (52.7%)

2012 election

2012 Orkney Islands Council election

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay & Burray - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

2007 election

2007 Orkney Islands Council election

Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Andrew Drever	524		1	1
	Independent	John Foubister	396		2	1
	Independent	Russ Madge	161		3	5
	Independent	Geoffrey Linnit	145
	Independent	Mac Petrie	102
	Independent	Simon Treasure	14

References

1. "Multi-Member Wards". orkney.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 - East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 5 - East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
4. "Results by Ward". orkney.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
5. "Ward 5 - East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray". orkney.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.