Location of the ward [1]
Kirkwall East is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.
Kirkwall East is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Janice Annal | Steven Heddle | Bobby Leslie | Mike Drever | ||||
| 2012 | Gwenda Shearer | Bill Stout | ||||||
| 2017 | John Ross Scott | David Dawson | ||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
2022 Orkney Islands Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Scottish Green | John Ross Scott (incumbent) | 28.10% | 476 | ||
| Independent | Steven Heddle (incumbent) | 25.27% | 428 | ||
| Independent | Gwenda Shearer (incumbent) | 24.38% | 413 | ||
| Independent | David Dawson (incumbent) | 16.82% | 285 | 340.5 | |
| Independent | Graham MacDonald | 5.43% | 92 | 134.0 | |
| Electorate: 3,700 Valid: 1,694 Spoilt: 6 Quota: 339 Turnout: 45.9% | |||||
2017 Orkney Islands Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Steven Heddle (incumbent) | 29.13 | 474 | |||||||
| Independent | Gwenda Shearer (incumbent) | 21.14 | 344 | |||||||
| Independent | John Ross Scott | 17.89 | 291 | 328.8 | ||||||
| Independent | David Dawson | 15.73 | 256 | 294.1 | 299.4 | 300.1 | 302.2 | 322.8 | 356.7 | |
| Independent | Rikki Lidderdale | 6.95 | 113 | 139.9 | 143.7 | 144.3 | 146.4 | 165.5 | 188.7 | |
| Independent | Ingirid Windwick Jolly | 4.61 | 75 | 90.0 | 92.6 | 93.0 | 96.4 | 116.4 | ||
| Independent | Mike Berston | 3.69 | 60 | 75.6 | 78.3 | 78.6 | 80.7 | |||
| Independent | Paul Dawson | 0.86 | 14 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.3 | ||||
| Electorate: 3,470 Valid: 1,627 Spoilt: 14 Quota: 326 Turnout: 1,641 (47.3%) | ||||||||||
2012 Orkney Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | |||||||||||
2007 Orkney Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Janice Annal | 460 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Steven Heddle | 359 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Bobby Leslie | 280 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Independent | Mike Drever | 218 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Independent | Alistair MacLeod | 150 | ||||
| Independent | David Murdoch | 108 | ||||
| Independent | Alistair MacDonald | 90 | ||||
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