Kirkwall East (ward)

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.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Janice Annal		Steven Heddle		Bobby Leslie		Mike Drever
2012	Gwenda Shearer		Bill Stout
2017		John Ross Scott	David Dawson
2022

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Orkney Islands Council election

Kirkwall East - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Scottish Green	John Ross Scott (incumbent)	28.1	476
	Independent	Steven Heddle (incumbent)	25.2	428
	Independent	Gwenda Shearer (incumbent)	24.3	413
	Independent	David Dawson (incumbent)	16.8	285	340
	Independent	Graham MacDonald	5.4	92	134
Electorate: 3,700  Valid: 1,694  Spoilt: 6  Quota: 339  Turnout: 45.9%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2017 election

2017 Orkney Islands Council election ^[4]

Kirkwall East - 4 seats ^[5]

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 election

2012 Orkney Islands Council election

Kirkwall East - 4 seats

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 election

2007 Orkney Islands Council election

Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Kirkwall East

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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

References

1. "Multi-Member Wards". orkney.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 - Kirkwall East Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 1 - Kirkwall East 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 1 - Kirkwall East". orkney.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.