Kirkwall West and Orphir (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Kirkwall West and Orphir is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jack Moodie		David Tullock		Allan Leslie		Roderick McLeod
2012	John Richards		Alan Clouston
2014 by		Leslie Manson
2017			Sandy Cowie	Barbara Foulkes
2022	Ivan Taylor				Kristopher Leask (Greens)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Orkney Islands Council election

Kirkwall West and Orphir - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Leslie Manson (incumbent)	20.7	320
	Independent	Ivan Taylor	16.3	252	254	254	284	345
	Independent	Sandy Cowie (incumbent)	16.2	250	252	254	290	357
	Scottish Green	Kristopher Leask	13.7	211	211	213	233	258	267	274	347
	Independent	Leslie Sinclair	11.3	175	176	184	199	217	232	244
	Independent	Beverly Clubley	10.3	159	159	160
	Independent	Barbara Foulkes (incumbent)	10.0	155	157	161	189
	Independent	Cameron Whittle	1.4	21	21
Electorate: 3,630  Valid: 1,543  Spoilt: 10  Quota: 309  Turnout: 42.8%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2017 election

2017 Orkney Islands Council election ^[4]

Kirkwall West & Orphir - 4 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Leslie Manson (incumbent)	44.64	646
	Orkney Manifesto Group	John Richards (incumbent)	23.01	333
	Independent	Sandy Cowie	11.06	160	244.9	255.8	257.2	283.0	283.1	356.1
	Independent	Barbara Foulkes	10.37	150	256.4	267.3	269.4	290.2
	Independent	Barbara Leslie	7.53	109	152.5	158.6	161.8	177.2	177.2
	Independent	Alastair Macleod	2.70	39	83.6	88.0	93.6
	Independent	Max Thomas	0.69	10	16.6	17.8
Electorate: 3,466  Valid: 1,447  Spoilt: 19  Quota: 290  Turnout: 1,466 (42.3%)

2012 election

2012 Orkney Islands Council election

Kirkwall West & Orphir - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

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".
2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 - Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 - Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
4. "Results by Ward".
5. "Ward 2 - Kirkwall West and Orphir".