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.
Kirkwall West and Orphir is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects four 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) | ||||||
2022 Orkney Islands Council election [2]
| 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 | 254.7 | 254.7 | 284.8 | 345.8 | ||||
| Independent | Sandy Cowie (incumbent) | 16.2% | 250 | 252.6 | 254.6 | 290.7 | 357.0 | ||||
| Green | Kristopher Leask | 13.7% | 211 | 211.7 | 213.7 | 233.8 | 258.0 | 267.6 | 274.5 | 347.3 | |
| Independent | Leslie Sinclair | 11.3% | 175 | 176.0 | 184.0 | 199.1 | 217.4 | 232.0 | 244.1 | ||
| Independent | Beverly Clubley | 10.3% | 159 | 159.8 | 160.8 | ||||||
| Independent | Barbara Foulkes (incumbent) | 10.0% | 155 | 157.8 | 161.8 | 189.1 | |||||
| Independent | Cameron Whittle | 1.4% | 21 | 21 | |||||||
| Electorate: 3,630 Valid: 1,543 Spoilt: 10 Quota: 309 Turnout: 1,553 (42.8%) | |||||||||||
2017 Orkney Islands Council election [3]
| 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 Orkney Islands Council election
| 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 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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