North Isles (Orkney ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

North Isles is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Stephen Hagan		Sam Harcus		Graham Sinclair
2012	Stephen Clackson
2017		Kevin Woodbridge
2022		Heather Woodbridge	Mellissa Thomson

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Orkney Islands Council election

North Isles - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Independent	Heather Woodbridge (Incumbent)	43.1	443
	Independent	Stephen Clackson (incumbent)	24.9	256	314
	Independent	Mellissa Thomson	19.8	204	268
	Independent	Paul Rendall	7.4	76	113
	Independent	Sebastian Hadfield-Hyde	4.9	50	55
Electorate: 1,853  Valid: 1,029  Spoilt: 10  Quota: 258  Turnout: 56.1%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2017 election

2017 Orkney Islands Council election ^[4]

North Isles - 3 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Graham Sinclair (incumbent)	26.98	290
	Independent	Kevin Woodbridge	23.81	256	261.4	274.5
	Independent	Stephen Clackson (incumbent)	18.33	197	200.6	207.9	209.0	219.4	231.5	247.1	321.9
	Independent	Stuart Roy McIvor	10.98	118	120.5	124.6	125.6	132.7	143.2	168.2
	Independent	Ralph Stevenson	6.51	70	72.9	77.2	78.1	92.4	121.7
	Independent	Simon Tarry	6.51	70	72.8	72.9	73.5	78.6
	Independent	George Arthur Mowat-Brown	3.35	39	39.5	40.6	41.1
	Independent	Billy Muir	3.26	35	36.1
Electorate: 1,840  Valid: 1,075  Spoilt: 5  Quota: 269  Turnout: 1,080 (58.7%)

2012 election

2012 Orkney Islands Council election

North Isles - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Stephen Hagan (incumbent)	40.93	433
	Independent	Stephen Clackson	29.1	308
	Independent	Gillian Skuse	16.07	170	219.2	237.7
	Independent	Graham Sinclair (incumbent)	13.61	144	238.1	249.5	375.1
Electorate: 1,854  Valid: 1,055  Spoilt: 3  Quota: 264  Turnout: 1,058 (57.47%)

2007 election

2007 Orkney Islands Council election

Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: North Isles

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Stephen Hagan	463		1	1
	Independent	Stephen Clackson	154
	Independent	Sam Harcus	133		2	7
	Independent	Graham Sinclair	123		4	8
	Independent	Bob Trigg	105
	Independent	William Muir	72
	Independent	Leo Martini-Brown	41
	Independent	George Mowat-Brown	27
	Independent	Barbara Jeffreys	15

References

1. "Multi-Member Wards".
2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 - North Isles Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 - North Isles Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
4. "Results by Ward".
5. "Ward 6 - North Isles".