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.
North Isles is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Stephen Hagan | Sam Harcus | Graham Sinclair | |||||
| 2012 | Stephen Clackson | |||||||
| 2017 | Kevin Woodbridge | |||||||
| 2022 | Heather Woodbridge | Mellissa Thomson | ||||||
2022 Orkney Islands Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Heather Woodbridge (Incumbent) | 43.1% | 443 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Clackson (incumbent) | 24.9% | 256 | 314.9 | |
| Independent | Mellissa Thomson | 19.8% | 204 | 268.3 | |
| Independent | Paul Rendall | 7.4% | 76 | 113.6 | |
| Independent | Sebastian Hadfield-Hyde | 4.9% | 50 | 55.4 | |
| Electorate: 1,853 Valid: 1,029 Spoilt: 10 Quota: 258 Turnout: 1,039 (56.1%) | |||||
2017 Orkney Islands Council election [3]
| 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 Orkney Islands Council election
| 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 Orkney Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | 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 | ||||
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