Location of the ward [1]
Stromness and South Isles is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.
Stromness and South Isles is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | James Stockan | John Eccles | Ian Johnstone | |||||
| 2012 | Rob Crichton | Maurice Davidson | ||||||
| 2017 | Magnus Thomson | |||||||
| 2022 | Graham Bevan | Lindsay Hall | ||||||
| 2024 by- | Janette Park | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Janette Park | 85.7 | 757 | |
| Independent | Magnus Thomson | 14.2 | 125 | |
| Quota: 442 Turnout: 883 (39.8%) | ||||
2022 Orkney Islands Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | James Stockan (incumbent) | 30.7% | 353 | ||||||
| Independent | Graham Bevan | 24.4% | 281 | 305.5 | |||||
| Independent | Lindsay Hall | 15.2% | 175 | 180.3 | 182.8 | 205.0 | 262.2 | 354.8 | |
| Scottish Green | Maia Brodie | 13.7% | 157 | 160.5 | 162.1 | 169.3 | |||
| Independent | Rob Crichton (incumbent) | 10% | 115 | 135.8 | 144.3 | 174.2 | 220.9 | ||
| Independent | Magnus Thomson (incumbent) | 6% | 69 | 75.6 | 77.9 | ||||
| Electorate: 2,233 Valid: 1,150 Spoilt: 7 Quota: 288 Turnout: 1,157 (51.8%) | |||||||||
2017 Orkney Islands Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Rob Crichton (incumbent) | unopposed | unopposed | |
| Independent | James Stockan (incumbent) | unopposed | unopposed | |
| Independent | Magnus Thomson | unopposed | unopposed | |
| Quota: | ||||
2012 Orkney Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | James Stockan (incumbent) | 53.2 | 576 | ||||||
| Independent | Rob Crichton | 11.65 | 126 | 234.2 | 235.3 | 250.5 | 262.3 | 364.1 | |
| Independent | Maurice Davidson | 11.28 | 122 | 172.6 | 174.6 | 189.3 | 216.7 | 270.2 | |
| Independent | John Brown | 10.63 | 115 | 178.9 | 180.9 | 196.8 | 213.6 | ||
| Independent | Terry Thomson | 5.64 | 61 | 82.9 | 84.4 | 100.6 | |||
| SNP | Arthur Alexander Robertson | 5.64 | 61 | 79.7 | 81.2 | ||||
| UKIP | Delia Mary Hall | 1.02 | 11 | 15.3 | |||||
| Electorate: 2,210 Valid: 1,072 Spoilt: 10 Quota: 269 Turnout: 1,082 (48.76%) | |||||||||
2007 Orkney Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Stockan | 539 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | John Eccles | 232 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Independent | Ian Johnstone | 215 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Independent | John Brown | 123 | ||||
| Independent | Fiona Matheson | 113 | ||||
| Independent | Maurice Davidson | 40 | ||||
| Independent | Terry Thomson | 33 | ||||
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