Stromness and South Isles (ward)

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.

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

Election results

2024 by-election

Stromness and South Isles by-election (28 March 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Janette Park	85.7	757
	Independent	Magnus Thomson	14.2	125
Electorate: 2,220  Valid: 882  Spoilt: 1  Quota: 442  Turnout: 39.8%

Source: ^[2]

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Orkney Islands Council election

Stromness and South Isles - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	James Stockan (incumbent)	30.7	353
	Independent	Graham Bevan	24.4	281	305
	Independent	Lindsay Hall	15.2	175	180	182	205	262	354
	Scottish Green	Maia Brodie	13.7	157	160	162	169
	Independent	Rob Crichton (incumbent)	10.0	115	135	144	174	220
	Independent	Magnus Thomson (incumbent)	6.0	69	75	77
Electorate: 2,233  Valid: 1,150  Spoilt: 7  Quota: 288  Turnout: 51.8%

Source: ^{[3] [4]}

2017 election

2017 Orkney Islands Council election ^[5]

Stromness and South Isles - 3 seats ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Rob Crichton (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
	Independent	James Stockan (incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
	Independent	Magnus Thomson	unopposed	unopposed
Quota:

2012 election

2012 Orkney Islands Council election

Stromness and South Isles - 3 seats

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 election

2007 Orkney Islands Council election

Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Stromness and South Isles

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

References

1. "Multi-Member Wards".
2. "Stromness and South Isles Declaration of Results". Orkney Islands Council. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
3. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 - Stromness and South Isles Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
4. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 3 - Stromness and South Isles Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
5. "Results by Ward".
6. "Ward 3 - Stromness and South Isles".