West Mainland (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

West Mainland is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jimmy Moar		Alistair Gordon		Eoin Scott		Rob Crichton
2012	Harvey Johnston		Owen Tierney
2015 by				Rachael King
2017		Duncan Allan Tullock
2022	Jean Stevenson

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Orkney Islands Council election

West Mainland - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Owen Tierney (incumbent)	30.2	554
	Independent	Rachael King (incumbent)	26.0	477
	Independent	Jean Stevenson	15.%	284	352	401
	Independent	Duncan Tullock (incumbent)	12.9	237	313	338	354	383
	Scottish Green	Helen Woodsford-Dean	11.8	217	226	242	248	276
	Independent	Sean Lewis	3.5	64	71	78	83
Electorate: 3,663  Valid: 1,833  Spoilt: 18  Quota: 367  Turnout: 50.9%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2017 election

2017 Orkney Islands Council election ^[4]

West Mainland - 4 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Orkney Manifesto Group	Rachael King (incumbent)	30.61	561
	Independent	Harvey Johnston (incumbent)	29.24	536
	Independent	Owen Tierney (incumbent)	20.19	370
	Independent	Duncan Allan Tullock	10.42	191	245.3	327.6	328.8	344.5	369.9
	Independent	Jo Jones	3.82	70	106.3	130.9	131.3	143.0	170.6
	Scottish Green	Helen Kathleen Woodsward-Dean	3.60	66	95.4	104.5	104.8	114.8
	Independent	Sean Michael Lewis	2.13	39	51.4	60.0	60.2
Electorate: 3,538  Valid: 1,833  Spoilt: 14  Quota: 367  Turnout: 1,847 (52.2%)

2012 election

2012 Orkney Islands Council election

West Mainland - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Harvey Johnston	23.19	427
	Independent	Alistair Gordon (incumbent)††	17.49	322	333.3	335.5	353.6	371.4
	Independent	Jimmy Moar (incumbent)	15.59	287	303.2	307.2	317.4	319.4	320.4	353.1	470.1
	Independent	Owen Tierney	13.53	249	257	263	277.1	308.8	309.5	358.9	446.1
	Independent	Eoin F. Scott (incumbent)	12.93	238	246.4	249.6	254.8	276.2	277	314.4
	Independent	Victor Muir	7.17	132	136.9	139.9	143.9	150.1	150.5
	Independent	Andrew Appleby	4.02	74	77.7	81.7	93
	Independent	Carol Granere	3.97	73	75.1	78.1
	Independent	David Ward	1.79	33	33.4
Electorate: 3,379  Valid: 1,835  Spoilt: 6  Quota: 368  Turnout: 1,841 (54.53%)

2007 election

2007 Orkney Islands Council election

Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: West Mainland

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Jimmy Moar	545		1	1
	Independent	Alistair Gordon	400		2	1
	Independent	Eoin Scott	242		3	7
	Independent	Rob Crichton	203		4	7
	Independent	Tom Flett	135
	Independent	Ian Flett	88
	Independent	Norman Shearer	83
	Conservative	Mark Jones	68
	Independent	Bob Gilmour	12

References

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