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.
West Mainland is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects four 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 | |||||||
2022 Orkney Islands Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Owen Tierney (incumbent) | 30.2% | 554 | |||||
| Independent | Rachael Anne King (incumbent) | 26.0% | 477 | |||||
| Independent | Jean Stevenson | 15.5% | 284 | 352.5 | 401.6 | |||
| Independent | Duncan Tullock (incumbent) | 12.9% | 237 | 313.6 | 338.3 | 354.7 | 383.7 | |
| Green | Helen Woodsford-Dean | 11.8% | 217 | 226.1 | 242.9 | 248.2 | 276.6 | |
| Independent | Sean Lewis | 3.5% | 64 | 71.1 | 78.7 | 83.1 | ||
| Electorate: 3,663 Valid: 1,833 Spoilt: 18 Quota: 367 Turnout: 1,851 (50.9%) | ||||||||
2017 Orkney Islands Council election [3]
| 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 | |
| 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 Orkney Islands Council election
| 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 Orkney Islands Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | 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 | ||||
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