2012 Orkney Islands Council election

2012 Scottish local government election April 2022 2012 Orkney Islands Council election Orkney parliamentary no 2007 Orkney Islands Council election 2007 2012 5 3 y 2017 Orkney Islands Council election 2017 All 21 seats to Orkney Islands Council 11 Steven Heddle Independent (politician) 21 seats, 99.2% Kirkwall East 21 21 96.9% 8,161 2.3% Council leader Stephen Hagan Independent (politician) Council leader after election Steven Heddle Independent (politician) The 2012 Orkney Islands Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Orkney Council. The election used the six wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 21 Councillors being elected. As in 2007 Independents took all of the 21 seats on the council. The Scottish National Party contested 4 wards in Orkney for the first time in 2012 but only secured 3% of the vote. The council was again administered solely by Independents. Election result 2012 Orkney Islands Council election result Independent (politician) 21 9 9 100.0 96.9 8,161 2.3 Scottish National Party 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 251 New United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 11 New 21 8,423 Source:https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/454/ Local Election Results 2012 Orkney Andrew Teale Local Elections Archive Project 6 September 2026 Notes: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.https://ballotbox.scot/councils/stv-explained The Local STV Voting System Explained Allan Faulds Ballot Box Scotland 24 October 2022https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems/types-of-voting-system/single-transferable-vote/ Single Transferable Vote Electoral Reform Society 24 October 2022 Ward results Kirkwall East main Kirkwall East Kirkwall East – 4 seats 8 Independent (politician) Janice Annal (incumbent) 533 34.5               Independent (politician) Steven Heddle (incumbent) 409 26.5               Independent (politician) Gwenda Shearer 212 13.7 278 307 319         Independent (politician) Bill Stout 140 9.1 198 227 232 235 263 300 377 Scottish National Party John Mowat 93 6.0 105 115 116 117 132     Independent (politician) Alastair MacLeod 77 5.0 114 129 136 137 151 174   Independent (politician) Gerry McGuinness 54 3.5 69 77 85 87       Independent (politician) Paul Dawson 28 1.8 37 40           8 3,391 1,546 6 310 45.7% Source:https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/10578/ Kirkwall East Ward — Orkney Andrew Teale Local Elections Archive Project 5 September 2026http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070718/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm Results by Ward Orkney Islands Council 6 September 2026 8 June 2012 Kirkwall West and Orphir main Kirkwall West and Orphir Kirkwall West and Orphir – 4 seats 11 Independent (politician) Jack Moodie (incumbent) 476 31.1                     Independent (politician) John Richards 283 18.5 318                   Independent (politician) David Tullock (incumbent) 215 14.1 263 266 267 270 273 288 301 321     Independent (politician) Alan Clouston 213 13.9 232 234 236 243 248 260 272 281 285 368 Independent (politician) David Dawson 162 10.6 186 188 188 192 206 213 219 232 236   Scottish National Party Lynda Baird 50 3.3 52 53 53 53 54 56         Independent (politician) Laurence Leonard 42 2.7 49 49 52 52 54 58 64       Independent (politician) Sandra Shearer 34 2.2 43 44 44 45 50           Independent (politician) Raymond Smith 30 2.0 37 38 40 43             Independent (politician) Bryan Leslie 16 1.0 18 19 19               Independent (politician) Walter Haywood 9 0.6 9 9                 11 3,289 1,530 13 307 46.9% Source:https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/10579/ Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward — Orkney Andrew Teale Local Elections Archive Project 5 September 2026http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070718/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm Results by Ward Orkney Islands Council 6 September 2026 8 June 2012 Stromness and South Isles main Stromness and South Isles Stromness and South Isles – 3 seats 6 Independent (politician) James Stockan (incumbent) 576 53.7           Independent (politician) Rob Crichton 126 11.8 234 235 250 262 364 Independent (politician) Maurice Davidson 122 11.4 172 174 189 216 270 Independent (politician) John Brown 115 10.7 178 180 196 213   Independent (politician) Terry Thomson 61 5.7 82 84 100     Scottish National Party Arthur Alexander Robertson 61 5.7 79 81       United Kingdom Independence Party Delia Mary Hall 11 1.0 15         6 2,210 1,072 10 269 48.8% Source:https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/10580/ Stromness and South Isles Ward — Orkney Andrew Teale Local Elections Archive Project 5 September 2026http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070718/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm Results by Ward Orkney Islands Council 6 September 2026 8 June 2012 West Mainland main West Mainland West Mainland – 4 seats 8 Independent (politician) Harvey Johnston 427 23.3               Independent (politician) Alistair Gordon (incumbent) 322 17.5 333 335 353 371       Independent (politician) Jimmy Moar (incumbent) 287 15.6 303 307 317 319 320 353 470 Independent (politician) Owen Tierney 249 13.6 257 263 277 308 309 358 446 Independent (politician) Eoin F. Scott (incumbent) 238 13.0 246 249 254 276 277 314   Independent (politician) Victor Muir 132 7.2 136 139 143 150 150     Independent (politician) Andrew Appleby 74 4.0 77 81 93         Independent (politician) Carol Granere 73 4.0 75 78           Independent (politician) David Ward 33 1.8 33             8 3,379 1,835 6 368 54.5% Source:https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/10580/ West Mainland Ward — Orkney Andrew Teale Local Elections Archive Project 5 September 2026http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070718/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm Results by Ward Orkney Islands Council 6 September 2026 8 June 2012 East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray main East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray – 3 seats 7 Independent (politician) Russ Madge (incumbent) 564 40.7             Independent (politician) Andrew Drever (incumbent) 261 18.8 315 331 344 375     Independent (politician) Jim Foubister (incumbent) 226 16.3 247 253 263 280 289 368 Independent (politician) Gill Smee 152 11.0 209 226 236 257 267   Independent (politician) Ken Ross 98 7.1 118 123 128       Scottish National Party Ewan Loudon 47 3.4 56 59         Independent (politician) Eleanor MacLeod 37 2.7 52           7 2,536 1,385 9 347 55.0% Source:https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/10582/ East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray Ward — Orkney Andrew Teale Local Elections Archive Project 5 September 2026http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070718/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm Results by Ward Orkney Islands Council 6 September 2026 8 June 2012 North Isles main North Isles North Isles – 3 seats 4 Independent (politician) Stephen Hagan (incumbent) 433 41.0       Independent (politician) Stephen Clackson 308 29.2       Independent (politician) Gillian Skuse 170 16.1 219 237   Independent (politician) Graham Sinclair (incumbent) 144 13.6 238 249 375 4 1,854 1,055 3 264 57.5% Source:https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/10583/ North Isles Ward — Orkney Andrew Teale Local Elections Archive Project 5 September 2026http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070718/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm Results by Ward Orkney Islands Council 6 September 2026 8 June 2012 Aftermath 2014 Kirkwall West and Orphir by-election Kirkwall West and Orphir Independent Cllr Jack Moodie resigned his seat for personal reasons on 9 September 2014. A by-election was held on 27 November 2014 and was won by the Independent Leslie Manson. https://web.archive.org/web/20220625082539/http://www.scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/kirkwallwestorphir.php 25 June 2022 main Kirkwall West and Orphir 2014 Kirkwall West and Orphir by-election (27 November 2014) – 1 seat 1 Independent (politician) Leslie Manson 647 57.5 Independent (politician) Gillian Skuse 281 25.0 Independent (politician) Lorraine McBrearty 142 12.6 Independent (politician) Laurence Leonard 55 4.9 1 1,125 563 Source: 2015 West Mainland by-election West Mainland Independent Cllr Alistair Gordon died on 19 May 2015. A by-election was held on 18 August 2015 to fill the vacancy and it was won by the Independent Rachael King. main West Mainland 2015 West Mainland by-election (18 August 2015) – 1 seat 1 Orkney Manifesto Group Rachael King 593 51.4 Independent (politician) Barbara Foulkes 281 38.6 Scottish Green Party Fiona Grahame 115 10.0 1 1,154 578 Source: References Category:2012 Scottish local elections 2012 Category:21st century in Orkney