2012 Orkney Islands Council election First party Leader Steven Heddle Party Independent Leader's seat Kirkwall East Last election 21 seats, 100% Seats before 21 Seats won 21 Seat change - Popular vote 8,161 Percentage 96.9% Swing 2.3%
Council Leader before election Stephen Hagan Independent
Council Leader after election Steven Heddle Independent
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 [ edit ] Orkney Local Election Result 2012[1] [2] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Independent 21 - - - 100.0 96.9 8,161 -2.3 SNP 0 - - - - 3.0 251 New UKIP 0 - - - - 0.1 11 New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Ward results [ edit ] Kirkwall East [ edit ] 2007: 4xIndependent 2012: 4xIndependent 2007-2012 Change: No change Kirkwall East - 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Independent Janice Annal (incumbent ) 34.34 533 Independent Steven Heddle (incumbent ) 26.35 409 Independent Gwenda Shearer 13.71 212 278.9 307.9 319.6 Independent Bill Stout 9.02 140 198.6 227.1 232.9 235.3 263.2 300.9 377 SNP John Mowat 5.9 93 105.9 115.4 116.7 117.5 132.5 Independent Alastair MacLeod 4.96 77 114.7 129.2 136.1 137.8 151.6 174.2 Independent Gerry McGuinness 3.48 54 69.9 77.6 85.9 87.4 Independent Paul Dawson 1.80 28 37.6 40.5 Electorate: 3,391 Valid: 1,546 Spoilt: 6 Quota: 310 Turnout: 1,552 (45.75%)
Kirkwall West & Orphir [ edit ] 2007: 4xIndependent 2012: 4xIndependent 2007-2012 Change: No change Kirkwall West & Orphir - 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Independent Jack Moodie (incumbent ) † 30.85 476 Independent John Richards 18.34 283 318.1 Independent David Tullock (incumbent ) 13.93 215 263.9 266.3 267.7 270.1 273.2 288.1 301.1 321.3 Independent Alan Clouston 13.80 213 232.9 234.7 236.8 243 248.8 260.2 272.3 281.9 285.9 368.4 Independent David Dawson 10.50 162 186.1 188.9 188.9 192.5 206.4 213.4 219.9 232.4 236.7 SNP Lynda Baird 3.24 50 52.8 53.2 53.2 53.3 54.3 56.3 Independent Laurence Leonard 2.72 42 49.5 49.6 52.7 52.7 54.5 58.9 64.3 Independent Sandra Shearer 2.2 34 43.6 44.1 44.1 45.2 50.9 Independent Raymond Smith 1.94 30 37.8 38.4 40.4 43.2 Independent Bryan Leslie 1.04 16 18.8 19.5 19.6 Independent Walter Haywood 0.58 9 9.7 9.9 Electorate: 3,289 Valid: 1,530 Spoilt: 13 Quota: 307 Turnout: 1,543 (46.94%)
Stromness and South Isles [ edit ] 2007: 3xIndependent 2012: 3xIndependent 2007-2012 Change: No change 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%)
West Mainland [ edit ] 2007: 4xIndependent 2012: 4xIndependent 2007-2012 Change: No change 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%)
East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray [ edit ] 2007: 3xIndependent 2012: 3xIndependent 2007-2012 Change: No change East Mainland, South Ronaldsay & Burray - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Independent Russ Madge (incumbent ) 40.46 564 Independent Andrew Drever (incumbent ) 18.72 261 315.2 331.6 344.5 375.3 Independent Jim Foubister (incumbent ) 16.21 226 247.9 253.5 263.2 280.2 289.6 368.6 Independent Gill Smee 10.9 152 209.3 226.9 236.6 257.3 267.2 Independent Ken Ross 7.03 98 118.4 123.3 128.2 SNP Ewan Loudon 3.37 47 56.6 59.8 Independent Eleanor MacLeod 2.65 37 52.4 Electorate: 2,536 Valid: 1,385 Spoilt: 9 Quota: 347 Turnout: 1,394 (54.97%)
North Isles [ edit ] 2007: 3xIndependent 2012: 3xIndependent 2007-2012 Change: No Change North Isles - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 Independent Stephen Hagan (incumbent ) 40.93 433 Independent Stephen Clackson 29.1 308 Independent Gillian Skuse 16.07 170 219.2 237.7 Independent Graham Sinclair (incumbent ) 13.61 144 238.1 249.5 375.1 Electorate: 1,854 Valid: 1,055 Spoilt: 3 Quota: 264 Turnout: 1,058 (57.47%)
Post-Election Changes [ edit ] † Kirkwall West and Orphir Independent Cllr Jack Moodie resigned his seat for personal reasons on 9 September 2014.[1] A by-election was held on 27 November 2014 and was won by the Independent Leslie Manson.[2] [permanent dead link ] †† West Mainland Independent Cllr Alistair Gordon died on 19 May 2015.[3] A by-election was held on 18 August 2015 to fill the vacancy and it was won by the Independent Rachael King.[4] By-elections [ edit ] Kirkwall West and Orphir by-election, 27 November 2014 Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Independent Leslie Manson 57.5 647 Independent Gillian Skuse 25.0 281 Independent Lorraine McBrearty 12.6 142 Independent Laurence Leonard 4.9 55 Quota: 563
References [ edit ] https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070718/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm