Kirkwall West and Orphir (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Jack Moodie David Tullock Allan Leslie Roderick McLeod
2012 John Richards Alan Clouston
2014 by Leslie Manson
2017 Sandy Cowie Barbara Foulkes
2022 Ivan Taylor Kristopher Leask
(Greens)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Orkney Islands Council election
- 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Leslie Manson (incumbent) 20.7 320              
Independent Ivan Taylor 16.3 252 254 254 284 345      
Independent Sandy Cowie (incumbent) 16.2 250 252 254 290 357      
Scottish Green Kristopher Leask 13.7 211 211 213 233 258 267 274 347
Independent Leslie Sinclair 11.3 175 176 184 199 217 232 244  
Independent Beverly Clubley 10.3 159 159 160          
Independent Barbara Foulkes (incumbent) 10.0 155 157 161 189        
Independent Cameron Whittle 1.4 21 21            
Electorate: 3,630   Valid: 1,543   Spoilt: 10   Quota: 309   Turnout: 42.8%  

Source: [2][3]

2017 election

2017 Orkney Islands Council election[4]

Kirkwall West & Orphir - 4 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Leslie Manson (incumbent) 44.64 646            
Orkney Manifesto Group John Richards (incumbent) 23.01 333            
Independent Sandy Cowie 11.06 160 244.9 255.8 257.2 283.0 283.1 356.1
Independent Barbara Foulkes 10.37 150 256.4 267.3 269.4 290.2    
Independent Barbara Leslie 7.53 109 152.5 158.6 161.8 177.2 177.2  
Independent Alastair Macleod 2.70 39 83.6 88.0 93.6      
Independent Max Thomas 0.69 10 16.6 17.8        
Electorate: 3,466   Valid: 1,447   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 290   Turnout: 1,466 (42.3%)  

2012 election

2012 Orkney Islands Council election

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%)  

2007 election

2007 Orkney Islands Council election

Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Kirkwall East
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Independent Janice Annal 460 1 1
Independent Steven Heddle 359 2 1
Independent Bobby Leslie 280 3 4
Independent Mike Drever 218 4 6
Independent Alistair MacLeod 150
Independent David Murdoch 108
Independent Alistair MacDonald 90

References

  1. ^ "Multi-Member Wards".
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 - Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 - Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward" (PDF). Orkney Islands Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Results by Ward".
  5. ^ "Ward 2 - Kirkwall West and Orphir".
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