- Orkney Islands Council election, 2007
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Elections to Orkney Islands Council were held on the May 3, 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 21 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
All the seats were won by independent candidates.
Election results
Orkney Islands Local Election Result 2007 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Independent 21 ±0 ±0 ±0 100.0 99.2 8,719 Conservative 0 ±0 ±0 ±0 0.0 0.8 68 Ward results
Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Kirkwall East Party Candidate 1st Pref % 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 Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Kirkwall East Party Candidate 1st Pref % 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 Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Kirkwall West and Orphir Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Independent Jack Moodie 601 1 1 Independent David Tullock 260 2 2 Independent Allan Leslie 241 3 4 Independent Roderick McLeod 232 4 6 Independent Ian MacDonald 178 Independent Alasdair Thom 108 Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Stromness and South Isles Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Independent James Stockan 539 1 1 Independent John Eccles 232 3 6 Independent Ian Johnstone 215 2 4 Independent John Brown 123 Independent Fiona Matheson 113 Independent Maurice Davidson 40 Independent Terry Thomson 33 Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: West Mainland 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 Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Independent Andrew Drever 524 1 1 Independent John Foubister 396 2 1 Independent Russ Madge 161 3 5 Independent Geoffrey Linnit 145 Independent Mac Petrie 102 Independent Simon Treasure 14 Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: North Isles Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Independent Stephen Hagan 463 1 1 Independent Stephen Clackson 154 Independent Sam Harcus 133 2 7 Independent Graham Sinclair 123 4 8 Independent Bob Trigg 105 Independent William Muir 72 Independent Leo Martini-Brown 41 Independent George Mowat-Brown 27 Independent Barbara Jeffreys 15 Categories:
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