Orkney Islands Council election, 2007
Elections to Orkney Islands Council were held on 3 May 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 |
|
|
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