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2012 Orkney Islands Council election

2012 Scottish local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2012 Orkney Islands Council election
country	Scotland
flag_image	2007 Flag of Orkney.svg
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2007 Orkney Islands Council election
previous_year	2007
election_date
next_election	2017 Orkney Islands Council election
next_year	2017
seats_for_election	All 21 seats to Orkney
majority_seats	11
1blank	First preferences
2blank	First preferences (%)
3blank	Swing (pp)
leader1	Steven Heddle
party1	Independent (politician)
last_election1	21 seats, 100%
leaders_seat1	Kirkwall East
seats_before1	21
seats_needed1	-
seats1	21
seat_change1	-
percentage1	96.9%
popular_vote1	8,161
swing1	2.3%
title	Council Leader
before_election	Stephen Hagan
before_party	Independent (politician)
posttitle	Council Leader after election
after_election	Steven Heddle
after_party	Independent (politician)

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

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

|seats % = 100.0 |votes % = 96.9 |plus/minus = -2.3 |seats % = - |votes % = 3.0 |plus/minus = New |seats % = - |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = 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

Kirkwall East

2007: 4xIndependent
2012: 4xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Kirkwall West & Orphir

2007: 4xIndependent
2012: 4xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Stromness and South Isles

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

West Mainland

2007: 4xIndependent
2012: 4xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

North Isles

2007: 3xIndependent
2012: 3xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No Change

Post-Election Changes

† Kirkwall West and Orphir Independent Cllr Jack Moodie resigned his seat for personal reasons on 9 September 2014.https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-29132770 A by-election was held on 27 November 2014 and was won by the Independent Leslie Manson.http://www.scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/kirkwallwestorphir.php
†† West Mainland Independent Cllr Alistair Gordon died on 19 May 2015.https://web.archive.org/web/20150709012739/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/OIC-News/Date-set-for-West-Mainland-by-election.htm A by-election was held on 18 August 2015 to fill the vacancy and it was won by the Independent Rachael King.https://web.archive.org/web/20150709012739/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/OIC-News/Date-set-for-West-Mainland-by-election.htm

By-elections

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070718/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm

References

(3 May 2012). "2012 Scottish Local Government Elections". Electoral Reform Society.
"Local Election Results 2012 - Orkney". Local Elections Archive Project.

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