Kirkwall East (ward)

Kirkwall East is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Janice Annal Steven Heddle Bobby Leslie Mike Drever
2012 Gwenda Shearer Bill Stout
2017 John Ross Scott David Dawson
2022

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Orkney Islands Council election[2]

Kirkwall East - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
Scottish Green John Ross Scott (incumbent) 28.10% 476
Independent Steven Heddle (incumbent) 25.27% 428
Independent Gwenda Shearer (incumbent) 24.38% 413
Independent David Dawson (incumbent) 16.82% 285 340.5
Independent Graham MacDonald 5.43% 92 134.0
Electorate: 3,700   Valid: 1,694   Spoilt: 6   Quota: 339   Turnout: 45.9%  

    2017 Election

    2017 Orkney Islands Council election[3]

    Kirkwall East - 4 seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Independent Steven Heddle (incumbent) 29.13 474            
    Independent Gwenda Shearer (incumbent) 21.14 344            
    Independent John Ross Scott 17.89 291 328.8          
    Independent David Dawson 15.73 256 294.1 299.4 300.1 302.2 322.8 356.7
    Independent Rikki Lidderdale 6.95 113 139.9 143.7 144.3 146.4 165.5 188.7
    Independent Ingirid Windwick Jolly 4.61 75 90.0 92.6 93.0 96.4 116.4  
    Independent Mike Berston 3.69 60 75.6 78.3 78.6 80.7    
    Independent Paul Dawson 0.86 14 15.9 16.1 16.3      
    Electorate: 3,470   Valid: 1,627   Spoilt: 14   Quota: 326   Turnout: 1,641 (47.3%)  

      2012 Election

      2012 Orkney Islands Council election

      Kirkwall East - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      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%)  

        2007 Election

        2007 Orkney Islands Council election

        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

        References
        1. "Multi-Member Wards". orkney.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
        2. "Local Government Election - 5 May 2022". Orkney Islands Council. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
        3. "Results by Ward". orkney.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
        4. "Ward 1 - Kirkwall East". orkney.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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