The Orkney Manifesto Group (OMG) was a minor political party in Orkney, Scotland. The group advocated for politicisation of Orkney Islands Council, believing that party-based representation would offer more robust democratic governance than the current council of elected independents.[1] The OMG started as an alliance of three independents who campaigned on a joint manifesto for the 2012 election,[2] before finally registering as a party in 2013.[3]
Orkney Manifesto Group | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Rachael King |
| Founded | March 2013 |
| Dissolved | 29 March 2022 |
| Headquarters | Sycamore Main Street Kirkwall KW15 1BU |
| Orkney Islands Council | 0 / 21 |
| Website | |
| orkneycommunities.co.uk/omg | |
The party won two seats at the 2017 Orkney Islands Council election.[4]
The party de-registered with the Electoral Commission on 29 March 2022, and as a result has fielded no candidates in the 2022 Orkney election.[3] Rachael King is the only OMG councillor to seek re-election, as an independent candidate.
Election results
editWest Mainland by-election
editIn its first electoral test as a registered party, Rachael King was elected in a by-election for the West Mainland ward following the death of the incumbent councillor Alistair Gordon (first elected as an Independent, he had helped set up the OMG).[5] Having won a majority of first preference votes, she was elected in the first round.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orkney Manifesto Group | Rachael King | 51.3 | |||
| Independent | Barbara Foulkes | 38.6 | |||
| Scottish Green | Fiona Grahame | 9.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,154 | 34 | |||
| Orkney Manifesto Group gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Orkney Islands Council election
edit| Year | Votes | FPV% | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 894 | 12.1% | 2 / 21
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References
edit- ^ "Orkney Manifesto Group". Orkney Communities. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Kirkwall councillor to stand down at end of OIC term". The Orcadian. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Orkney Manifesto Group Registration". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Going Local: Orkney - where politics, and life, are very different". The National.
- ^ Tributes paid to Councillor Alistair Gordon
- ^ "Manifesto Group candidate elected". The Orcadian. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2019.