West Mainland is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Jimmy Moar Alistair Gordon Eoin Scott Rob Crichton
2012 Harvey Johnston Owen Tierney
2015 by Rachael King
2017 Duncan Allan Tullock
2022 Jean Stevenson

Election Results

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2022 Election

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2022 Orkney Islands Council election[2]

West Mainland - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Independent Owen Tierney (incumbent) 30.2% 554
Independent Rachael Anne King (incumbent) 26.0% 477
Independent Jean Stevenson 15.5% 284 352.5 401.6
Independent Duncan Tullock (incumbent) 12.9% 237 313.6 338.3 354.7 383.7
Scottish Green Helen Woodsford-Dean 11.8% 217 226.1 242.9 248.2 276.6
Independent Sean Lewis 3.5% 64 71.1 78.7 83.1
Electorate: 3,663   Valid: 1,833   Spoilt: 18   Quota: 367   Turnout: 1,851 (50.9%)  

2017 Election

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2017 Orkney Islands Council election[3]

West Mainland - 4 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Orkney Manifesto Group Rachael King (incumbent) 30.61 561          
Independent Harvey Johnston (incumbent) 29.24 536          
Independent Owen Tierney (incumbent) 20.19 370          
Independent Duncan Allan Tullock 10.42 191 245.3 327.6 328.8 344.5 369.9
Independent Jo Jones 3.82 70 106.3 130.9 131.3 143.0 170.6
Scottish Green Helen Kathleen Woodsward-Dean 3.60 66 95.4 104.5 104.8 114.8  
Independent Sean Michael Lewis 2.13 39 51.4 60.0 60.2    
Electorate: 3,538   Valid: 1,833   Spoilt: 14   Quota: 367   Turnout: 1,847 (52.2%)  

2012 Election

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2012 Orkney Islands Council election

West Mainland - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Harvey Johnston 23.19 427              
Independent Alistair Gordon (incumbent)†† 17.49 322 333.3 335.5 353.6 371.4      
Independent Jimmy Moar (incumbent) 15.59 287 303.2 307.2 317.4 319.4 320.4 353.1 470.1
Independent Owen Tierney 13.53 249 257 263 277.1 308.8 309.5 358.9 446.1
Independent Eoin F. Scott (incumbent) 12.93 238 246.4 249.6 254.8 276.2 277 314.4  
Independent Victor Muir 7.17 132 136.9 139.9 143.9 150.1 150.5    
Independent Andrew Appleby 4.02 74 77.7 81.7 93        
Independent Carol Granere 3.97 73 75.1 78.1          
Independent David Ward 1.79 33 33.4            
Electorate: 3,379   Valid: 1,835   Spoilt: 6   Quota: 368   Turnout: 1,841 (54.53%)  

2007 Election

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2007 Orkney Islands Council election

Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: West Mainland
Party Candidate FPv% % 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

References

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  1. ^ "Multi-Member Wards". www.orkney.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Local Government Election - 5 May 2022". Orkney Islands Council. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Results by Ward". www.orkney.gov.uk.
  4. ^ "Ward 4 - West Mainland". www.orkney.gov.uk.