See main article: 2012 Scottish local elections.
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 |
Next Election: | 2017 Orkney Islands Council election |
Next Year: | 2017 |
Seats For Election: | All 21 seats to Orkney |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Party1: | Independent (politician) |
Leaders Seat1: | Kirkwall East |
Seats Before1: | 21 |
Seats Needed1: | - |
Seats1: | 21 |
Seat Change1: | - |
Percentage1: | 96.9% |
Popular Vote1: | 8,161 |
Swing1: | 2.3% |
Council Leader | |
Before Election: | Stephen Hagan |
Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
After Election: | Steven Heddle |
After Party: | Independent (politician) |
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.
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.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070718/http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/results-by-ward.htm