North Isles (Orkney ward)

Location of the ward [1]

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

## Councillors

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Election  | Councillors

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2007 |  | Stephen Hagan  |  | Sam Harcus  |  | Graham Sinclair
2012 | Stephen Clackson
2017 | Kevin Woodbridge
2022 | Heather Woodbridge  | Mellissa Thomson

## Election Results

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### 2022 Election

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2022 Orkney Islands Council election[2]

North Isles - 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2
| Independent | Heather Woodbridge (Incumbent)  | 43.1%  | 443
| Independent | Stephen Clackson (incumbent)  | 24.9%  | 256  | 314.9
| Independent | Mellissa Thomson | 19.8%  | 204  | 268.3
| Independent | Paul Rendall  | 7.4%  | 76  | 113.6
| Independent | Sebastian Hadfield-Hyde  | 4.9%  | 50  | 55.4
Electorate: 1,853  Valid: 1,029  Spoilt: 10  Quota: 258  Turnout: 1,039 (56.1%)

### 2017 Election

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2017 Orkney Islands Council election[3]

North Isles - 3 seats[4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Independent | Graham Sinclair (incumbent)  | 26.98  | 290 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Kevin Woodbridge | 23.81  | 256  | 261.4  | 274.5 |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Stephen Clackson (incumbent)  | 18.33  | 197  | 200.6  | 207.9  | 209.0  | 219.4  | 231.5  | 247.1  | 321.9
| Independent | Stuart Roy McIvor  | 10.98  | 118  | 120.5  | 124.6  | 125.6  | 132.7  | 143.2  | 168.2  |
| Independent | Ralph Stevenson  | 6.51  | 70  | 72.9  | 77.2  | 78.1  | 92.4  | 121.7  |  |
| Independent | Simon Tarry  | 6.51  | 70  | 72.8  | 72.9  | 73.5  | 78.6  |  |  |
| Independent | George Arthur Mowat-Brown  | 3.35  | 39  | 39.5  | 40.6  | 41.1  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Billy Muir  | 3.26  | 35  | 36.1  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 1,840  Valid: 1,075  Spoilt: 5  Quota: 269  Turnout: 1,080 (58.7%)

### 2012 Election

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2012 Orkney Islands Council election

North Isles - 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| Independent | Stephen Hagan (incumbent)  | 40.93  | 433 |  |  |
| Independent | Stephen Clackson | 29.1  | 308 |  |  |
| Independent | Gillian Skuse  | 16.07  | 170  | 219.2  | 237.7  |
| Independent | Graham Sinclair (incumbent)  | 13.61  | 144  | 238.1  | 249.5  | 375.1
Electorate: 1,854  Valid: 1,055  Spoilt: 3  Quota: 264  Turnout: 1,058 (57.47%)

### 2007 Election

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2007 Orkney Islands Council election

Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: North Isles  Party  | Candidate  | FPv% | %  | Seat  | Count

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| Independent | Stephen Hagan | 463  |  | 1  | 1
| Independent | Stephen Clackson  | 154  |  |  |
| Independent | Sam Harcus | 133  |  | 2  | 7
| Independent | Graham Sinclair | 123  |  | 4  | 8
| Independent | Bob Trigg  | 105  |  |  |
| Independent | William Muir  | 72  |  |  |
| Independent | Leo Martini-Brown  | 41  |  |  |
| Independent | George Mowat-Brown  | 27  |  |  |
| Independent | Barbara Jeffreys  | 15  |  |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Multi-Member Wards".
2. ^ "Local Government Election - 5 May 2022". Orkney Islands Council. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
3. ^ "Results by Ward".
4. ^ "Ward 6 - North Isles".

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Wards of Orkney

* East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray
* Kirkwall East
* Kirkwall West and Orphir
* North Isles
* Stromness and South Isles
* West Mainland

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