Kirkwall West and Orphir (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Leslie Manson (incumbent)	20.7	320
	Independent	Ivan Taylor	16.3	252	254	254	284	345
	Independent	Sandy Cowie (incumbent)	16.2	250	252	254	290	357
	Scottish Green	Kristopher Leask	13.7	211	211	213	233	258	267	274	347
	Independent	Leslie Sinclair	11.3	175	176	184	199	217	232	244
	Independent	Beverly Clubley	10.3	159	159	160
	Independent	Barbara Foulkes (incumbent)	10.0	155	157	161	189
	Independent	Cameron Whittle	1.4	21	21
Electorate: 3,630 Valid: 1,543 Spoilt: 10 Quota: 309 Turnout: 42.8%

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Leslie Manson (incumbent)	44.64	646
	Orkney Manifesto Group	John Richards (incumbent)	23.01	333
	Independent	Sandy Cowie	11.06	160	244.9	255.8	257.2	283.0	283.1	356.1
	Independent	Barbara Foulkes	10.37	150	256.4	267.3	269.4	290.2
	Independent	Barbara Leslie	7.53	109	152.5	158.6	161.8	177.2	177.2
	Independent	Alastair Macleod	2.70	39	83.6	88.0	93.6
	Independent	Max Thomas	0.69	10	16.6	17.8
Electorate: 3,466 Valid: 1,447 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 290 Turnout: 1,466 (42.3%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Jack Moodie (incumbent) †	30.85	476
	Independent	John Richards	18.34	283	318.1
	Independent	David Tullock (incumbent)	13.93	215	263.9	266.3	267.7	270.1	273.2	288.1	301.1	321.3
	Independent	Alan Clouston	13.80	213	232.9	234.7	236.8	243	248.8	260.2	272.3	281.9	285.9	368.4
	Independent	David Dawson	10.50	162	186.1	188.9	188.9	192.5	206.4	213.4	219.9	232.4	236.7
	SNP	Lynda Baird	3.24	50	52.8	53.2	53.2	53.3	54.3	56.3
	Independent	Laurence Leonard	2.72	42	49.5	49.6	52.7	52.7	54.5	58.9	64.3
	Independent	Sandra Shearer	2.2	34	43.6	44.1	44.1	45.2	50.9
	Independent	Raymond Smith	1.94	30	37.8	38.4	40.4	43.2
	Independent	Bryan Leslie	1.04	16	18.8	19.5	19.6
	Independent	Walter Haywood	0.58	9	9.7	9.9
Electorate: 3,289 Valid: 1,530 Spoilt: 13 Quota: 307 Turnout: 1,543 (46.94%)

	Candidate	FPv%	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

Election results