Orkney Manifesto Group
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Main Street
Kirkwall
KW15 1BU
Orkney Manifesto Group | |
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| Leader | Rachael King |
| Founded | March 2013 |
| Dissolved | 29 March 2022 |
| Headquarters | Sycamore Main Street Kirkwall KW15 1BU |
| Website | |
| orkneycommunities.co.uk/omg | |
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]
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 fielded no candidates in the 2022 Orkney election.[3] Rachael King was the only OMG councillor to seek re-election, as an independent candidate.
