21 seats to Orkney Islands Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
James Stockan[1]
Steve Sankey & Helen Woodsford-Dean
Party
Independent
Scottish Green
Leader's seat
Stromness and South Isles
East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray & contested West Mainland
Last election
18 seats, 83.5%
1 seat, 4.5%
Seats before
18
1
Seats won
19
2
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
7,337
1,256
Percentage
85.4%
14.6%
Swing
1.9pp
9.9pp
Results by wards by partisanship.
Results by wards, showing whether the incumbent candidate was re-elected, defeated, or retired
Council Leader before election
James Stockan
Independent
Council Leader after election
James Stockan
Independent
Elections to the Orkney Islands Council were held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election used the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 21 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.[2]
Ward boundaries differ slightly from previous elections, with minor changes being made to the two Kirkwall wards, as well as the boundary nearest Kirkwall in East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray.[3]
At the previous election in 2017, independent councillors won the most seats and ran the council.
^"James Stockan". Orkney Islands Council. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
^"Elections". Orkney Islands Council. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
^"2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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