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All 21 seats to Orkney 11 seats needed for a majority
First party
Leader
Steven Heddle
Party
Independent
Leader's seat
Kirkwall East
Last election
21 seats, 100%
Seats before
21
Seats won
21
Seat change
-
Popular vote
8,161
Percentage
96.9%
Swing
2.3
Council Leader before election
Stephen Hagan Independent
Council Leader after election
Steven Heddle Independent
The 2012 Orkney 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 is 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.
† Kirkwall West and Orphir Independent Cllr Jack Moodie resigned his seat for personal reasons on 9 September 2014.[1] A by-election was held on 27 November 2014 and was won by the Independent Leslie Manson.[2][permanent dead link]
†† West Mainland Independent Cllr Alistair Gordon died on 19 May 2015.[3] A by-election was held on 18 August 2015 to fill the vacancy and it was won by the Independent Rachael King.[4]