2003 ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL ELECTION

2003 Orkney Islands Council election
All 21 seats to Orkney Islands Council; 11 seats needed for a majority
Council Convener before election; Hugh Halcro-Johnston; Independent	Council Convener after election ; Stephen Hagan; Independent

Elections to the Orkney Islands Council were held on 1 May 2003 as part of Scottish local elections. Only independent candidates contested the election. Nine seats were uncontested.

Election results

Orkney Islands Council election, 2003^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	21	0	0	0	100.0	100.0	5,075	0.0

Ward results

Pickaquoy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Allan Leslie	241	70.3%
	Independent	J Johnston	102	29.7%
Majority			139	40.6%
	Independent hold

Berstane & Work
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mike Drever ( incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Warrenfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Roderick McLeod ( Incumbent)	199	55.4%
	Independent	N Craigie	160	44.6%
Majority			39	10.8%
	Independent hold

Lynnfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Taylor ( incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Brandyquoy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Sclater ( incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Papdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Janice Annal ( incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Scapa & Kirkwall South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ian MacDonald	215	53.1%
	Independent	Hugh Halcro-Johnston ( Incumbent)	190	46.9%
Majority			25	6.2%
	Independent hold

Shapinsay & Kirkwall Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Sinclair ( incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Stromness North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Stockan	327	72.8%
	Independent	J Brown ( Incumbent)	122	27.2%
Majority			205	45.6%
	Independent hold

Stromness South, Graemsay & North Hoy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Hutchison	207	53.5%
	Independent	John Eccles	149	38.5%
	Independent	Terry Thomson	31	8.0%
Majority			58	15.0%
	Independent hold

Orphir, Walls & Flotta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	K Sutherland ( Incumbent)	183	37.6%
	Independent	P Hall	152	31.2%
	Independent	J Flett	102	20.9%
	Independent	I McFedries	50	10.3%
Majority			31	6.4%
	Independent hold

Firth & Sunnybrae
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alistair Gordon	249	53.0%
	Independent	Eoin Scott ( Incumbent)	221	47.0%
Majority			28	6.0%
	Independent hold

Harray & Stenness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Hamilton ( Incumbent)	331	84.7%
	Independent	A Shearer	60	15.3%
Majority			271	69.4%
	Independent hold

Evie, Rendall, Rousay, Egilsay & Wyre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jimmy Moar ( Incumbent)	270	56.1%
	Independent	J Hinckley	211	43.9%
Majority			59	12.1%
	Independent hold

Birsay & Dounby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	K Johnson ( incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Sandwick & Stromness Landward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ian Johnstone	226	47.3%
	Independent	Freddie Groundwater ( Incumbent)	190	39.7%
	Independent	Mark Jones	62	13.0%
Majority			36	7.6%
	Independent hold

St Andrews, Deerness & Wideford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jim Foubister ( Incumbent)	310	69.8%
	Independent	K Foubister	134	30.2%
Majority			176	39.6%
	Independent hold

Holm & Burray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andrew Drever	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

South Ronaldsay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C Annal ( Incumbent)	209	54.9%
	Independent	R Millar	172	45.1%
Majority			176	39.6%
	Independent hold

Sanday, North Ronaldsay & Stronsay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S Scott ( Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Papa Westray, Westray & Eday
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stephen Hagan ( Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

References

^ Bochel & Denver. "Scottish Council Elections 2003: Results and Statistics" (PDF).

[1] Bochel & Denver. "Scottish Council Elections 2003: Results and Statistics" (PDF).

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