# Kirkwall East (ward)

Kirkwall East is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Janice Annal | | Steven Heddle | Bobby Leslie | Mike Drever |
| 2012 | Gwenda Shearer | Janice Annal | Bill Stout | Steven Heddle |
| 2017 | Gwenda Shearer | John Ross Scott | David Dawson | Steven Heddle |
| 2022 | Gwenda Shearer | John Ross Scott | David Dawson | Steven Heddle |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Kirkwall East - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Scottish Green | John Ross Scott (incumbent) | 28.1 | 476 | |
| | Independent | Steven Heddle (incumbent) | 25.2 | 428 | |
| | Independent | Gwenda Shearer (incumbent) | 24.3 | 413 | |
| | Independent | David Dawson (incumbent) | 16.8 | 285 | 340 |
| | Independent | Graham MacDonald | 5.4 | 92 | 134 |
| Electorate: 3,700 Valid: 1,694 Spoilt: 6 Quota: 339 Turnout: 45.9% ||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Orkney Islands Council election
Kirkwall East - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Steven Heddle (incumbent) | 29.13 | 474 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gwenda Shearer (incumbent) | 21.14 | 344 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Ross Scott | 17.89 | 291 | 328.8 | | | | | |
| | Independent | David Dawson | 15.73 | 256 | 294.1 | 299.4 | 300.1 | 302.2 | 322.8 | 356.7 |
| | Independent | Rikki Lidderdale | 6.95 | 113 | 139.9 | 143.7 | 144.3 | 146.4 | 165.5 | 188.7 |
| | Independent | Ingirid Windwick Jolly | 4.61 | 75 | 90.0 | 92.6 | 93.0 | 96.4 | 116.4 | |
| | Independent | Mike Berston | 3.69 | 60 | 75.6 | 78.3 | 78.6 | 80.7 | | |
| | Independent | Paul Dawson | 0.86 | 14 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.3 | | | |
| Electorate: 3,470 Valid: 1,627 Spoilt: 14 Quota: 326 Turnout: 1,641 (47.3%) |||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Orkney Islands Council election
Kirkwall East - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | Janice Annal (incumbent) | 34.34 | 533 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Steven Heddle (incumbent) | 26.35 | 409 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gwenda Shearer | 13.71 | 212 | 278.9 | 307.9 | 319.6 | | | | |
| | Independent | Bill Stout | 9.02 | 140 | 198.6 | 227.1 | 232.9 | 235.3 | 263.2 | 300.9 | 377 |
| | SNP | John Mowat | 5.9 | 93 | 105.9 | 115.4 | 116.7 | 117.5 | 132.5 | | |
| | Independent | Alastair MacLeod | 4.96 | 77 | 114.7 | 129.2 | 136.1 | 137.8 | 151.6 | 174.2 | |
| | Independent | Gerry McGuinness | 3.48 | 54 | 69.9 | 77.6 | 85.9 | 87.4 | | | |
| | Independent | Paul Dawson | 1.80 | 28 | 37.6 | 40.5 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 3,391 Valid: 1,546 Spoilt: 6 Quota: 310 Turnout: 1,552 (45.75%) ||||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Orkney Islands Council election
Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Kirkwall East :
| Party | 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 | | |