# Kirkwall West and Orphir (ward)

Kirkwall West and Orphir is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects four Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Jack Moodie | | David Tullock | | Allan Leslie | Roderick McLeod |
| 2012 | John Richards | Jack Moodie | Alan Clouston | David Tullock |
| 2014 by | John Richards | Leslie Manson | Alan Clouston | David Tullock |
| 2017 | John Richards | Leslie Manson | Sandy Cowie | Barbara Foulkes |
| 2022 | Ivan Taylor | Leslie Manson | Sandy Cowie | | Kristopher Leask (Greens) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Kirkwall West and Orphir - 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 | Leslie Manson (incumbent) | 20.7 | 320 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ivan Taylor | 16.3 | 252 | 254 | 254 | 284 | 345 | | | |
| | Independent | Sandy Cowie (incumbent) | 16.2 | 250 | 252 | 254 | 290 | 357 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Kristopher Leask | 13.7 | 211 | 211 | 213 | 233 | 258 | 267 | 274 | 347 |
| | Independent | Leslie Sinclair | 11.3 | 175 | 176 | 184 | 199 | 217 | 232 | 244 | |
| | Independent | Beverly Clubley | 10.3 | 159 | 159 | 160 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Barbara Foulkes (incumbent) | 10.0 | 155 | 157 | 161 | 189 | | | | |
| | Independent | Cameron Whittle | 1.4 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 3,630 Valid: 1,543 Spoilt: 10 Quota: 309 Turnout: 42.8% ||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Orkney Islands Council election
Kirkwall West & Orphir - 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 | Leslie Manson (incumbent) | 44.64 | 646 | | | | | | |
| | Orkney Manifesto Group | John Richards (incumbent) | 23.01 | 333 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sandy Cowie | 11.06 | 160 | 244.9 | 255.8 | 257.2 | 283.0 | 283.1 | 356.1 |
| | Independent | Barbara Foulkes | 10.37 | 150 | 256.4 | 267.3 | 269.4 | 290.2 | | |
| | Independent | Barbara Leslie | 7.53 | 109 | 152.5 | 158.6 | 161.8 | 177.2 | 177.2 | |
| | Independent | Alastair Macleod | 2.70 | 39 | 83.6 | 88.0 | 93.6 | | | |
| | Independent | Max Thomas | 0.69 | 10 | 16.6 | 17.8 | | | | |
| Electorate: 3,466 Valid: 1,447 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 290 Turnout: 1,466 (42.3%) |||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Orkney Islands Council election
Kirkwall West & Orphir - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Independent | Jack Moodie (incumbent) † | 30.85 | 476 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Richards | 18.34 | 283 | 318.1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | David Tullock (incumbent) | 13.93 | 215 | 263.9 | 266.3 | 267.7 | 270.1 | 273.2 | 288.1 | 301.1 | 321.3 | | |
| | Independent | Alan Clouston | 13.80 | 213 | 232.9 | 234.7 | 236.8 | 243 | 248.8 | 260.2 | 272.3 | 281.9 | 285.9 | 368.4 |
| | Independent | David Dawson | 10.50 | 162 | 186.1 | 188.9 | 188.9 | 192.5 | 206.4 | 213.4 | 219.9 | 232.4 | 236.7 | |
| | SNP | Lynda Baird | 3.24 | 50 | 52.8 | 53.2 | 53.2 | 53.3 | 54.3 | 56.3 | | | | |
| | Independent | Laurence Leonard | 2.72 | 42 | 49.5 | 49.6 | 52.7 | 52.7 | 54.5 | 58.9 | 64.3 | | | |
| | Independent | Sandra Shearer | 2.2 | 34 | 43.6 | 44.1 | 44.1 | 45.2 | 50.9 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Raymond Smith | 1.94 | 30 | 37.8 | 38.4 | 40.4 | 43.2 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bryan Leslie | 1.04 | 16 | 18.8 | 19.5 | 19.6 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Walter Haywood | 0.58 | 9 | 9.7 | 9.9 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 3,289 Valid: 1,530 Spoilt: 13 Quota: 307 Turnout: 1,543 (46.94%) |||||||||||||||

### 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 | | |