1990 Orkney Islands Council election

The 1990 Orkney Islands Council election, the sixth election to Orkney Islands Council, was held on 3 May 1990 as part of the wider 1990 Scottish regional elections. The election saw the Independents take all save one of the seats on the council, securing them an overall majority.

1990 Orkney Islands Council election

May 3, 1990 (1990-05-03)
All 24 seats to Orkney Islands Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Edwin Eunson Spencer Rosie Party Independents Orkney Movement Leader's seat Kirkwall Broadsands Kirkwall Weyland Last election 23 1 Seats won 23 1 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 5,791 31 Percentage 97.6% 0.5% Swing 5.4pp 5.7pp
The result of the election
Council Convener before election Edwin Eunson Independent Council Convener after election Jackie Tait Independent

Results

1990 Orkney Islands election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	23	0	0	0		97.6	5,791	5.4
	Orkney Movement	1	0	0	0		0.5	31	5.7
	Scottish Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	109	New

Ward Results

Kirkwall St Magnus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ian MacDonald (Incumbent)	318	82.4%
	Independent	A. Wylie	68	17.6%
Majority			250	64.8%
	Independent hold

Kirkwall Weyland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Orkney Movement	Spencer Rosie (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Orkney Movement hold

Kirkwall Broadsands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. MacDonald	161	42.4%
	Independent	Alasdair Thom	124	33.1%
	Independent	J. McRae	89	23.7%
Majority			37	9.8%
	Independent hold

Kirkwall St Olaf's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Croy	229	59.3%
	Independent	J. Marwick (Incumbent)	157	40.7%
Majority			72	18.6%
	Independent hold

Kirkwall Quoybanks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jack Ridgway (Incumbent)	264	68.8%
	Independent	D. Craigie	120	31.3%
Majority			144	39.6%
	Independent hold

Kirkwall Papdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Taylor (Incumbent)	192	63.8%
	Scottish Green	L. Cheer	109	36.2%
Majority			144	27.6%
	Independent hold

Stromness South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	F. Matheson	168	53.5%
	Independent	Ian Argo (Incumbent)	146	46.5%
Majority			144	7.0%
	Independent hold

Stromness Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brenda Robertson (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Stromness North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. Crichton (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

St Ola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	I. Clyde	202	43.7%
	Independent	A. Peace	129	27.9%
	Independent	J. McDonald	85	18.4%
	Independent	A. Walls	46	10.0%
Majority			73	15.8%
	Independent hold

Firth & Harray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	K. Hutchison	255	44.0%
	Independent	R. Sabiston	179	30.9%
	Independent	Eoin Scott (Incumbent)	146	25.2%
Majority			76	13.1%
	Independent hold

Orphir & Stenness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Hugh Halcro-Johnston (Incumbent)	191	47.0%
	Independent	R. Crichton	188	46.3%
	Independent	K. Bews	26	6.4%
Majority			3	0.7%
	Independent hold

Sandwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	George Wylie (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

St Andrews & Deerness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jackie Tait (Incumbent)	194	56.7%
	Independent	J. Foubister	146	42.7%
Majority			48	14.0%
	Independent hold

Birsay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Brown (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Evie & Rendall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jimmy Moar	162	57.4%
	Independent	George Stevenson (Incumbent)	116	41.1%
Majority			46	16.3%
	Independent hold

Holm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alastair Scholes (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Ronaldsay South & Burray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C. Annal	314	52.9%
	Independent	Billy Dass (Incumbent)	278	46.8%
Majority			36	6.1%
	Independent hold

Hoy & Graemsay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. Trickett (Incumbent)	188	53.3%
	Independent	A. Reid	119	33.7%
	Independent	T. Thomson	45	12.7%
Majority			69	19.6%
	Independent hold

Ronaldsay North & Sanday

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Howie Firth	199	54.5%
	Independent	J. Alexander	101	27.7%
	Independent	E. Sinclair	64	17.5%
Majority			98	26.8%
	Independent hold

Westray & Papa Westray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Scott (Incumbent)	133	51.8%
	Independent	J. Rendall	124	48.2%
Majority			9	3.6%
	Independent hold

Eday & Stronsay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Heard (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Rousay & Egilsay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	B. Mainland	66	42.0%
	Independent	Chris Soames (Incumbent)	59	37.6%
	Orkney Movement	Margaret Flaws	31	19.7%
Majority			7	4.4%
	Independent hold

Shapinsay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Sinclair (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold