• Elections to Orkney Islands Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general...
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    The Orkney Islands Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Eileanan Arcaibh), is the local authority for Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1975 by the...
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    Orkney (/ˈɔːrkni/; Scots: Orkney; Old Norse: Orkneyjar; Norn: Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago...
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    The 2017 Orkney Islands Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Orkney Islands Council. The election used the six wards created...
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  • Elections to the Orkney Islands Council were held on 1 May 2003 as part of Scottish local elections. Only independent candidates contested the election...
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  • The 2012 Orkney Islands Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Orkney Council. The election used the six wards created as a result...
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    council area, all of the Highland council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney Islands council area, all of the Shetland Islands council...
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    of Orkney islands in Scotland. The Orkney archipelago is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of mainland Scotland and comprises over 70 islands and...
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    The Highlands and Islands is an area of Scotland broadly covering the Scottish Highlands, plus Orkney, Shetland, and the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)...
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    and Ross; Inverness and Nairn; Moray; Na h-Eileanan an Iar; Orkney Islands; Shetland Islands; and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch. N.B. This table is for presentation...
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    the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors. 2022 Orkney Islands Council election 2017 Orkney Islands Council election 2012 Orkney Islands Council...
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    Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway. It is the northernmost region...
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    2018. In July 2023, James Stockan, the leader of the Orkney Islands Council said that the Orkney isles has been "failed dreadfully” by governments in...
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    The Shetland Islands Council (Shetland Insular Scots: Shitlin Islant' Cooncil; Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Shealtainn) is the local authority for Shetland...
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    Kirkwall East (ward) (category Wards of Orkney)
    the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors. 2022 Orkney Islands Council election 2017 Orkney Islands Council election 2012 Orkney Islands Council...
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    The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to...
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    Stromness and South Isles (ward) (category Wards of Orkney)
    the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors. 2022 Orkney Islands Council election 2017 Orkney Islands Council election 2012 Orkney Islands Council...
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    the Orkney Islands Council. It elects three Councillors. 2022 Orkney Islands Council election 2017 Orkney Islands Council election 2012 Orkney Islands Council...
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    West Mainland (ward) (category Wards of Orkney)
    the Orkney Islands Council. It elects four Councillors. 2022 Orkney Islands Council election 2017 Orkney Islands Council election 2012 Orkney Islands Council...
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    council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney Islands council area, all of the Shetland Islands council area and all of Na h-Eileanan...
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    Highland council area in Scotland are evident in the deliberations and decisions of the Highland Council, in elections to the council, and in elections to the...
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  • election 2007 Midlothian Council election 2007 North Ayrshire Council election 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election 2007 Orkney Islands Council election 2007...
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    Kirkwall West and Orphir (ward) (category Wards of Orkney)
    the Orkney Islands Council. It elects four Councillors. 2022 Orkney Islands Council election 2017 Orkney Islands Council election 2012 Orkney Islands Council...
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    "News Release: Final Proposals for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands council areas submitted to Scottish Ministers" (PDF) (Press release)...
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    council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney Islands council area, all of the Shetland Islands council area and all of Na h-Eileanan...
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    Elections to Shetland Islands Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament...
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    "News Release: Final Proposals for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands council areas submitted to Scottish Ministers" (PDF) (Press release)...
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    constituencies except Orkney and Shetland (which cover, respectively, the Orkney Islands council area and the Shetland Islands council area) so that the area...
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    Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, a review of the boundaries was undertaken in North Ayrshire, Argyll and Bute, Highland, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands...
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  • The Orkney and Shetland Movement was an electoral coalition formed for the 1987 general election comprising the Orkney Movement and Shetland Movement,...
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