The resignation of Orkney Island Council’s Leader has led to a by-election with just two candidates, pitting a former councillor who hasn’t yet actually won a vote against what could be the first woman councillor for the ward. […]
Orkney won’t be anything but majority Independent, but it had its first (recent) taste of party councillors in 2017. Will they become an established presence? […]
After a pandemic-induced break, the first by-elections since March not just in Scotland but anywhere in the UK took place over the past week. This was a gentle easing back into by-elections for politics nerds, as both were for largely-Independent Islands councils. […]
For the first Scottish by-election since they all ground to a halt in March due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we’re taking a trip to Orkney. Expect this to follow the islands norm with an Independent. […]
Something a little different for Ballot Box Scotland today – looking not at election results past or present, but instead the process that surrounds drawing boundaries for those elections. […]
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