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
Wards Worth Watching: Orkney Islands
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?
October 2020 Islands By-Election Results
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.
North Isles (Orkney) By-Election, 01/10/2020
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.
Islands Un(ballot)boxed
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.