Rob Crichton

• Ward: West Mainland
• Address: Button, Stenness
• Telephone: 01856 851169
• Email: Rob Crichton

How Best To Contact Me

At home (I will be getting an answering machine!), on my Council blackberry – please leave a message - or by email at rob.crichton@orkney.gov.uk

Personal profile

I was first elected to the Council in 2007 when I represented the West Mainland – I had previously stood in 1990 against the then Convenor Hugh Halcro-Johnstone, being beaten by three votes (after two recounts). In 2012 I was persuaded to stand for Stromness and the South Isles and so ‘jumped ship’.

Educated in Stromness, at the Primary and the Academy I grew up in and around the town. After schooling I became an apprentice Instrument Technician with Occidental Petroleum and worked for fourteen years on Flotta (only four as an apprentice!!!). I ‘retired’ from the oil industry, and daily boat trips, in 1994, returning to work on the ‘mainland’ where I’ve since had the pleasure of working in managerial positions at Orkney Meat Ltd., James Wilson (Orkney) Ltd. and Orkney Auction Mart. After my successful election to the Council in 2007 I went ‘part-time’ at Orkney Auction Mart before giving up ‘regular’ employment in 2010 to concentrate on being a Councillor, although I still enjoy a day amongst the livestock at the mart.

Married to Pam we have lived at Button, Stenness since 1988 and have two sons, Murray (heading for Edinburgh University) and Joe (fighting to keep Stenness Community School open!).

Committee Membership

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Outside Interests

Having been a Councillor for five years my outside interests have unfortunately waned due to lack of time! I still enjoy a game of squash, am trying to improve my golf and walk over the Stenness hills whenever I get a chance, and the weather encourages me. I am still very interested in people and particularly ‘what makes Orkney tick’ and enjoy a dram and a yarn.

Find Me

At the mart on a Monday - wrestling with cattle and sheep, on a hill (if I’m lucky) – with or without golf clubs, or at home, enjoying one of the best views in Orkney and wondering if I need to cut the grass!

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