The number of votes cast in Orkney for parties and candidates on the Highlands and Islands Regional List has been announced.
On the regional ballot paper, electors voted for a party or individual to represent the Highlands and Islands at the Scottish Parliament.
The declaration of the full Regional result will not be made until Saturday 8 May, when all the counts across the Highlands and Islands Region have been completed.
Returning Officer John Mundell announced the regional totals for Orkney after the votes cast locally were counted at the Pickaquoy Centre in Kirkwall:
|
Party/candidate |
Description |
Number of votes |
|
ABOLISH THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT PARTY |
Abolish Scottish Parliament – Save £100,000,000 Yearly |
28 |
|
ALBA PARTY |
|
98 |
|
ALL FOR UNITY |
All 4 Unity – No to Separatism |
63 |
|
FREEDOM ALLIANCE – INTEGRITY, SOCIETY, ECONOMY |
Freedom Alliance. Scotland’s Opposition to Lockdown |
22 |
|
REFORM UK |
ReformUK – Changing Politics for Good |
31 |
|
RESTORE SCOTLAND |
|
18 |
|
SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY |
|
2,202 |
|
SCOTTISH FAMILY PARTY |
Scottish Family Party: Pro-Family, Pro-Marriage, Pro-Life |
127 |
|
SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY |
Scottish Greens |
1,104 |
|
SCOTTISH LABOUR PARTY |
|
725 |
|
SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS |
Scottish Liberal Democrats – Put Recovery First |
3,616 |
|
SCOTTISH LIBERTARIAN PARTY |
|
32 |
|
SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY (SNP) |
Nicola Sturgeon for SNP First Minister |
3,384 |
|
SCOTTISH TRADE UNIONIST AND SOCIALIST COALITION |
|
15 |
|
UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY (UKIP) |
UKIP – Get rid of Holyrood |
30 |
|
MANSFIELD, Hazel |
Independent |
4 |
|
WIGHTMAN, Andy |
Independent |
87 |
|
Total Valid Votes |
11,586 |
|
The number of rejected ballot papers is as follows:
|
Reason for rejection |
Number of votes |
|
Lack of official mark or unique identifying mark |
0 |
|
Voting for more than one candidate |
3 |
|
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified |
0 |
|
Unmarked or void for uncertainty |
24 |
|
Total Rejected Votes |
27 |
There was a high turnout for the Orkney poll, with 65.5% of the local electorate voting for parties and candidates on the Regional List.
|
Electorate |
17,728 |
|
Total votes cast |
11,613 |
