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Register of Members’ Interests

Reviewed September 2026

Councillor: Steven Heddle

Ward: Kirkwall East

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1. Remuneration

  • Self-employed T/A Steven Heddle Consultancy, ICT, Scientific Consultancy and Tourist Guiding, trading from home address

  • Spokesperson for COSLA, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH (until 17th June 2022)

  • Vice President of COSLA, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH (from 17th June 2022)

  • Non-executive director board of NHS Orkney, The Balfour, Foreland Road, Kirkwall, KW15 1NZ (20th May 2022 to September 2023)

2. Other Roles

  • None

3. Contracts

  • None

4. Election Expenses

  • None

5. Houses, Land and Buildings

Owner

1 x property Kirkwall West & Orphir

Co-owner:

2 x properties Kirkwall West & Orphir

1 x property Edinburgh Ward 7 - Sighthill/Gorgie

6. Interest in Shares and Securities

  • None

7. Gifts and Hospitality (N/A see paragraph 4.21 of Councillors’ Code of Conduct)

  • None

8. Non-Financial Interests

  • Family member of Kirkwall Branch of Royal British Legion

  • Member of The Orkney Club

  • Member of Scottish CND

  • Member of Institute of Physics

  • Chartered Physicist

  • Visiting Professor of the University of the Highlands & Islands

  • Territorial Development Spokesperson for CEMR (Council of European Municipalities and Regions), 1 Square de Meeus, B - 1000 Brussels until June 2022

9. Close Family Members

  • Spouse employed by UHI Orkney as Director of Institute for Northern Studies