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Orkney Manifesto Group

Orkney Manifesto Group

Minor party in the Orkney Islands

The Orkney Manifesto Group (OMG) was a minor political party in Orkney, Scotland. The group advocated for politicisation of Orkney Islands Council, believing that party-based representation would offer more robust democratic governance than the current council of elected independents.[1] The OMG started as an alliance of three Independents who campaigned on a joint manifesto for the 2012 election,[2] before finally registering as a party in 2013.[3]

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The party won two seats at the 2017 Orkney Islands Council election.[4]

The party de-registered with the Electoral Commission on 29 March 2022, and as a result has fielded no candidates in the 2022 Orkney election.[3] Rachael King is the only OMG councillor to seek re-election, as an independent candidate.

Election results

West Mainland by-election

In its first electoral test as a registered party, Rachael King was elected in a by-election for the West Mainland ward following the death of the incumbent councillor Alistair Gordon (first elected as an Independent, he had helped set up the OMG).[5] Having won a majority of first preference votes, she was elected in the first round.

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Orkney Islands Council election

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References

  1. [1]
    "Orkney Manifesto Group". Orkney Communities. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Kirkwall councillor to stand down at end of OIC term". The Orcadian. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Orkney Manifesto Group Registration". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Going Local: Orkney - where politics, and life, are very different". The National.
  5. [5]
    Tributes paid to Councillor Alistair Gordon
  6. [6]
    "Manifesto Group candidate elected". The Orcadian. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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