The proposals are 21 councillors in six wards, comprising three wards each returning 3-members and three wards each returning 4-members as follows:
Not Much Change for Orkney’s Local Wards
Scottish Greens: The Power Brokers of #SP21
Scotland has again elected a Parliament where a majority of its 129 MSPs support Scottish Independence, 72 , with the support for continued union with rUK at 57.
First Principles
The 2021 Holyrood election is the forty-eighth national election in a row that the Conservatives have failed to win.
#Orkney Turnout 65.5%
The turnout for Postal votes was 87% .
Labour Candidate Coilla Drake Describes SNP Island Bond as a ‘Gimmick:
Coilla Drake has described the SNP pledge to create an Island Bond as a gimmick ” thought up by people who don’t really understand our needs.”
Leaders Debate
“It isn’t independence or recovery. It’s independence “for” recovery.”
What to expect when you go to Vote
It is important that Polling Places are safe for the public and for the staff working there.
“There is no reason for us to continue in Level 3 until April 26th.”
Coilla Drake, The Labour candidate for the Orkney Constituency in the Scottish Parliament elections has put forward options for easing covid restrictions in the islands.
Who Can Vote in the Scottish Parliament Elections?
You can vote if you are aged 16 and over on the date of the election
This Is Who They Are
Like the vote in 2014, anything less than a resounding win a month from now will be seen as acquiescence.
