Andrew Stewart LDR
@ARMstew
Local Democracy Reporter in Orkney – P&J and BBC. Listening to council meetings so you don't have to. 07929669498 or [email protected]
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Alistair Carmichael (Lib Dems) has retained his Westminster seat for Orkney and Shetland, taking 11,392 votes. Second place candidate was the SNP's Robert Leslie with 3,585 votes. #Orkney
Voter turnout in Orkney and Shetland for the 2024 General election is 60.74% with 20,794. This is a reduction from 2019, when there was a 67.7% turnout. #Orkney
Shetland ballots have arrived at Kirkwall Grammar School and verification is under way. Most of the candidates are here, with the exception being UK Reform's Robert Smith. #Orkney #LDReporter
How would you change the Kirkwall bonfire and fireworks display? Ideas have been mentioned – after last year's event distressed the local swans – but nothing is set in concrete. A decision may come from the area community council soon, however. tinyurl.com/yeyrmthf
Janette Park has been elected to take up the empty seat in the #Stromness & South Isles council ward following today's by-election. She eared 757 votes to Magnus Thomson's 125. #LDReporter #Orkney
The two candidates running in tonight's #Stromness & South Isles by-election, Magnus Thomson and Janette Park. #LDReporter #Orkney
The count is well under way for the Stromness & South Isles by-election tonight with the votes from the #Stromness Warehouse buildings just arrived. #LDReporter
Toilets should be installed at The Ring of Brodgar by 2027 . Before that signs to the nearest toilets should be installed and monthly cleaning at the car park done during summer months. #Orkney councillors agreed the measures today. (image: Markus Keller/imageBROKER/Shutterstock
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Council tax in #Orkney will be frozen for the year ahead. The Scottish government has delivered on a promise of more funding, meaning the council won't go ahead with the 10% council tax hike it was considering. Councillors agreed to this at full council this morning. #Scotland
"How can you be a good citizen and participate if you do not know what's going on?" @BernieSanders becomes one of the first major politicians to sound the alarm about the collapse of local news. He told @joshi about a "very serious problem" facing society.
My full report on how today's leadership election at Orkney Islands Council panned out. #LDReporter #Orkney #Scotland pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/637987…
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