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Orkney Manifesto Group
Minor party in the Orkney Islands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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 fielded no candidates in the 2022 Orkney election.[3] Rachael King is the only OMG councillor to seek re-election, as an independent candidate.
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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.
Orkney Islands Council election
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