Orkney Manifesto Group

The Orkney Manifesto Group 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. The OMG started as an alliance of three independents who campaigned on a joint manifesto for the 2012 election, before finally registering as a party in 2013.
The party won two seats at the 2017 Orkney Islands Council election.
The party de-registered with the Electoral Commission on 29 March 2022, and as a result fielded no candidates in the 2022 Orkney election. 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. Having won a majority of first preference votes, she was elected in the first round.