| Orkney Manifesto Group | |
| Leader: | Rachael King |
| Headquarters: | Sycamore Main Street Kirkwall KW15 1BU |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Seats1 Title: | Orkney Islands Council |
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 has fielded no candidates in the 2022 Orkney election. Rachael King is the only OMG councillor to seek re-election, as an independent candidate.
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.