2017 Orkney Islands Council election
The 2017 Orkney Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Orkney Islands Council. The election used the six wards created as a result of the Local Governance Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 21 Councillors being elected.
The Scottish Green Party contested 2 wards in Orkney for the first time. Another group; the Orkney Manifesto Group, ran as a registered party for the first time. The OMG advocates the politicisation of the Orkney Islands Council, however is unaffiliated to any national party. The group has a Liberal-Left political outlook.Election result
*The OMG councillors had been previously elected as Independents. 2017 was the first election they stood under the OMG slate.Kirkwall East
- 2007: 4xIndependent
- 2012: 4xIndependent
- 2017: 4xIndependent
- 2012-2017 Change: No change
Kirkwall West & Orphir
- 2007: 4xIndependent
- 2012: 4xIndependent
- 2017: 3xIndependent; 1xOMG
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 OMG gain from Independent
- 2007: 3xIndependent
- 2012: 3xIndependent
- 2017: 3xIndependent
- 2012-2017 Change: No change
West Mainland
- 2007: 4xIndependent
- 2012: 4xIndependent
- 2017: 3xIndependent, 1xOMG
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 OMG gain from Independent
- 2007: 3xIndependent
- 2012: 3xIndependent
- 2017: 2xIndependent, 1xGreen
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 Green gain from Independent
- 2007: 3xIndependent
- 2012: 3xIndependent
- 2017: 3xIndependent
- 2012-2017 Change: No change
Changes since 2017 Election
- † North Isles Independent Cllr Kevin Woodbridge died on 19 April 2020 after a short illness. A by-election will be held in due course.
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