2017 Orkney Islands Council election

2017 Orkney Islands Council election
4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 21 seats to Orkney Islands Council
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout7,470 (49.7%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Steven Heddle Rachael King Steve Sankey
Party Independent Orkney Manifesto Group Scottish Green
Leader's seat Kirkwall East West Mainland East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray
Last election 21 seats, 97% — —
Seats won 18 2 1
Seat change 3 2 1
First preferences 6,162 894 350
First preferences (%) 83.2% 12.1% 4.7%
Swing (pp) 13.6% N/A New
Council Leader before election

Steven Heddle
Independent

 Council Leader after election

James Stockan
Independent

The 2017 Orkney Islands 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 (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 21 Councillors being elected.

The Scottish Greens contested 2 wards in Orkney for the first time. Another group; the Orkney Manifesto Group, ran as a registered party for the first time, gaining the largest vote share of any party in the council's history. 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.

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