Orkney Islands Council election, 2017

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4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)

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All 21 seats to Orkney Islands Council
11 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

7,470 (49.7%)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Steven Heddle	None	Steve Sankey
Party	Independent	Orkney Manifesto	Scottish Green
Last election	21 seats, 97%	—	—
Seats won	18	2	1
Seat change	3	2	1
First preferences	6,483	934	350
First preferences (%)	83.5%	12.0%	4.5%
Swing (pp)	13.4%	12.0%	4.5%

Council Leader before election

Steven Heddle
Independent

Council Leader after election

TBD

Steven Heddle
Independent

TBD

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 (Scotland) 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 is contesing 2 wards in Orkney for the first time. Another group; the Orkney Manifesto Group, is running 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.

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