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 a form of proportional representation, with 21 Councillors being elected.
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All 21 seats to Orkney Islands Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 7,470 (49.7%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 85.7 | 83.20 | 6,162 | -11.2 | |
Orkney Manifesto Group | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2* | 9.5 | 12.07 | 894 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 4.73 | 350 | New |
*The OMG councillors had been previously elected as Independents. 2017 was the first election they stood under the OMG slate.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent | Steven Heddle (incumbent) | 29.13 | 474 | |||||||
Independent | Gwenda Shearer (incumbent) | 21.14 | 344 | |||||||
Independent | John Ross Scott | 17.89 | 291 | 328.8 | ||||||
Independent | David Dawson | 15.73 | 256 | 294.1 | 299.4 | 300.1 | 302.2 | 322.8 | 356.7 | |
Independent | Rikki Lidderdale | 6.95 | 113 | 139.9 | 143.7 | 144.3 | 146.4 | 165.5 | 188.7 | |
Independent | Ingrid Windwick Jolly | 4.61 | 75 | 90.0 | 92.6 | 93.0 | 96.4 | 116.4 | ||
Independent | Mike Berston | 3.69 | 60 | 75.6 | 78.3 | 78.6 | 80.7 | |||
Independent | Paul Dawson | 0.86 | 14 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.3 | ||||
Electorate: 3,470 Valid: 1,627 Spoilt: 14 Quota: 326 Turnout: 1,641 (47.3%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent | Leslie Manson (incumbent) | 44.64 | 646 | |||||||
Orkney Manifesto Group | John Richards (incumbent) | 23.01 | 333 | |||||||
Independent | Sandy Cowie | 11.06 | 160 | 244.9 | 255.8 | 257.2 | 283.0 | 283.1 | 356.1 | |
Independent | Barbara Foulkes | 10.37 | 150 | 256.4 | 267.3 | 269.4 | 290.2 | |||
Independent | Barbara Leslie | 7.53 | 109 | 152.5 | 158.6 | 161.8 | 177.2 | 177.2 | ||
Independent | Alastair Macleod | 2.70 | 39 | 83.6 | 88.0 | 93.6 | ||||
Independent | Max Thomas | 0.69 | 10 | 16.6 | 17.8 | |||||
Electorate: 3,466 Valid: 1,447 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 290 Turnout: 1,466 (42.3%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Independent | Rob Crichton (incumbent) | unopposed | unopposed | |
Independent | James Stockan (incumbent) | unopposed | unopposed | |
Independent | Magnus Thomson | unopposed | unopposed | |
Quota: |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Orkney Manifesto Group | Rachael King (incumbent) | 30.61 | 561 | ||||||
Independent | Harvey Johnston (incumbent) | 29.24 | 536 | ||||||
Independent | Owen Tierney (incumbent) | 20.19 | 370 | ||||||
Independent | Duncan Allan Tullock | 10.42 | 191 | 245.3 | 327.6 | 328.8 | 344.5 | 369.9 | |
Independent | Jo Jones | 3.82 | 70 | 106.3 | 130.9 | 131.3 | 143.0 | 170.6 | |
Scottish Green | Helen Woodsford-Dean | 3.60 | 66 | 95.4 | 104.5 | 104.8 | 114.8 | ||
Independent | Sean Michael Lewis | 2.13 | 39 | 51.4 | 60.0 | 60.2 | |||
Electorate: 3,538 Valid: 1,833 Spoilt: 14 Quota: 367 Turnout: 1,847 (52.2%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent | Andrew Drever (incumbent) | 35.74 | 509 | ||||
Scottish Green | Steve Sankey | 19.94 | 284 | 301.9 | 383.4 | ||
Independent | Norman Rae Craigie | 16.71 | 238 | 281.9 | 354.2 | 362.6 | |
Independent | John Stanley Groundwater | 14.12 | 201 | 229.4 | |||
Independent | Jim Foubister (incumbent) | 13.48 | 192 | 231.4 | 265.4 | 269.6 | |
Electorate: 2,725 Valid: 1,424 Spoilt: 12 Quota: 357 Turnout: 1,436 (52.7%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Independent | Graham Sinclair (incumbent) | 26.98 | 290 | ||||||||
Independent | Kevin Woodbridge† | 23.81 | 256 | 261.4 | 274.5 | ||||||
Independent | Stephen Clackson (incumbent) | 18.33 | 197 | 200.6 | 207.9 | 209.0 | 219.4 | 231.5 | 247.1 | 321.9 | |
Independent | Stuart Roy McIvor | 10.98 | 118 | 120.5 | 124.6 | 125.6 | 132.7 | 143.2 | 168.2 | ||
Independent | Ralph Stevenson | 6.51 | 70 | 72.9 | 77.2 | 78.1 | 92.4 | 121.7 | |||
Independent | Simon Tarry | 6.51 | 70 | 72.8 | 72.9 | 73.5 | 78.6 | ||||
Independent | George Arthur Mowat-Brown | 3.35 | 39 | 39.5 | 40.6 | 41.1 | |||||
Independent | Billy Muir | 3.26 | 35 | 36.1 | |||||||
Electorate: 1,840 Valid: 1,075 Spoilt: 5 Quota: 269 Turnout: 1,080 (58.7%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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Independent | Heather Woodbridge | 69.9 | 638 | |||
Labour | Coilla Drake | 17.3 | 158 | |||
Independent | Claire Stevens | 8.2 | 75 | |||
Independent | Daniel Adams | 4.6 | 42 | |||
Quota: Turnout: 732 (31.0%) |