Elections to Orkney Islands Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elects three or four councillors using a single transferable vote system form of proportional representation.Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2004 asp 9 The new wards replace 21 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
All the seats were won by independent candidates.
Election result
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Notes: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 1 May 2003. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils. This was the first election to use the STV electoral system so only net gains/losses are shown.
Ward results Kirkwall East
Kirkwall West and Orphir
Stromness and South Isles
West Mainland
East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray
North Isles
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