# 2007 Orkney Islands Council election

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. 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 results

Orkney Islands Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | Independent | 21 | ±0 | ±0 | ±0 | 100.0 | 99.2 | 8,719 | 0.8 |
| | Conservative | 0 | ±0 | ±0 | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 68 | New |

## Ward results

Source:

### Kirkwall East

Kirkwall East – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Janice Annal (Incumbent) | 27.6 | 460 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Steven Heddle | 21.6 | 359 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bobby Leslie | 16.8 | 280 | 319 | 326 | 356 | | |
| | Independent | Mike Drever (Incumbent) | 13.1 | 218 | 247 | 251 | 273 | 282 | 322 |
| | Independent | Alastair MacLeod | 9.0 | 150 | 168 | 173 | 192 | 198 | 244 |
| | Independent | David Murdoch | 6.5 | 108 | 118 | 122 | 131 | 133 | |
| | Independent | Alastair MacDonald | 5.4 | 90 | 101 | 103 | | | |

### Kirkwall West and Orphir

Kirkwall West and Orphir- 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Independent | Jack Moodie | 38.1 | 601 | | | |
| | Independent | David Tullock | 16.5 | 260 | 321 | | |
| | Independent | Allan Leslie (Incumbent) | 15.3 | 241 | 304 | 305 | 334 |
| | Independent | Roderick McLeod (Incumbent) | 14.7 | 232 | 295 | 296 | 317 |
| | Independent | Ian MacDonald (Incumbent) | 11.3 | 178 | 214 | 214 | 232 |
| | Independent | Alasdair Thom | 4.1 | 64 | 88 | 89 | |

### Stromness and South Isles

Stromness and South Isles- 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | James Stockan (Incumbent) | 41.6 | 539 | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Eccles | 17.9 | 232 | 259 | 272 | 278 | 280 | 327 |
| | Independent | Ian Johnstone (Incumbent) | 16.6 | 215 | 305 | 312 | 331 | | |
| | Independent | John Brown | 9.5 | 123 | 153 | 158 | 167 | 169 | 215 |
| | Independent | Fiona Matheson | 8.7 | 113 | 145 | 149 | 157 | 159 | |
| | Independent | Maurice Davidson | 3.1 | 40 | 51 | 51 | | | |
| | Independent | Terry Thomson | 2.5 | 33 | 38 | | | | |

### West Mainland

West Mainland – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Jimmy Moar (Incumbent) | 30.7 | 545 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alistair Gordon (Incumbent) | 22.5 | 400 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eoin Scott | 13.6 | 242 | 292 | 303 | 321 | 337 | 369 |
| | Independent | Rob Crichton | 11.4 | 203 | 248 | 259 | 268 | 293 | 320 |
| | Independent | Tom Flett | 7.6 | 135 | 175 | 181 | 189 | 209 | 250 |
| | Independent | Ian Flett | 5.0 | 88 | 98 | 100 | 116 | 136 | |
| | Independent | Norman Shearer | 4.7 | 83 | 95 | 98 | 104 | | |
| | Conservative | Mark Jones | 3.8 | 68 | 72 | 74 | | | |
| | Independent | Bob Gilmour | 0.7 | 12 | 13 | 14 | | | |

### East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Andrew Drever (Incumbent) | 39.0 | 524 | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Foubister (Incumbent) | 29.5 | 396 | | | | |
| | Independent | Russ Madge | 12.0 | 161 | 189 | 200 | 208 | 249 |
| | Independent | George Linnit | 10.8 | 145 | 186 | 199 | 206 | 246 |
| | Independent | Mac Petrie | 7.6 | 102 | 166 | 185 | 186 | |
| | Independent | Simon Treasure | 1.0 | 14 | 17 | 18 | | |

### North Isles

North Isles – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Stephen Hagan (Incumbent) | 40.9 | 463 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen Clackson | 13.6 | 154 | 164 | 181 | 188 | 209 | 211 |
| | Independent | Sam Harcus | 11.7 | 133 | 211 | 219 | 264 | 307 | |
| | Independent | Graham Sinclair | 10.9 | 123 | 148 | 160 | 182 | 207 | 213 |
| | Independent | Bob Trigg | 9.3 | 105 | 111 | 116 | | | |
| | Independent | William Muir | 6.4 | 72 | 102 | 130 | 145 | | |
| | Independent | Leo Martini-Brown | 3.6 | 41 | 42 | | | | |
| | Independent | George Mowat-Brown | 1.3 | 27 | 31 | | | | |
| | Independent | Barbara Jeffreys | 1.3 | 15 | 18 | | | | |