Elections to Orkney Islands Council were held on the May 3, 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a 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.
| Orkney Islands Local Election Result 2007 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
| Independent | 21 | ±0 | ±0 | ±0 | 100.0 | 99.2 | 8,719 | |||
| Conservative | 0 | ±0 | ±0 | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 68 | |||
| Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Kirkwall East | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Janice Annal | 460 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Steven Heddle | 359 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Bobby Leslie | 280 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Independent | Mike Drever | 218 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Independent | Alistair MacLeod | 150 | ||||
| Independent | David Murdoch | 108 | ||||
| Independent | Alistair MacDonald | 90 | ||||
| Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Kirkwall East | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Janice Annal | 460 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Steven Heddle | 359 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Bobby Leslie | 280 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Independent | Mike Drever | 218 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Independent | Alistair MacLeod | 150 | ||||
| Independent | David Murdoch | 108 | ||||
| Independent | Alistair MacDonald | 90 | ||||
| Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Kirkwall West and Orphir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Jack Moodie | 601 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | David Tullock | 260 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Independent | Allan Leslie | 241 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Independent | Roderick McLeod | 232 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Independent | Ian MacDonald | 178 | ||||
| Independent | Alasdair Thom | 108 | ||||
| Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: Stromness and South Isles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | James Stockan | 539 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | John Eccles | 232 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Independent | Ian Johnstone | 215 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Independent | John Brown | 123 | ||||
| Independent | Fiona Matheson | 113 | ||||
| Independent | Maurice Davidson | 40 | ||||
| Independent | Terry Thomson | 33 | ||||
| Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: West Mainland | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Jimmy Moar | 545 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Alistair Gordon | 400 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Eoin Scott | 242 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Independent | Rob Crichton | 203 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Independent | Tom Flett | 135 | ||||
| Independent | Ian Flett | 88 | ||||
| Independent | Norman Shearer | 83 | ||||
| Conservative | Mark Jones | 68 | ||||
| Independent | Bob Gilmour | 12 | ||||
| Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Andrew Drever | 524 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | John Foubister | 396 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Russ Madge | 161 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Independent | Geoffrey Linnit | 145 | ||||
| Independent | Mac Petrie | 102 | ||||
| Independent | Simon Treasure | 14 | ||||
| Orkney Islands Council election, 2007: North Isles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Stephen Hagan | 463 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Clackson | 154 | ||||
| Independent | Sam Harcus | 133 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Independent | Graham Sinclair | 123 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Independent | Bob Trigg | 105 | ||||
| Independent | William Muir | 72 | ||||
| Independent | Leo Martini-Brown | 41 | ||||
| Independent | George Mowat-Brown | 27 | ||||
| Independent | Barbara Jeffreys | 15 | ||||