See main article: 2007 Scottish local elections.
Election Name: | 2007 Orkney Islands Council election |
Country: | Scotland |
Flag Image: | 2007 Flag of Orkney.svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 Orkney Islands Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | 2012 Orkney Islands Council election |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 21 seats to Orkney Islands Council |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Party1: | Independent (politician) |
Leaders Seat1: | North Isles |
Seats Before1: | 21 |
Seats Needed1: | - |
Seats1: | 21 |
Seat Change1: | 0 |
Percentage1: | 99.2% |
Popular Vote1: | 8,719 |
Swing1: | 0.8pp |
Council Convener | |
Before Election: | Stephen Hagan |
Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
Posttitle: | Council Convener after election |
After Election: | Stephen Hagan |
After Party: | Independent (politician) |
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.[1] 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.
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