Steven Heddle Independent James Stockan Independent 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 form of proportional representation, with 21 Councillors being elected.

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.