Before (end of 2016) (21 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 21 · Conservative 0 · SNP 0 · Labour 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2017) (21 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 21 · Conservative 0 · SNP 0 · Labour 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
Ward results
| Andrew Drever | Independent | 509 ✓ |
| Steve Sankey | Green | 284 ✓ |
| Norman Rae Craigie | Independent | 238 ✓ |
| John Stanley Groundwater | Independent | 201 |
| Jim Foubister | Independent | 192 |
Kirkwall East4 seats
| Steven Heddle | Independent | 474 ✓ |
| Gwenda Shearer | Independent | 344 ✓ |
| John Scott | Independent | 291 ✓ |
| Dan Dawson | Independent | 256 ✓ |
| Rikki Lidderdale | Independent | 113 |
| Ingirid Windwick Jolly | Independent | 75 |
| Mike Berston | Independent | 60 |
| Paul Dawson | Independent | 14 |
Kirkwall West and Orphir4 seats
| Leslie Manson | Independent | 646 ✓ |
| John Richards | — | 333 ✓ |
| Sandy Cowie | Independent | 160 ✓ |
| Barbara Foulkes | Independent | 150 ✓ |
| Barbara Leslie | Independent | 109 |
| Alastair MacLeod | Independent | 39 |
| Max Thomas | Independent | 10 |
North Isles3 seats
| Greg Sinclair | Independent | 290 ✓ |
| Kevin Woodbridge | Independent | 256 ✓ |
| Stephen Clackson | Independent | 197 ✓ |
| Stuart Roy McIvor | Independent | 118 |
| Simon Tarry | Independent | 70 |
| Ralph Stevenson | Independent | 70 |
| George Arthur Mowat-Brown | Independent | 39 |
| Billy Muir | Independent | 35 |
West Mainland4 seats
| Rachael King | OMG | 561 ✓ |
| Harvey Johnston | Independent | 536 ✓ |
| Owen Tierney | Independent | 370 ✓ |
| Duncan Tullock | Independent | 191 ✓ |
| Jo Jones | Independent | 70 |
| Helen Woodsford-Dean | Green | 66 |
| Sean Lewis | Independent | 39 |