- Source: 1974 Orkney Islands Council election
- 1974 Orkney Islands Council election
- Orkney Islands Council
- 1978 Orkney Islands Council election
- List of Orkney islands
- Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)
- Shetland Islands Council
- Islands Forum (United Kingdom)
- Local government areas of Scotland (1975–1996)
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Local government in Scotland
The 1974 Orkney Islands Council election, the first election to Orkney Islands Council, was held on 7 May 1974 as part of the wider 1974 Scottish regional elections. Only independent candidates contested the election and eight seats were uncontested.
The newly elected Orkney Islands Council existed as a shadow authority until 1975, when it inherited sole authority for local government in Orkney from the Orkney County Council, Kirkwall Town Council and Stromness Town Council.