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Orkney and Shetland
Every general election in Orkney and Shetland since 1918. Latest: Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrats, majority 7,807.
2024 general election
LD hold Turnout 60.4% of 34,236 electors. Full result →
East Renfrewshire: Lab Na h-Eileanan an Iar: Lab Midlothian: Lab North Ayrshire and Arran: Lab Orkney and Shetland: LD Aberdeen North: SNP Aberdeen South: SNP Aberdeenshire North and Moray East: SNP Airdrie and Shotts: Lab Alloa and Grangemouth: Lab Angus and Perthshire Glens: SNP Arbroath and Broughty Ferry: SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber: SNP Bathgate and Linlithgow: Lab Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross: LD Coatbridge and Bellshill: Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy: Lab Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch: Lab Dumfries and Galloway: Con Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale: Con Dundee Central: SNP Dunfermline and Dollar: Lab East Kilbride and Strathaven: Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh: Lab Edinburgh North and Leith: Lab Edinburgh South: Lab Edinburgh South West: Lab Edinburgh West: LD Falkirk: Lab Glasgow East: Lab Glasgow North: Lab Glasgow North East: Lab Glasgow South: Lab Glasgow South West: Lab Glasgow West: Lab Glenrothes and Mid Fife: Lab Gordon and Buchan: Con Hamilton and Clyde Valley: Lab Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West: Lab Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire: LD Livingston: Lab Lothian East: Lab Mid Dunbartonshire: LD Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey: SNP Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke: Lab North East Fife: LD Paisley and Renfrewshire North: Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire South: Lab Perth and Kinross-shire: SNP Rutherglen: Lab Stirling and Strathallan: Lab West Dunbartonshire: Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock: Lab Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk: Con Central Ayrshire: Lab Kilmarnock and Loudoun: Lab West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine: Con Outlined: Orkney and Shetland. Neighbouring seats coloured by their 2024 winner. Winning party, 23 general elections
9 9 2 2 1 MPs since 2010
Notional 2019 result on today’s boundaries: Liberal Democrats, majority 10.8%.
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1918 1923 1929 1935 1950 F1974 1983 1992 2001 2010 2017 2024 Liberal, 1922: 53.5% Liberal, 1923: 54.3% Liberal, 1929: 60.4% Liberal, 1935: 42.4% Liberal, 1945: 34.2% Liberal, 1950: 46.9% Liberal, 1951: 57.5% Liberal, February 1974: 62.0% Liberal, October 1974: 56.2% Liberal Democrats, 1992: 46.4% Liberal Democrats, 1997: 52.0% Liberal Democrats, 2001: 41.4% Liberal Democrats, 2005: 51.5% Liberal Democrats, 2010: 62.0% Liberal Democrats, 2015: 41.4% Liberal Democrats, 2017: 48.6% Liberal Democrats, 2019: 44.8% Liberal Democrats, 2024: 55.1% Conservative, 1923: 45.7% Conservative, 1929: 39.6% Conservative, 1935: 57.6% Conservative, 1945: 36.1% Conservative, 1950: 31.9% Conservative, 1951: 26.2% Conservative, February 1974: 22.6% Conservative, October 1974: 14.2% Conservative, 1983: 25.6% Conservative, 1987: 23.3% Conservative, 1992: 22.0% Conservative, 1997: 12.2% Conservative, 2001: 18.7% Conservative, 2005: 13.3% Conservative, 2010: 10.5% Conservative, 2015: 8.9% Conservative, 2017: 8.7% Conservative, 2019: 9.9% Conservative, 2024: 2.8% Labour, 1945: 29.8% Labour, 1950: 21.3% Labour, 1951: 16.3% Labour, February 1974: 15.5% Labour, October 1974: 12.4% Labour, 1983: 13.1% Labour, 1987: 18.7% Labour, 1992: 19.8% Labour, 1997: 18.3% Labour, 2001: 20.6% Labour, 2005: 14.2% Labour, 2010: 10.7% Labour, 2015: 7.2% Labour, 2017: 11.4% Labour, 2019: 6.7% Labour, 2024: 7.2% Scottish National Party, October 1974: 17.2% Scottish National Party, 1983: 15.4% Scottish National Party, 1992: 11.2% Scottish National Party, 1997: 12.7% Scottish National Party, 2001: 14.8% Scottish National Party, 2005: 10.3% Scottish National Party, 2010: 10.6% Scottish National Party, 2015: 37.8% Scottish National Party, 2017: 29.0% Scottish National Party, 2019: 34.0% Scottish National Party, 2024: 17.3% SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 45.9% SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 41.7% National Liberal, 1922: 46.5% Vote share in Orkney and Shetland at each general election Boundary changes in 2024 Where the voters of today’s Orkney and Shetland lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:
Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.
Election Winner Runner-up Majority % Turnout Result
2024 Alistair Carmichael SNP 7,807 37.7 60.4% LD hold 2019 Alistair Carmichael SNP 2,507 10.8 67.7% LD hold 2017 Alistair Carmichael SNP 4,563 19.6 68.1% LD hold 2015 Alistair Carmichael SNP 817 3.6 65.8% LD hold 2010 Alistair Carmichael Lab 9,928 51.3 58.5% LD hold 2005 Lab 6,627 37.4 54.0% 2001 Lab 3,475 20.8 52.4% LD hold 1997 Lab 6,968 33.7 63.9% 1992 Con 5,033 24.4 65.5% LD gain from Alliance 1987 Con 3,922 18.4 68.7% Alliance hold 1983 Con 4,150 20.3 67.1% October 1974 SNP 6,852 39.0 66.8% Lib hold February 1974 Con 7,305 39.4 71.1% 1951 Con 6,391 31.3 69.0% Lib hold 1950 Con 2,956 15.0 67.7% 1945 Lib 329 1.9 55.5% 1935 Lib 2,226 15.3 46.3% Con gain from Lib 1931 — unopposed — — Lib hold 1929 Con 2,852 20.9 43.1% Lib hold 1924 — unopposed — — Lib hold 1923 Con 811 8.6 39.1% Lib hold 1922 Nat Lib 625 6.9 37.4% Lib gain from Co Lib 1918 — unopposed — —
Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.
Questions and answers Who is the MP for Orkney and Shetland? Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrats) won Orkney and Shetland at the 2024 general election with a majority of 7,807.
Which parties have won Orkney and Shetland? At the 23 general elections held under this name since 1918: Liberal Democrats 9, Liberal 9, SDP–Liberal Alliance 2, Conservative 2, Coalition Liberal 1.
Which region is Orkney and Shetland in? Orkney and Shetland is in Scotland.
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