CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"95ad7563-a6b2-4175-a7ea-88cd0ffd3646","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)","wgTitle":"Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)","wgCurRevisionId":1255916320,"wgRevisionId":1255916320,"wgArticleId":1593761,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments","Webarchive template wayback links","CS1 maint: archived copy as title","Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use dmy dates from April 2022","Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template as an external link","Coordinates on Wikidata", "Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland","Politics of Orkney","Politics of Shetland","Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708","1708 establishments in Scotland"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)","wgRelevantArticleId":1593761,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":70000,"wgCoordinates":{ "lat":59.775,"lon":-1.803},"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q1050931","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready", "ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.gadget.WikiMiniAtlas","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg/1200px-OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1778"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg/800px-OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1186"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg/640px-OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="948"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Orkney_and_Shetland_UK_Parliament_constituency rootpage-Orkney_and_Shetland_UK_Parliament_constituency skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Orkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Orkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Orkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Orkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Creation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Creation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Creation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Creation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Boundaries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Boundaries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Boundaries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Boundaries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Members_of_Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Members_of_Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Members of Parliament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Members_of_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Elections</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Elections-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Elections subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Elections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_2020s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_2020s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Elections in the 2020s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_2020s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_2010s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_2010s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Elections in the 2010s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_2010s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_2000s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_2000s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Elections in the 2000s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_2000s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1990s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1990s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Elections in the 1990s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1990s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1980s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1980s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Elections in the 1980s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1980s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1970s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1970s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Elections in the 1970s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1970s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1960s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1960s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.7</span> <span>Elections in the 1960s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1960s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1950s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1950s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.8</span> <span>Elections in the 1950s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1950s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1940s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1940s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.9</span> <span>Elections in the 1940s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1940s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1930s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1930s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.10</span> <span>Elections in the 1930s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1930s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1920s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1920s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.11</span> <span>Elections in the 1920s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1920s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1910s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1910s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.12</span> <span>Elections in the 1910s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1910s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1900s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1900s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.13</span> <span>Elections in the 1900s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1900s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1890s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1890s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.14</span> <span>Elections in the 1890s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1890s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1880s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1880s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.15</span> <span>Elections in the 1880s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1880s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1870s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1870s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.16</span> <span>Elections in the 1870s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1870s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1860s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1860s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.17</span> <span>Elections in the 1860s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1860s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1850s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1850s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.18</span> <span>Elections in the 1850s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1850s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1840s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1840s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.19</span> <span>Elections in the 1840s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1840s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elections_in_the_1830s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elections_in_the_1830s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.20</span> <span>Elections in the 1830s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elections_in_the_1830s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 11 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-11" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">11 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9)" title="أوركني وشيتلاند (دائرة انتخابية في المملكة المتحدة) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أوركني وشيتلاند (دائرة انتخابية في المملكة المتحدة)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynysoedd_Erch_a_Shetland_(etholaeth_seneddol_y_DU)" title="Ynysoedd Erch a Shetland (etholaeth seneddol y DU) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ynysoedd Erch a Shetland (etholaeth seneddol y DU)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahlkreis_Orkney_and_Shetland" title="Wahlkreis Orkney and Shetland – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wahlkreis Orkney and Shetland" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(circonscription_du_Parlement_britannique)" title="Orkney and Shetland (circonscription du Parlement britannique) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Orkney and Shetland (circonscription du Parlement britannique)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcaibh_agus_Sealltainn_(Toghcheantar_na_R%C3%ADochta_Aontaithe)" title="Arcaibh agus Sealltainn (Toghcheantar na Ríochta Aontaithe) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Arcaibh agus Sealltainn (Toghcheantar na Ríochta Aontaithe)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcaibh_agus_Sealtainn_(sg%C3%ACre_Ph%C3%A0rlamaid_Westminster)" title="Arcaibh agus Sealtainn (sgìre Phàrlamaid Westminster) – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Arcaibh agus Sealtainn (sgìre Phàrlamaid Westminster)" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%ED%81%AC%EB%8B%88_%EC%85%B0%ED%8B%80%EB%9E%9C%EB%93%9C_(%EC%98%81%EA%B5%AD_%EC%9D%98%ED%9A%8C_%EC%84%A0%EA%B1%B0%EA%B5%AC)" title="오크니 셰틀랜드 (영국 의회 선거구) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="오크니 셰틀랜드 (영국 의회 선거구)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegio_di_Orkney_and_Shetland" title="Collegio di Orkney and Shetland – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Collegio di Orkney and Shetland" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93_(%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96_%D7%91%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%98_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99)" title="אורקני ושטלנד (מחוז בחירה לפרלמנט הבריטי) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אורקני ושטלנד (מחוז בחירה לפרלמנט הבריטי)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A5%A7%E5%85%8B%E5%B0%BC%E5%92%8C%E8%A8%AD%E5%BE%B7%E8%98%AD_(%E8%8B%B1%E5%9C%8B%E5%9C%8B%E6%9C%83%E9%81%B8%E5%8D%80)" title="奧克尼和設德蘭 (英國國會選區) – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="奧克尼和設德蘭 (英國國會選區)" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1050931#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&oldid=1255916320" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Orkney_and_Shetland_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29&id=1255916320&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOrkney_and_Shetland_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOrkney_and_Shetland_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Orkney_and_Shetland_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1050931" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> <div id="mw-indicator-coordinates" class="mw-indicator"><div class="mw-parser-output"><span id="coordinates"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&params=59.775_N_1.803_W_region:GB_scale:500000"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">59°46′30″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°48′11″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">59.775°N 1.803°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">59.775; -1.803</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the archipelago, see <a href="/wiki/Northern_Isles" title="Northern Isles">Northern Isles</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Orkney and Shetland</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/County_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="County constituency">County constituency</a><br /><span class="category">for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Outline map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg/250px-OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="371" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg/375px-OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg/500px-OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="278" data-file-height="412" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Boundary of Orkney and Shetland in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Subdivisions of Scotland</a></th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Orkney" title="Orkney">Orkney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_registration_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Electoral registration in the United Kingdom">Electorate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">33,229<sup id="cite_ref-ONS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Major settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kirkwall" title="Kirkwall">Kirkwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lerwick" title="Lerwick">Lerwick</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Current constituency</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1708_British_general_election" title="1708 British general election">1708</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats"><span class="category">Liberal Democrats</span></a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">One</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (Parliament of Scotland constituency)">Orkney and Shetland</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Orkney and Shetland</b> is a <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_constituencies" title="United Kingdom constituencies">constituency</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>. It elects one <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) by the <a href="/wiki/First_past_the_post" class="mw-redirect" title="First past the post">first past the post</a> system of election. In the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orkney_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Orkney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shetland_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Shetland</a> are separate constituencies. The constituency was historically known as <b>Orkney and Zetland</b> (an alternative name for Shetland). </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">2014 Scottish independence referendum</a>, 65.4% of the constituency's electors voted for Scotland to stay part of the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creation">Creation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union,_1707" class="mw-redirect" title="Acts of Union, 1707">Acts of Union, 1707</a> and replaced the former <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Scotland" title="Parliament of Scotland">Parliament of Scotland</a> shire constituency of <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Zetland_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orkney and Zetland (Parliament of Scotland constituency)">Orkney & Zetland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constituency is made up of the two northernmost island groups of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orkney" title="Orkney">Orkney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a>. A constituency of this name has existed continuously since 1708. However, before 1918 the town of <a href="/wiki/Kirkwall_(Burgh)" title="Kirkwall (Burgh)">Kirkwall</a> (the capital of Orkney) formed part of the <a href="/wiki/Wick_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)">Northern Burghs</a> constituency. It is the most northerly of the 650 UK Parliament constituencies. </p><p>The constituency is one of five "protected constituencies", the others being <a href="/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_an_Iar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)">Na h-Eileanan an Iar</a>, two on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)">Isle of Wight</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)">Ynys Môn</a>, defined exclusively by geography rather than by size of electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The constituency contains the areas of the <a href="/wiki/Orkney_Islands_Council" title="Orkney Islands Council">Orkney Islands Council</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Shetland_Islands_Council" title="Shetland Islands Council">Shetland Islands Council</a>. Before 2011 the constituency had been unique in having its boundaries protected by legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The constituency has the second smallest electorate of any UK parliamentary constituency, after <a href="/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_an_Iar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)">Na h-Eileanan an Iar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ONS_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constituency has elected one <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament (MP)">Member of Parliament (MP)</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Plurality_voting_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Plurality voting system">first past the post</a> since its creation in 1707.<sup id="cite_ref-HOP1690_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOP1690-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HOP1715_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOP1715-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HOP1754_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOP1754-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HOP1790_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOP1790-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HOP1820_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOP1820-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although called Orkney and Shetland, prior to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Reform_Act_1832" title="Scottish Reform Act 1832">Scottish Reform Act 1832</a> there were no eligible voters from Shetland. This was due to the land tenure and valuation structures used in Shetland, which meant no-one could show that they met the property qualification to be eligible to vote. This was a source of resentment in Shetland; its residents made several attempts to argue that some different form of valuation should be acceptable to show eligibility, but they were unsuccessful until the wider reforms of 1832.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The constituency has remained largely unchanged since its creation. The town of <a href="/wiki/Kirkwall" title="Kirkwall">Kirkwall</a> was added in 1918, having previously been part of <a href="/wiki/Wick_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)">Wick Burghs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constituency has elected only Liberal and Liberal Democrat MPs since 1950; the longest run of any British parliamentary constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At each general election from <a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">1955</a> until <a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a>, in <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a> and again in <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a> it was the <a href="/wiki/Safe_seat" title="Safe seat">safest</a> Liberal Democrat seat in the UK. At the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, it was the only seat in Scotland to return a Liberal Democrat MP. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Year</th> <th>Member</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12" style="color:inherit;background-color: white"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1707_British_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1707 British general election">1707</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Douglas_of_Eagleshay" title="Alexander Douglas of Eagleshay">Sir Alexander Douglas</a> </td> <td rowspan="12"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1713_British_general_election" title="1713 British general election">1713</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Douglas,_13th_Earl_of_Morton" title="George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton">George Douglas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1715_British_general_election" title="1715 British general election">1715</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Moodie" title="James Moodie">James Moodie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1722_British_general_election" title="1722 British general election">1722</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Douglas,_13th_Earl_of_Morton" title="George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton">George Douglas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1730_Orkney_and_Shetland_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1730 Orkney and Shetland by-election (page does not exist)">1730 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Douglas_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Douglas (MP)">Robert Douglas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1747_British_general_election" title="1747 British general election">1747</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Halyburton_(died_1765)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Halyburton (died 1765)">James Halyburton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1754_British_general_election" title="1754 British general election">1754</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Douglas,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet">James Douglas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1768_British_general_election" title="1768 British general election">1768</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dundas_(of_Fingask_and_Carronhall)" title="Thomas Dundas (of Fingask and Carronhall)">Thomas Dundas I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1771_Orkney_and_Shetland_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1771 Orkney and Shetland by-election (page does not exist)">1771 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dundas_(British_Army_officer)" title="Thomas Dundas (British Army officer)">Thomas Dundas II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1780_British_general_election" title="1780 British general election">1780</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Baikie" title="Robert Baikie">Robert Baikie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1781 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dundas,_1st_Baron_Amesbury" title="Charles Dundas, 1st Baron Amesbury">Charles Dundas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1784_British_general_election" title="1784 British general election">1784</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dundas_(British_Army_officer)" title="Thomas Dundas (British Army officer)">Thomas Dundas II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333CC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1790_British_general_election" title="1790 British general election">1790</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Balfour_(Orkney_MP)" title="John Balfour (Orkney MP)">John Balfour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)" title="Tories (British political party)">Tory</a><sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith1842-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1796_British_general_election" title="1796 British general election">1796</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Honyman_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Robert Honyman (Royal Navy officer)">Capt. Robert Honyman I</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1806_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1806 United Kingdom general election">1806</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Honyman_(British_Army_officer)" title="Robert Honyman (British Army officer)">Col. Robert Honyman II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1807_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1807 United Kingdom general election">1807</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Laing" title="Malcolm Laing">Malcolm Laing</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1812_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1812 United Kingdom general election">1812</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Honyman" title="Richard Honyman">Richard Honyman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1818_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1818 United Kingdom general election">1818</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Dundas_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="George Dundas (Royal Navy officer)">George Dundas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: white"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1820_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1820 United Kingdom general election">1820</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Balfour_(Orkney_MP)" title="John Balfour (Orkney MP)">John Balfour</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1826_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1826 United Kingdom general election">1826</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Dundas_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="George Dundas (Royal Navy officer)">George Dundas</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1830_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1830 United Kingdom general election">1830</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Traill" title="George Traill">George Traill</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1835_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1835 United Kingdom general election">1835</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Balfour" title="Thomas Balfour">Thomas Balfour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a><sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith1842-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1837 United Kingdom general election">1837</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dundas" title="Frederick Dundas">Frederick Dundas</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a><sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith1842-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-churton_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-churton-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fife1837_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fife1837-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1847_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1847 United Kingdom general election">1847</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Anderson_(businessman)" title="Arthur Anderson (businessman)">Arthur Anderson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1852 United Kingdom general election">1852</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dundas" title="Frederick Dundas">Frederick Dundas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">1859</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1873_Orkney_and_Shetland_by-election" title="1873 Orkney and Shetland by-election">1873 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Laing_(science_writer)" title="Samuel Laing (science writer)">Samuel Laing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Lyell,_1st_Baron_Lyell" title="Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell">Leonard Lyell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #2061A2"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Cathcart_Wason" title="Cathcart Wason">Cathcart Wason</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFAA"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1902_Orkney_and_Shetland_by-election" title="1902 Orkney and Shetland by-election">1902 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFF890"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Coalition_Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Coalition Liberal">Coalition Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1921_Orkney_and_Shetland_by-election" title="1921 Orkney and Shetland by-election">1921 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Smith_(Scottish_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Malcolm Smith (Scottish politician)">Malcolm Smith</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamilton_(Liberal_politician)" title="Robert Hamilton (Liberal politician)">Robert Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basil_Neven-Spence" title="Basil Neven-Spence">Basil Neven-Spence</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Orkney_%26_Shetland_election_results.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Orkney_%26_Shetland_election_results.png" decoding="async" width="738" height="452" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="452" /></a><figcaption>Orkney & Shetland election results</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2020s">Elections in the 2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">General election 2024</a>: Orkney and Shetland <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,392 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+10.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Leslie </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,585 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−16.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #00B140; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Green_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Green Party">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alex Armitage </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,046 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,586 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Conor Savage </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,493 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Shane Painter </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">586 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,807 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+27.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,688 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">34,236 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+13.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2010s">Elections in the 2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">General election 2019</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>10,381 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>44.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−3.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Leslie </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,874 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jenny Fairbairn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,287 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Coilla Drake </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,550 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Brexit_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Brexit Party">Brexit Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">900 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Barnard </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">168 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,507 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−8.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,160 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−4.4 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">General election 2017</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,312 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+7.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Miriam Brett </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,749 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−8.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robina Barton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,664 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Halcro_Johnston" title="Jamie Halcro Johnston">Jamie Halcro Johnston</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,024 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">283 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_%22Captain_Calamity%22_Hill" title="Stuart "Captain Calamity" Hill">Stuart Hill</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">245 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,563 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+16.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,277 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">68.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+8.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">General election 2015</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2015_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2015-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,407 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>41.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−20.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Danus_Skene" title="Danus Skene">Danus Skene</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,590 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+27.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Cameron_(Scottish_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Cameron (Scottish politician)">Donald Cameron</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,025 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gerry McGarvey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,624 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Smith<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,082 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">817 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−47.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,728 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">65.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−23.9 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">General election 2010</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,989 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+10.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Cooper </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,061 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Mowat </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,042 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Frank Nairn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,032 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,222 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,928 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+14.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,346 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+7.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2000s">Elections in the 2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">General election 2005</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2005_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2005-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,138 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+10.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard Meade </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,511 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Frank Nairn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,357 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Mowat </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,833 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #ff0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party" title="Scottish Socialist Party">Scottish Socialist</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Aberdein </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">992 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Scott Dyble </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">424 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #669966; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Legalise_Cannabis_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Legalise Cannabis Alliance">Legalise Cannabis</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paul Cruickshank </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">311 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Free Scotland Party </td> <td class="fn">Brian Nugent </td> <td style="text-align:right;">176 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,627 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+16.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,742 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+8.3 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">General election 2001</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2001_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2001-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,919 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>41.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−10.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Mochrie </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,444 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Firth </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,121 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Mowat </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,473 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #ff0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party" title="Scottish Socialist Party">Scottish Socialist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Andrews </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">776 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,475 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−13.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,733 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−11.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−13.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1990s">Elections in the 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">General election 1997</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>10,743 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+5.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Paton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,775 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Willie Ross </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,624 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Hope Anderson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,527 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #bf475c; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum</a> </td> <td class="fn">Francis Adamson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">820 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #ffe4e1; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a> </td> <td class="fn">Christian Wharton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">116 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Arthur Robertson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,968 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,665 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">General election 1992</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1992_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1992-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,575 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paul McCormick </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,542 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Aberdein </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,093 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Frances McKie </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,301 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #ffe4e1; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a> </td> <td class="fn">Christian Wharton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">115 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,033 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,626 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">65.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1980s">Elections in the 1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">General election 1987</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1987_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1987-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,881 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>41.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−4.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard Jenkins </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,959 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Aberdein </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,995 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_Movement" title="Orkney and Shetland Movement">Orkney and Shetland Movement</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Goodlad </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,095 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #528D6B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(UK)" title="Green Party (UK)">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Grierson Collister </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">389 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,922 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,319 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">68.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">General election 1983</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1983_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1983-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,374 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>45.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−10.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Myles_(politician)" title="David Myles (politician)">David Myles</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,224 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Winifred_Ewing" class="mw-redirect" title="Winifred Ewing">Winifred Ewing</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,147 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robina Goodlad </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,665 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,150 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−14.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,410 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1970s">Elections in the 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">General election 1979</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>10,950 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Donaldson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,140 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robina Goodlad </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,385 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Spens </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">935 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−12.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,810 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,410 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–3.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election October 1974</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,877 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−5.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Howard Firth </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,025 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Raymond M. Fraser </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,495 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−8.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jonathan W. G. Wills </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,175 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,852 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,572 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–11.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election February 1974</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,491 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+15.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">John L. Firth </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,186 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jonathan W. G. Wills </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,865 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,305 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+24.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,542 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">71.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+12.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">General election 1970</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,896 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−12.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">John L. Firth </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,364 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">William Macpherson Reid </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,552 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,532 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−21.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,812 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">65.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–10.9 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1960s">Elections in the 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">General election 1966</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,605 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−3.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #5555FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">John L. Firth </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,630 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Hugh Lynch </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,021 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,975 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,256 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">65.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">General election 1964</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,604 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−1.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #5555FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">John L. Firth </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,704 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ian MacInnes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,232 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">±0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,900 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,540 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">72.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1950s">Elections in the 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">General election 1959</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>12,099 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #5555FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Hunter Wingate Bruce </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,487 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert S. McGowan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,275 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,612 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,861 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">71.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">General election 1955</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,753 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+6.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #5555FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">John W. Eunson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,760 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Edgar Ramsay </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,914 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,993 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+12.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,427 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">General election 1951</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,745 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+10.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #5555FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Archibald Tennant </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,354 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Magnus A. Fairnie </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,335 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,391 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+16.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,434 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">General election 1950</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,237 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+12.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #5555FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Basil_Neven-Spence" title="Basil Neven-Spence">Basil Neven-Spence</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,281 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harald_Leslie,_Lord_Birsay" title="Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay">Harald Leslie</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,335 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−8.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,956 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,716 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+12.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1940s">Elections in the 1940s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1940s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">General election 1945</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#5555FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Basil_Neven-Spence" title="Basil Neven-Spence">Basil Neven-Spence</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,304 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>36.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−21.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,975 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−8.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Prophet Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,208 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">329 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−13.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,487 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #5555FF"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1930s">Elections in the 1930s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>General election 1939–40</b>: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; </p> <ul><li><b>Conservative</b>: <a href="/wiki/Basil_Neven-Spence" title="Basil Neven-Spence">Basil Neven-Spence</a></li> <li><b>Liberal</b>: <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Glen-Coats,_2nd_Baronet#Lady_Glen-Coats" title="Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, 2nd Baronet">Louise Glen-Coats</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">General election 1935</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#5555FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Basil_Neven-Spence" title="Basil Neven-Spence">Basil Neven-Spence</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,406 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>New</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamilton_(Liberal_politician)" title="Robert Hamilton (Liberal politician)">Robert Hamilton</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,180 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,226 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,586 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #5555FF"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">General election 1931</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamilton_(Liberal_politician)" title="Robert Hamilton (Liberal politician)">Robert Hamilton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>Unopposed </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1920s">Elections in the 1920s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1920s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">General election 1929</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamilton_(Liberal_politician)" title="Robert Hamilton (Liberal politician)">Robert Hamilton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,256 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #5555FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Basil_Neven-Spence" title="Basil Neven-Spence">Basil Neven-Spence</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,404 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,852 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,660 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">General election 1924</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamilton_(Liberal_politician)" title="Robert Hamilton (Liberal politician)">Robert Hamilton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>Unopposed </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">General election 1923</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamilton_(Liberal_politician)" title="Robert Hamilton (Liberal politician)">Robert Hamilton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,129 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>54.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #5555FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Boothby,_Baron_Boothby" title="Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby">Robert Boothby</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,318 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">811 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,447 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1920_Sir_Robert_Hamilton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/1920_Sir_Robert_Hamilton.jpg/120px-1920_Sir_Robert_Hamilton.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/1920_Sir_Robert_Hamilton.jpg/180px-1920_Sir_Robert_Hamilton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/1920_Sir_Robert_Hamilton.jpg/240px-1920_Sir_Robert_Hamilton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="614" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Hamilton</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">General election 1922</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamilton_(Liberal_politician)" title="Robert Hamilton (Liberal politician)">Robert Hamilton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,814 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFF890; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1922)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)">National Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Smith_(Scottish_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Malcolm Smith (Scottish politician)">Malcolm Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,189 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">625 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,003 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1922)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)">National Liberal</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1921_Orkney_and_Shetland_by-election" title="1921 Orkney and Shetland by-election">1921 Orkney and Shetland by-election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px; color:#FFFFFF"><b>C</b> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Smith_(Scottish_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Malcolm Smith (Scottish politician)">Malcolm Smith</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><b>C</b> <small>indicates <a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon">candidate endorsed by the coalition government</a>.</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1910s">Elections in the 1910s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1910s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">General election 1918</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px; color:#FFFFFF"><b>C</b> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Cathcart_Wason" title="Cathcart Wason">Cathcart Wason</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><b>C</b> <small>indicates <a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon">candidate endorsed by the coalition government</a>.</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election December 1910</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Cathcart_Wason" title="Cathcart Wason">Cathcart Wason</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cathcart_Wason.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Cathcart_Wason.jpg/120px-Cathcart_Wason.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Cathcart_Wason.jpg/180px-Cathcart_Wason.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Cathcart_Wason.jpg/240px-Cathcart_Wason.jpg 2x" data-file-width="539" data-file-height="721" /></a><figcaption>Cathcart Wason</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election January 1910</a>: Orkney and Shetland </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Cathcart_Wason" title="Cathcart Wason">Cathcart Wason</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,117 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>80.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2061A2; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Unionist">Liberal Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thomas William Hemsley </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">994 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,123 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,111 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">71.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1900s">Elections in the 1900s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1900s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">General election 1906</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Cathcart_Wason" title="Cathcart Wason">Cathcart Wason</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,837 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>79.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+29.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">C. J. Dunlop </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,021 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−21.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,816 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,858 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7,680 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+29.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_McKinnon_Wood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Thomas_McKinnon_Wood.jpg/120px-Thomas_McKinnon_Wood.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Thomas_McKinnon_Wood.jpg/180px-Thomas_McKinnon_Wood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Thomas_McKinnon_Wood.jpg/240px-Thomas_McKinnon_Wood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="830" /></a><figcaption>McKinnon Wood</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1902_Orkney_and_Shetland_by-election" title="1902 Orkney and Shetland by-election">1902 Orkney and Shetland by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFFFAA; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Cathcart_Wason" title="Cathcart Wason">Cathcart Wason</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,412 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+46.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/McKinnon_Wood_(Liberal_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="McKinnon Wood (Liberal politician)">McKinnon Wood</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,001 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2061A2; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Theodore Vivian Samuel Angier </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">740 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−36.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">411 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,153 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">68.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+13.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7,572 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFAA"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cathcart_Wason.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Cathcart_Wason.JPG/120px-Cathcart_Wason.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Cathcart_Wason.JPG/180px-Cathcart_Wason.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Cathcart_Wason.JPG/240px-Cathcart_Wason.JPG 2x" data-file-width="303" data-file-height="408" /></a><figcaption>Cathcart Wason</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">General election 1900</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#2061A2; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Cathcart_Wason" title="Cathcart Wason">Cathcart Wason</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,057 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+10.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Lyell,_1st_Baron_Lyell" title="Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell">Leonard Lyell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,017 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,074 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">54.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7,420 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #2061A2"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+10.4 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1890s">Elections in the 1890s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1890s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Leonard_Lyell,_Bt_in_1898.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Sir_Leonard_Lyell%2C_Bt_in_1898.jpg/120px-Sir_Leonard_Lyell%2C_Bt_in_1898.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Sir_Leonard_Lyell%2C_Bt_in_1898.jpg/180px-Sir_Leonard_Lyell%2C_Bt_in_1898.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Sir_Leonard_Lyell%2C_Bt_in_1898.jpg/240px-Sir_Leonard_Lyell%2C_Bt_in_1898.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Lyell</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">General election 1895</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Lyell,_1st_Baron_Lyell" title="Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell">Leonard Lyell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,361 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−2.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2061A2; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Unionist">Liberal Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ralph Wardlaw MacLeod Fullarton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,580 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">781 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,941 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7,053 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">General election 1892</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Lyell,_1st_Baron_Lyell" title="Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell">Leonard Lyell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,624 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−1.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2061A2; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Unionist">Liberal Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Younger,_1st_Baronet,_of_Auchen_Castle" title="Sir William Younger, 1st Baronet, of Auchen Castle">William Younger</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,617 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,007 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,241 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7,075 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1880s">Elections in the 1880s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1880s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">General election 1886</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Lyell,_1st_Baron_Lyell" title="Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell">Leonard Lyell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,353 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−0.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2061A2; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Henry Hoare<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,382 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">971 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,735 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−21.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7,394 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.3 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">General election 1885</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_39-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Lyell,_1st_Baron_Lyell" title="Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell">Leonard Lyell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,352 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+2.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Cospatrick Thomas Dundas <sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,940 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,412 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,292 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">71.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−14.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7,394 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">General election 1880</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Laing_(science_writer)" title="Samuel Laing (science writer)">Samuel Laing</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>896 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Roy Badenoch<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">578 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">318 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,474 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">86.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,704 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1870s">Elections in the 1870s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1870s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1874 United Kingdom general election">General election 1874</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Laing_(science_writer)" title="Samuel Laing (science writer)">Samuel Laing</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,618 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1873_Orkney_and_Shetland_by-election" title="1873 Orkney and Shetland by-election">By-election, 11 Jan 1873</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Laing_(science_writer)" title="Samuel Laing (science writer)">Samuel Laing</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>646 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Tait<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">621 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−21.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,267 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">82.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,537 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li>Caused by Dundas' death.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1860s">Elections in the 1860s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1860s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">General election 1868</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dundas" title="Frederick Dundas">Frederick Dundas</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>715 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Henry Riddell<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">446 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">269 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,161 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">78.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,486 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">General election 1865</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dundas" title="Frederick Dundas">Frederick Dundas</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">685 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1850s">Elections in the 1850s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1850s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">General election 1859</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dundas" title="Frederick Dundas">Frederick Dundas</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">621 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1857_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1857 United Kingdom general election">General election 1857</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dundas" title="Frederick Dundas">Frederick Dundas</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">615 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1852 United Kingdom general election">General election 1852</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF7F00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dundas" title="Frederick Dundas">Frederick Dundas</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>227 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−46.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Inglis<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">194 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">421 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">651 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1840s">Elections in the 1840s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1840s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1847_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1847 United Kingdom general election">General election 1847</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF7F00; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Anderson_(businessman)" title="Arthur Anderson (businessman)">Arthur Anderson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>209 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dundas" title="Frederick Dundas">Frederick Dundas</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">183 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">392 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">65.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">599 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1841_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1841 United Kingdom general election">General election 1841</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dundas" title="Frederick Dundas">Frederick Dundas</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">526 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1830s">Elections in the 1830s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1830s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1837 United Kingdom general election">General election 1837</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith1842-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dundas" title="Frederick Dundas">Frederick Dundas</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">476 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1835_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1835 United Kingdom general election">General election 1835</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith1842-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Balfour" title="Thomas Balfour">Thomas Balfour</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>114 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+12.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Traill" title="George Traill">George Traill</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">198 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−11.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">298 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+9.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1832 United Kingdom general election">General election 1832</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_42-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith1842-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF7F00;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Traill" title="George Traill">George Traill</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>107 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333CC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)" title="Tories (British political party)">Tory</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Laing_(travel_writer)" title="Samuel Laing (travel writer)">Samuel Laing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">96 </td> <td style="text-align:right">45.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF7F00;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Hunter </td> <td style="text-align:right">9 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">212 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">272 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1831_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1831 United Kingdom general election">General election 1831</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith1842-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hop1820-1832_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hop1820-1832-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Traill" title="George Traill">George Traill</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">43 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1830_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1830 United Kingdom general election">General election 1830</a>: Orkney and Shetland<sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith1842-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hop1820-1832_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hop1820-1832-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Traill" title="George Traill">George Traill</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">43 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ONS-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ONS_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ONS_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFOffice_for_National_Statistics2016" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a> (24 February 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration/adhocs/005301parliamentaryelectorsbyparliamentaryconstituencies20102015">"Parliamentary Electors by Parliamentary Constituencies 2010–2015"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 February</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Parliamentary+Electors+by+Parliamentary+Constituencies+2010%E2%80%932015&rft.date=2016-02-24&rft.au=Office+for+National+Statistics&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Felections%2Felectoralregistration%2Fadhocs%2F005301parliamentaryelectorsbyparliamentaryconstituencies20102015&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-29273089">"Scottish referendum: North east and Northern Isles vote "No"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 19 September 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Scottish+referendum%3A+North+east+and+Northern+Isles+vote+%22No%22&rft.date=2014-09-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fuk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-29273089&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-53233722">"Ynys Môn constituency 'protected' from cut in number of MPS"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 30 June 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Ynys+M%C3%B4n+constituency+%27protected%27+from+cut+in+number+of+MPS&rft.date=2020-06-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-wales-politics-53233722&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rule 3A of the <a href="/wiki/Boundary_Commissions_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boundary Commissions (United Kingdom)">Boundary Commission</a> rules stated "A constituency which includes the Orkney Islands or the Shetland Islands shall not include the whole or any part of a local government area other than the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands." <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boundarycommission.org.uk/rules.asp">Boundary Commission Rules</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041159/http://www.boundarycommission.org.uk/rules.asp">Archived</a> 2014-09-24 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> This rule was added in the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Constituencies_Act_1986" title="Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986">Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986</a> and retained in the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a>, which established the Scottish Parliament.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HOP1690-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HOP1690_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/constituencies/orkney-and-shetland">"Orkney and Shetland"</a>. History of Parliament Online (1690-1715)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Orkney+and+Shetland&rft.pub=History+of+Parliament+Online+%281690-1715%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofparliamentonline.org%2Fvolume%2F1690-1715%2Fconstituencies%2Forkney-and-shetland&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HOP1715-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HOP1715_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/constituencies/orkney-and-shetland">"Orkney and Shetland"</a>. History of Parliament Online (1715-1754)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Orkney+and+Shetland&rft.pub=History+of+Parliament+Online+%281715-1754%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofparliamentonline.org%2Fvolume%2F1715-1754%2Fconstituencies%2Forkney-and-shetland&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HOP1754-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HOP1754_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/constituencies/orkney-and-shetland">"Orkney and Shetland"</a>. History of Parliament Online (1754–1790)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Orkney+and+Shetland&rft.pub=History+of+Parliament+Online+%281754%E2%80%931790%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofparliamentonline.org%2Fvolume%2F1754-1790%2Fconstituencies%2Forkney-and-shetland&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HOP1790-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HOP1790_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/constituencies/orkney-and-shetland">"Orkney and Shetland"</a>. History of Parliament Online (1790–1820)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Orkney+and+Shetland&rft.pub=History+of+Parliament+Online+%281790%E2%80%931820%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofparliamentonline.org%2Fvolume%2F1790-1820%2Fconstituencies%2Forkney-and-shetland&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HOP1820-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HOP1820_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/orkney-and-shetland">"Orkney and Shetland"</a>. History of Parliament Online (1820–1832)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Orkney+and+Shetland&rft.pub=History+of+Parliament+Online+%281820%E2%80%931832%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofparliamentonline.org%2Fvolume%2F1820-1832%2Fconstituencies%2Forkney-and-shetland&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IXxjrFHwlVoC&pg=PA3"><i>Orcadensis to William Corbett MP on the Political Grievances of Orkney and Shetland</i></a>. Edinburgh: John Hamilton. 1833. pp. 3–5<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Orcadensis+to+William+Corbett+MP+on+the+Political+Grievances+of+Orkney+and+Shetland&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pages=3-5&rft.pub=John+Hamilton&rft.date=1833&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIXxjrFHwlVoC%26pg%3DPA3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alba.org.uk/scot99constit/h05.html">"Candidates and Constituency Assessments"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118141216/http://www.alba.org.uk/scot99constit/h05.html">Archived</a> January 18, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. alba.org.uk - "The almanac of Scottish elections and politics". Retrieved 9 February 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.snptacticalvoting.com/2009/10/untouchable-orkney-shetland-isles.html">"The Untouchable Orkney & Shetland Isles "</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130602140903/http://www.snptacticalvoting.com/2009/10/untouchable-orkney-shetland-isles.html">Archived</a> 2 June 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (1 October 2009) www.snptacticalvoting.com Retrieved 9 February 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-stookssmith1842-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stookssmith1842_13-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith1842" class="citation book cs1">Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VQgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA207"><i>The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections</i></a> (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 207–208<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 September</span> 2018</span> – via <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Register+of+Parliamentary+Contested+Elections&rft.pages=207-208&rft.edition=Second&rft.pub=Simpkin%2C+Marshall+%26+Company&rft.date=1842&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Henry+Stooks&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVQgHAAAAQAAJ%26pg%3DPA207&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-churton-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-churton_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChurton1838" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Churton" title="Edward Churton">Churton, Edward</a> (1838). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA77"><i>The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838</i></a>. p. 77<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 September</span> 2018</span> – via <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Assembled+Commons+or+Parliamentary+Biographer%3A+1838&rft.pages=77&rft.date=1838&rft.aulast=Churton&rft.aufirst=Edward&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFVwEAAAAQAAJ%26pg%3DPA77&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fife1837-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fife1837_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000447/18370803/002/0002">"Orkney"</a></span>. <i>Fife Herald</i>. 3 August 1837. pp. 1–2<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 September</span> 2018</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fife+Herald&rft.atitle=Orkney&rft.pages=1-2&rft.date=1837-08-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000447%2F18370803%2F002%2F0002&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Files/Council/Elections/General%20Election%202024/Declaration%20UKPGE%202024.pdf">"UK Parliamentary Election - 4 July 2024 Orkney and Shetland Constituency"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Orkney Islands Council</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Orkney+Islands+Council&rft.atitle=UK+Parliamentary+Election+-+4+July+2024+Orkney+and+Shetland+Constituency&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orkney.gov.uk%2FFiles%2FCouncil%2FElections%2FGeneral%2520Election%25202024%2FDeclaration%2520UKPGE%25202024.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000051">"Orkney and Shetland results"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 5 July 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Orkney+and+Shetland+results&rft.date=2024-07-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Felection%2F2024%2Fuk%2Fconstituencies%2FS14000051&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.orkney.gov.uk/OIC-News/Candidates-announced-Orkney-Shetland-constituency-141119.htm">"Candidates announced for Orkney and Shetland constituency - 14 November"</a>. <i>Orkney Islands Council</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 November</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Orkney+Islands+Council&rft.atitle=Candidates+announced+for+Orkney+and+Shetland+constituency+-+14+November&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orkney.gov.uk%2FOIC-News%2FCandidates-announced-Orkney-Shetland-constituency-141119.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/S14000051">"Orkney & Shetland parliamentary constituency - Election 2019"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Orkney+%26+Shetland+parliamentary+constituency+-+Election+2019&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fconstituencies%2FS14000051&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shetnews.co.uk/newsbites/14501-170427">"shetnews: Barton for Labour"</a>. shetnews. 27 April 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 April</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=shetnews%3A+Barton+for+Labour&rft.pub=shetnews&rft.date=2017-04-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shetnews.co.uk%2Fnewsbites%2F14501-170427&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shetnews.co.uk/newsbites/14521-hill-to-stand-for-parliament">"shetnews: Hill to Stand for Parliament"</a>. shetnews. 2 May 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 May</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=shetnews%3A+Hill+to+Stand+for+Parliament&rft.pub=shetnews&rft.date=2017-05-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shetnews.co.uk%2Fnewsbites%2F14521-hill-to-stand-for-parliament&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-electoralcalculus2015-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-electoralcalculus2015_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt">"Election Data 2015"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Calculus" title="Electoral Calculus">Electoral Calculus</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt">the original</a> on 17 October 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+Data+2015&rft.pub=Electoral+Calculus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcalculus.co.uk%2Felectdata_2015.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193210/http://www.shetland.gov.uk/elections/documents/DeclarationofResults-OrkneyandShetland.pdf">"Archived copy"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shetland.gov.uk/elections/documents/DeclarationofResults-OrkneyandShetland.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 4 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Archived+copy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shetland.gov.uk%2Felections%2Fdocuments%2FDeclarationofResults-OrkneyandShetland.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title" title="Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150707104849/http://www.libdemvoice.org/alistair-carmichael-reselected-for-orkney-and-shetland-37764.html">"Alistair Carmichael reselected for Orkney and Shetland"</a>. <i>Liberal Democrat Voice</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.libdemvoice.org/alistair-carmichael-reselected-for-orkney-and-shetland-37764.html">the original</a> on 7 July 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 December</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Liberal+Democrat+Voice&rft.atitle=Alistair+Carmichael+reselected+for+Orkney+and+Shetland&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libdemvoice.org%2Falistair-carmichael-reselected-for-orkney-and-shetland-37764.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2015/03/16/conservative-candidate-named">"Conservative candidate named"</a>. <i>The Shetland Times</i>. 16 March 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Shetland+Times&rft.atitle=Conservative+candidate+named&rft.date=2015-03-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shetlandtimes.co.uk%2F2015%2F03%2F16%2Fconservative-candidate-named&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/10267-ukip-to-field-robert-smith-again">"UKIP to field Robert Smith again"</a>. <i>Shetland News</i>. 4 March 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Shetland+News&rft.atitle=UKIP+to+field+Robert+Smith+again&rft.date=2015-03-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shetnews.co.uk%2Fnews%2F10267-ukip-to-field-robert-smith-again&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt">"Election Data 2010"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Calculus" title="Electoral Calculus">Electoral Calculus</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt">the original</a> on 26 July 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+Data+2010&rft.pub=Electoral+Calculus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcalculus.co.uk%2Felectdata_2010.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100504161220/http://election.pressassociation.com/Nominations/general.php">"Press Association Elections"</a>. <i>pressassociation.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://election.pressassociation.com/Nominations/general.php">the original</a> on 4 May 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 April</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=pressassociation.com&rft.atitle=Press+Association+Elections&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Felection.pressassociation.com%2FNominations%2Fgeneral.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/851.stm">"BBC News — Election 2010 - Constituency - Orkney & Shetland"</a>. <i>bbc.co.uk</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=bbc.co.uk&rft.atitle=BBC+News+%E2%80%94+Election+2010+-+Constituency+-+Orkney+%26+Shetland&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fshared%2Felection2010%2Fresults%2Fconstituency%2F851.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-electoralcalculus2005-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-electoralcalculus2005_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt">"Election Data 2005"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Calculus" title="Electoral Calculus">Electoral Calculus</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt">the original</a> on 15 October 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+Data+2005&rft.pub=Electoral+Calculus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcalculus.co.uk%2Felectdata_2005ob.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-electoralcalculus2001-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-electoralcalculus2001_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt">"Election Data 2001"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Calculus" title="Electoral Calculus">Electoral Calculus</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt">the original</a> on 15 October 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+Data+2001&rft.pub=Electoral+Calculus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcalculus.co.uk%2Felectdata_2001ob.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt">"Election Data 1997"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Calculus" title="Electoral Calculus">Electoral Calculus</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt">the original</a> on 15 October 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+Data+1997&rft.pub=Electoral+Calculus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcalculus.co.uk%2Felectdata_1997.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075525/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/648.htm">"Politics Resources"</a>. <i>Election 1997</i>. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/648.htm">the original</a> on 24 September 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 December</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Election+1997&rft.atitle=Politics+Resources&rft.date=1997-05-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsresources.net%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fconstit%2F648.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.130 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-electoralcalculus1992-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-electoralcalculus1992_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt">"Election Data 1992"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Calculus" title="Electoral Calculus">Electoral Calculus</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt">the original</a> on 15 October 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+Data+1992&rft.pub=Electoral+Calculus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcalculus.co.uk%2Felectdata_1992ob.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm">"Politics Resources"</a>. <i>Election 1992</i>. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm">the original</a> on 24 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 December</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Election+1992&rft.atitle=Politics+Resources&rft.date=1992-04-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsresources.net%2Farea%2Fuk%2Fge92%2Fge92index.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-electoralcalculus1987-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-electoralcalculus1987_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt">"Election Data 1987"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Calculus" title="Electoral Calculus">Electoral Calculus</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt">the original</a> on 15 October 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+Data+1987&rft.pub=Electoral+Calculus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcalculus.co.uk%2Felectdata_1987.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-electoralcalculus1983-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-electoralcalculus1983_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt">"Election Data 1983"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Calculus" title="Electoral Calculus">Electoral Calculus</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt">the original</a> on 15 October 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+Data+1983&rft.pub=Electoral+Calculus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcalculus.co.uk%2Felectdata_1983.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-craig1885-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_39-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_39-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_39-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_39-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_39-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCraig1974" class="citation book cs1">Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). <i>British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918</i>. London: Macmillan Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781349022984" title="Special:BookSources/9781349022984"><bdi>9781349022984</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Parliamentary+Election+Results%3A+1885-1918&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Macmillan+Press&rft.date=1974&rft.isbn=9781349022984&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000495/18860728/054/0004">"Orkney and Shetland Election"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_Advertiser" title="Hampshire Advertiser">Hampshire Advertiser</a></i>. 28 July 1886. p. 4<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 December</span> 2017</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Hampshire+Advertiser&rft.atitle=Orkney+and+Shetland+Election&rft.pages=4&rft.date=1886-07-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000495%2F18860728%2F054%2F0004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000666/18851205/029/0002">"Every Man's Duty"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shetland_Times" title="The Shetland Times">The Shetland Times</a></i>. 5 December 1885. p. 2<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 December</span> 2017</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Shetland+Times&rft.atitle=Every+Man%27s+Duty&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1885-12-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000666%2F18851205%2F029%2F0002&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-craig1832-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1832_42-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCraig1977" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/F._W._S._Craig" title="F. W. S. Craig">Craig, F. W. S.</a>, ed. (1977). <i>British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885</i> (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-349-02349-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-349-02349-3"><bdi>978-1-349-02349-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Parliamentary+Election+Results+1832-1885&rft.place=London&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Macmillan+Press&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=978-1-349-02349-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000666/18800424/036/0003">"Candidate"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shetland_Times" title="The Shetland Times">The Shetland Times</a></i>. 24 April 1880. p. 3<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 December</span> 2017</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Shetland+Times&rft.atitle=Candidate&rft.pages=3&rft.date=1880-04-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000666%2F18800424%2F036%2F0003&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000665/18721216/045/0004">"Orkney and Shetland Election"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shetland_Times" title="The Shetland Times">The Shetland Times</a></i>. 16 December 1872. p. 4<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 January</span> 2018</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Shetland+Times&rft.atitle=Orkney+and+Shetland+Election&rft.pages=4&rft.date=1872-12-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000665%2F18721216%2F045%2F0004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000463/18681110/046/0002">"The County Contest"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Orkney_Herald" title="Orkney Herald">Orkney Herald</a></i>. 10 November 1868. p. 2<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 March</span> 2018</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Orkney+Herald&rft.atitle=The+County+Contest&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1868-11-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000463%2F18681110%2F046%2F0002&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18681112/019/0005">"Orkney and Shetland"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/London_Evening_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="London Evening Standard">London Evening Standard</a></i>. 12 November 1868. pp. 4–5<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 March</span> 2018</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=London+Evening+Standard&rft.atitle=Orkney+and+Shetland&rft.pages=4-5&rft.date=1868-11-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000183%2F18681112%2F019%2F0005&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000459/18520723/001/0001">"Orkney and Shetland Election"</a></span>. <i>John o'Groat Journal</i>. 23 July 1852. pp. 1–2<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 September</span> 2018</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=John+o%27Groat+Journal&rft.atitle=Orkney+and+Shetland+Election&rft.pages=1-2&rft.date=1852-07-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000459%2F18520723%2F001%2F0001&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000447/18330124/002/0002">"Orkney and Zetland Election"</a></span>. <i>Fife Herald</i>. 24 January 1833. p. 1<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 May</span> 2020</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fife+Herald&rft.atitle=Orkney+and+Zetland+Election&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1833-01-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000447%2F18330124%2F002%2F0002&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hop1820-1832-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hop1820-1832_49-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hop1820-1832_49-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFisher" class="citation web cs1">Fisher, David R. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/orkney-and-shetland">"Orkney and Shetland"</a>. <i>The History of Parliament</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 May</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+History+of+Parliament&rft.atitle=Orkney+and+Shetland&rft.aulast=Fisher&rft.aufirst=David+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofparliamentonline.org%2Fvolume%2F1820-1832%2Fconstituencies%2Forkney-and-shetland&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrkney+and+Shetland+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F._W._S._Craig" title="F. W. S. Craig">F. W. S. Craig</a>, <i>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._W._S._Craig" title="F. W. S. Craig">F. W. S. Craig</a>, <i>British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 – 1918</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._W._S._Craig" title="F. W. S. Craig">F. W. S. Craig</a>, <i>British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 – 1885</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150215181722/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ocommons.htm">Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O" </a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/512.stm">BBC Vote 2001</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/512.stm">BBC Election 2005</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040908123618/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-1280,00.html">Guardian Unlimited Politics</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm">UK general elections since 1832</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/">Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090702081222/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/">Archived</a> 2009-07-02 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Election results from 1950 to the present)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/14448.html">Orkney and Shetland UK Parliament constituency</a> (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at <i>MapIt UK</i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/169048.html">Orkney and Shetland UK Parliament constituency</a> (boundaries from June 2024) at <i>MapIt UK</i></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="UK_Parliament_constituencies_in_Scotland_by_holding_party_(57)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Constituencies_in_Scotland_by_Holding_Party" title="Template:Constituencies in Scotland by Holding Party"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Constituencies_in_Scotland_by_Holding_Party" title="Template talk:Constituencies in Scotland by Holding Party"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Constituencies_in_Scotland_by_Holding_Party" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Constituencies in Scotland by Holding Party"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="UK_Parliament_constituencies_in_Scotland_by_holding_party_(57)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a> constituencies in Scotland by holding party (57)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (37)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alloa_and_Grangemouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Alloa and Grangemouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Alloa and Grangemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayr,_Carrick_and_Cumnock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)">Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bathgate_and_Linlithgow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bathgate and Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency)">Bathgate and Linlithgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Ayrshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Central Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_and_Bellshill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Coatbridge and Bellshill (UK Parliament constituency)">Coatbridge and Bellshill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowdenbeath_and_Kirkcaldy_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency)">Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumbernauld_and_Kirkintilloch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (UK Parliament constituency)">Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_and_Dollar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline and Dollar (UK Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline and Dollar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Kilbride_and_Strathaven_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Kilbride and Strathaven (UK Parliament constituency)">East Kilbride and Strathaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Renfrewshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Renfrewshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_East_and_Musselburgh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh East and Musselburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_North_and_Leith_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh North and Leith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)">Falkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow East (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow North (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow West (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenrothes_and_Mid_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glenrothes and Mid Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">Glenrothes and Mid Fife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_and_Clyde_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton and Clyde Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Hamilton and Clyde Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverclyde_and_Renfrewshire_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West (UK Parliament constituency)">Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_and_Loudoun_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock and Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lothian_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lothian East (UK Parliament constituency)">Lothian East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midlothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)">Midlothian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherwell,_Wishaw_and_Carluke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke (UK Parliament constituency)">Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_an_Iar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)">Na h-Eileanan an Iar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Ayrshire_and_Arran_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Ayrshire and Arran (UK Parliament constituency)">North Ayrshire and Arran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley and Renfrewshire North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley and Renfrewshire South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherglen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)">Rutherglen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling_and_Strathallan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stirling and Strathallan (UK Parliament constituency)">Stirling and Strathallan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Dunbartonshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_North_and_Moray_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeenshire North and Moray East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_and_Perthshire_Glens_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Angus and Perthshire Glens (UK Parliament constituency)">Angus and Perthshire Glens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbroath_and_Broughty_Ferry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (UK Parliament constituency)">Arbroath and Broughty Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argyll,_Bute_and_South_Lochaber_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)">Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Dundee Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moray_West,_Nairn_and_Strathspey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)">Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_and_Kinross-shire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perth and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)">Perth and Kinross-shire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Easter_Ross_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)">Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness,_Skye_and_West_Ross-shire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)">Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Orkney and Shetland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berwickshire,_Roxburgh_and_Selkirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)">Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)">Dumfries and Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire,_Clydesdale_and_Tweeddale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)">Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_and_Buchan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)">Gordon and Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Aberdeenshire_and_Kincardine_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)">West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Scottish_Westminster_constituencies" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#bfd7ff;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_(style_1)" title="Template:Scottish Westminster constituencies (style 1)"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_(style_1)" title="Template talk:Scottish Westminster constituencies (style 1)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_(style_1)" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Scottish Westminster constituencies (style 1)"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Scottish_Westminster_constituencies" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies">Scottish Westminster constituencies</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1708_to_1832" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1708 to 1832">1708 to 1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1832_to_1868" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1832 to 1868">1832 to 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1868_to_1885" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1868 to 1885">1868 to 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1885_to_1918" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1885 to 1918">1885 to 1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1918_to_1950" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1918 to 1950">1918 to 1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1950_to_1955" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1950 to 1955">1950 to 1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1955_to_1974" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1955 to 1974">1955 to 1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1974_to_1983" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1974 to 1983">1974 to 1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1983_to_1997" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1983 to 1997">1983 to 1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1997_to_2005" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1997 to 2005">1997 to 2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_2005_to_2024" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 2005 to 2024">2005 to 2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#bfd7ff;padding:1px;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>Current constituencies (2024)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_North_and_Moray_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeenshire North and Moray East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)">Airdrie & Shotts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alloa_and_Grangemouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Alloa and Grangemouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Alloa & Grangemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_and_Perthshire_Glens_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Angus and Perthshire Glens (UK Parliament constituency)">Angus & Perthshire Glens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbroath_and_Broughty_Ferry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (UK Parliament constituency)">Arbroath & Broughty Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argyll,_Bute_and_South_Lochaber_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)">Argyll, Bute & South Lochaber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayr,_Carrick_and_Cumnock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)">Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bathgate_and_Linlithgow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bathgate and Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency)">Bathgate & Linlithgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berwickshire,_Roxburgh_and_Selkirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)">Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Easter_Ross_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)">Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Ayrshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Central Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_and_Bellshill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Coatbridge and Bellshill (UK Parliament constituency)">Coatbridge & Bellshill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowdenbeath_and_Kirkcaldy_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency)">Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumbernauld_and_Kirkintilloch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (UK Parliament constituency)">Cumbernauld & Kirkintilloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)">Dumfries & Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire,_Clydesdale_and_Tweeddale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)">Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Dundee Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_and_Dollar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline and Dollar (UK Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline & Dollar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Kilbride_and_Strathaven_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Kilbride and Strathaven (UK Parliament constituency)">East Kilbride & Strathaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Renfrewshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Renfrewshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_East_and_Musselburgh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh East & Musselburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_North_and_Leith_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh North & Leith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)">Falkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow East (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow North (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow West (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenrothes_and_Mid_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glenrothes and Mid Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">Glenrothes & Mid Fife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_and_Buchan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)">Gordon & Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_and_Clyde_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton and Clyde Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Hamilton & Clyde Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverclyde_and_Renfrewshire_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West (UK Parliament constituency)">Inverclyde & Renfrewshire West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness,_Skye_and_West_Ross-shire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)">Inverness, Skye & West Ross-shire </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_and_Loudoun_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock & Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lothian_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lothian East (UK Parliament constituency)">Lothian East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midlothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)">Midlothian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moray_West,_Nairn_and_Strathspey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)">Moray West, Nairn & Strathspey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherwell,_Wishaw_and_Carluke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke (UK Parliament constituency)">Motherwell, Wishaw & Carluke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_an_Iar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)">Na h-Eileanan an Iar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Ayrshire_and_Arran_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Ayrshire and Arran (UK Parliament constituency)">North Ayrshire & Arran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Orkney & Shetland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley & Renfrewshire North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley & Renfrewshire South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_and_Kinross-shire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perth and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)">Perth & Kinross-shire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherglen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)">Rutherglen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling_and_Strathallan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stirling and Strathallan (UK Parliament constituency)">Stirling & Strathallan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Aberdeenshire_and_Kincardine_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)">West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Dunbartonshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="«_1918–1950_«_Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1950–1955_»_1955–1974_»" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1950%E2%80%931955" title="Template:Scottish Westminster constituencies 1950–1955"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1950%E2%80%931955&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Scottish Westminster constituencies 1950–1955 (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1950%E2%80%931955" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Scottish Westminster constituencies 1950–1955"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="«_1918–1950_«_Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1950–1955_»_1955–1974_»" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><small>« <i><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1918_to_1950" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1918 to 1950">1918–1950</a></i> «</small>   <span style="padding:0 3.5em"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1950_to_1955" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1950 to 1955">Scottish Westminster constituencies 1950–1955</a> </span>   <small>» <i><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1955_to_1974" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1955 to 1974">1955–1974</a></i> »</small></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Burgh_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgh constituencies">Burgh<br />constituencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen North </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_and_Airdrie_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Coatbridge and Airdrie (UK Parliament constituency)">Coatbridge and Airdrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)">Dundee East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)">Dundee West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Leith_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Leith (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Leith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh North (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Pentlands_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Pentlands (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Pentlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Bridgeton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Bridgeton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Camlachie_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Camlachie (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Camlachie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Cathcart_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Cathcart (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Cathcart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Gorbals_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Gorbals (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Gorbals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Govan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Govan (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Govan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Hillhead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Hillhead (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Hillhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Kelvingrove_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Kelvingrove (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Kelvingrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Maryhill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Maryhill (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Maryhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Pollok_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Pollok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Scotstoun_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Scotstoun (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Scotstoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Shettleston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Shettleston (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Shettleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Springburn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Springburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Tradeston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Tradeston (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Tradeston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Woodside_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Woodside (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Woodside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)">Greenock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)">Kirkcaldy Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling_and_Falkirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stirling and Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)">Stirling and Falkirk Burghs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/County_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="County constituencies">County<br />constituencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argyllshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Argyllshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Argyll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ayr (UK Parliament constituency)">Ayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banffshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Banffshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berwick_and_East_Lothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Berwick and East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)">Berwick and East Lothian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bothwell_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bothwell (UK Parliament constituency)">Bothwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bute_and_Northern_Ayrshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bute and Northern Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Bute and Northern Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caithness_and_Sutherland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness and Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency)">Caithness and Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Ayrshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Central Ayrshire CC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clackmannan_and_Eastern_Stirlingshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Dumfriesshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Aberdeenshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Aberdeenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">East Fife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Renfrewshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Renfrewshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galloway_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)">Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton (UK Parliament constituency)">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness (UK Parliament constituency)">Inverness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinross_and_Western_Perthshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kinross and Western Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Kinross and Western Perthshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanark_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lanark (UK Parliament constituency)">Lanark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midlothian_and_Peebles_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian and Peebles (UK Parliament constituency)">Midlothian and Peebles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moray_and_Nairn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)">Moray and Nairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherwell_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell (UK Parliament constituency)">Motherwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Angus_and_Mearns_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency)">North Angus and Mearns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)">North Lanarkshire</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Orkney and Shetland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_and_East_Perthshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perth and East Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Perth and East Perthshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_and_Cromarty_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)">Ross and Cromarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxburgh_and_Selkirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)">Roxburgh and Selkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherglen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)">Rutherglen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Angus_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)">South Angus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Ayrshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Aberdeenshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Aberdeenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">West Fife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Lothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)">West Lothian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Renfrewshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Renfrewshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Stirlingshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Stirlingshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_an_Iar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)">Western Isles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1708_to_1832" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1708 to 1832">1708–1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1832_to_1868" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1832 to 1868">1832–1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1868_to_1885" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1868 to 1885">1868–1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1885_to_1918" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1885 to 1918">1885–1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1918_to_1950" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1918 to 1950">1918–1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1950_to_1955" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1950 to 1955">1950–1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1955_to_1974" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1955 to 1974">1955–1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1974_to_1983" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1974 to 1983">1974–1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1983_to_1997" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1983 to 1997">1983–1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_1997_to_2005" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 1997 to 2005">1997–2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_2005_to_2024" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies 2005 to 2024">2005–2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies_from_2024" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies from 2024">2024–present</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-label="Navbox" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a>: People <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1050931#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.parliament.uk/ZDBnWj7m">UK Parliament</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&params=59.775_N_1.803_W_region:GB_scale:500000"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">59°46′30″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°48′11″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">59.775°N 1.803°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">59.775; -1.803</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&oldid=1255916320">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&oldid=1255916320</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Westminster_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Scotland" title="Category:Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland">Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Orkney" title="Category:Politics of Orkney">Politics of Orkney</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Shetland" title="Category:Politics of Shetland">Politics of Shetland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_established_in_1708" title="Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708">Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1708_establishments_in_Scotland" title="Category:1708 establishments in Scotland">1708 establishments in Scotland</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_with_non-numeric_formatnum_arguments" title="Category:Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments">Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title" title="Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title">CS1 maint: archived copy as title</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_gadget_WikiMiniAtlas" title="Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas">Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_April_2022" title="Category:Use dmy dates from April 2022">Use dmy dates from April 2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_articles_incorporating_an_LRPP-MP_template_as_an_external_link" title="Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template as an external link">Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template as an external link</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Coordinates_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Coordinates on Wikidata">Coordinates on Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 7 November 2024, at 07:46<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-czcdm","wgBackendResponseTime":165,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"1.695","walltime":"1.934","ppvisitednodes":{"value":24498,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":355468,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":51874,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":14,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":5,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":206657,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1577.625 1 -total"," 19.68% 310.529 92 Template:Election_box_candidate_with_party_link"," 17.17% 270.937 1 Template:Reflist"," 9.78% 154.213 42 Template:Election_box_winning_candidate_with_party_link"," 9.53% 150.312 27 Template:Cite_web"," 9.17% 144.651 50 Template:Election_box_begin"," 7.13% 112.462 50 Template:Tooltip"," 5.32% 83.955 3 Template:Navbox"," 5.25% 82.777 35 Template:Election_box_hold_with_party_link"," 5.13% 80.946 1 Template:Constituencies_in_Scotland_by_Holding_Party"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.944","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":16022934,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-2hmlm","timestamp":"20241124090114","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q1050931","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q1050931","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2005-03-11T13:23:50Z","dateModified":"2024-11-07T07:46:15Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e4\/OrkneyShetlandConstituency.svg","headline":"Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801 onwards"}</script> </body> </html>