Orkney (constituency)

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Orkney
Orkney

Highlands and Islands

Educated
1999
MP
Liam McArthur ( Liberal Democrats )

Liam McArthur

Regions
Orkney

Orkney is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region , which was redesigned as part of the constituency revision in 2011. It covers the Orkney Islands and sends one MP.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​989.8 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 21,349 people lived within its borders. This makes Orkney the least populous constituency for the Scottish Parliament.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Liberal Democrats Jim Wallace 6010 67.4
Conservative Christopher Zawadski 1391 15.6
SNP John Mowat 917 10.3
Labor Angus MacLeod 600 6.7

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Jim Wallace 3659 45.7 −21.7
Conservative Christopher Zawadski 1904 23.8 +8.2
SNP John Mowat 1056 13.2 +2.9
Scottish Socialist John Aberyour 914 11.4 +11.4
Labor Richard Meade 471 5.9 −0.8
Turnout: 8004 (51.68%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Liam McArthur 4113 47.5 +1.8
SNP John Mowat 1637 18.9 +5.7
Conservative Helen Gardiner 1632 18.9 −4.9
Labor Iain MacDonald 1134 13.1 +7.2
Non-party Barrie Johnson 137 1.6 +1.6
Turnout: 8,653 (53.43%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Liam McArthur 2912 35.7 −11.8
Non-party James Stockan 2052 25.2 +25.2
SNP Donna Heddle 2044 25.1 +6.2
Conservative Jamie Halcro-Johnson 686 8.4 −10.5
Labor William Sharkey 458 5.6 −7.5
Turnout: 8,152 (49.73%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Liberal Democrats Liam McArthur 7.096 67.4 +31.6
SNP Donna Heddle 2,562 24.3 −0.8
Conservative Jamie Halcro Johnston 435 4.1 −4.3
Labor Gerry McGarvey 304 2.9 −2.7
Non-party Paul Dawson 137 1.3 +1.3
Turnout: (62.0%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament