Orkney and Shetland

Orkney and Shetland
Educated
1708
MP
Alistair Carmichael ( Liberal Democrats )
Regions
Orkney Shetland

Orkney and Shetland is a constituency for the British House of Commons . To represent Scottish interests in the British House of Commons, it became necessary to set up constituencies under the Act of Union . Orkney and Shetland constituency was introduced in 1708, making it the oldest constituency in Scotland still in existence today. It completely covers the archipelago of the Orkneys and Shetlands . This was not the case from the start, as Kirkwall , the capital of the Orkneys, was not within the constituency until 1918 . The constituency sends a representative.

Election results

MPs between 1708 and 1832

• 1708-1713: Alexander Douglas
• 1713-1715: George Douglas
• 1715-1722: James Moodie
• 1722-1730: George Douglas
• 1730-1745: Robert Douglas
• 1747-1754: James Halyburton
• 1754-1768: James Douglas
• 1768-1770: Thomas Dundas
• 1771-1780: Thomas Dundas
• 1780–1781: Robert Baikie
• 1781-1784: Charles Dundas
• 1784–1790: Thomas Dundas
• 1790-1796: John Balfour
• 1796-1806: Robert Honyman
• 1806-1807: Robert Honyman
• 1807-1812: Malcolm Laing
• 1812-1818: Richard Honyman
• 1818–1820: George Heneage Lawrence Dundas
• 1820-1826: John Balfour
• 1826–1830: George Heneage Lawrence Dundas
• 1830-1832: George Traill

General election 1832

Results of the general election in 1832
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Whig	George Traill	107	50.5
Tory	S. Laing	96	45.3
Whig	R. Hunter	9	4.2

General election 1835

Results of the general election in 1835
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Tory	Thomas Balfour	114	57.6
Whig	George Traill	84	42.4

General election 1837

Results of the general election in 1837
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Frederick Dundas		100

General election 1841

Results of the general election in 1841
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Frederick Dundas		100

General election 1847

Results of the general election in 1847
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Arthur Anderson	209	53.3
Liberal	Frederick Dundas	183	46.7

General election 1852

Results of the general election in 1852
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Frederick Dundas	227	53.9
Conservative	J. Inglis	194	46.1

General election 1857

Results of the general election in 1857
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Frederick Dundas		100

General election 1859

Results of the general election in 1859
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Frederick Dundas		100

General election 1865

Results of the general election in 1865
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Frederick Dundas		100

General election 1868

Results of the general election in 1868
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Frederick Dundas	715	61.6
Conservative	HB Riddell	446	38.4

By-elections 1873

Results of the 1873 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Samuel Laing	646	51.0
Liberal	P. Tait	621	49.0

General election 1880

Results of the general election in 1880
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Samuel Laing	896	63.4
Conservative	GR Badenoch	518	36.6

General election 1885

Results of the general election in 1885
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Leonard Lyell	3352	63.3	−0.1
Conservative	Cospatrick Thomas Dundas	1940	36.7	+0.1

General election 1886

Results of the general election in 1886
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Leonard Lyell	2353	63.0	−0.3
Liberal Unionist	H. Hoare	1382	37.0	+0.3

General election 1892

Results of the general election in 1892
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Leonard Lyell	2623	61.9	−1.1
Liberal Unionist	W. Younger	1617	38.1	+1.1

General election 1895

Results of the general election in 1895
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Leonard Lyell	2360	59.9	−2.0
Liberal Unionist	Ralph Wardlaw MacLeod Fullarton	1580	40.1	+2.0

General election 1900

Results of the general election in 1900
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Unionist	Cathcart Wason	2057	50.5	+10.4
Liberal	Leonard Lyell	2017	49.5	−10.4

By-elections 1902

Results of the 1902 by-elections
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Independent liberal	Cathcart Wason	2412	46.8	+46.8
Liberal	Thomas McKinnon Wood	2001	38.8	−10.7
Liberal Unionist	Theodore Vivian Samuel Angier	740	14.4	−36.1

General election 1906

Results of the 1906 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Cathcart Wason	3837	79.0	+40.2
Liberal Unionist	CJ Dunlop	1021	21.0	+6.6

General election January 1910

Results of the general election January 1910
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Cathcart Wason	4117	80.6	+1.6
Liberal Unionist	Thomas William Hemsley	994	19.4	−1.6

General election December 1910

Cathcart Wason defends his mandate unopposed.

General election 1918

Cathcart Wason defends his mandate unopposed.

By-elections in 1921

The liberal Malcolm Smith wins the mandate unopposed.

General election 1922

Results of the general election in 1922
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Robert William Hamilton	4814	53.5
National Liberal	Malcolm Smith	4189	46.5

General election 1923

Results of the general election in 1923
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Robert William Hamilton	5129	54.3	+0.8
unionist	Bob Boothby	4318	45.7	+45.7

General election 1924

Robert William Hamilton defends his mandate unopposed.

General election 1929

Results of the 1929 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal	Robert William Hamilton	8256	60.4
unionist	Basil Neven-Spence	5404	39.6

General election 1931

Robert William Hamilton defends his mandate unopposed.

General election 1935

Results of the general election in 1935
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Conservative	Basil Neven-Spence	8406	57.6
Liberal	Robert William Hamilton	6180	42.4

General election 1945

Results of the general election in 1945
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Conservative	Basil Neven-Spence	6304	36.1	−21.5
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	5975	34.2	−8.5
Labor	JL Smith	5208	29.8	+29.8

General election 1950

Results of the general election in 1950
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	9237	46.9	+12.7
Conservative	Basil Neven-Spence	6281	31.9	−4.2
Labor	Harald Leslie	4198	21.3	−8.5

General election 1951

Results of the general election in 1951
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	11,745	57.5	+10.6
Conservative	Archibald Tennant	5354	26.2	−5.7
Labor	Magnus A. Fairnie	3335	16.3	−5.0

General election 1955

Results of the general election in 1955
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	11,753	63.8	+6.3
Conservative	John W. Eunson	3760	20.4	−5.8
Labor	Edgar Ramsay	2914	15.8	−0.5

General election 1959

Results of the general election in 1959
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	12,099	64.2	+0.4
Conservative	Robert Hunter Wingate Bruce	3487	18.5	−1.9
Labor	Robert S. McGowan	3275	17.4	+1.6

General election 1964

Results of the 1964 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	11,604	62.6	−1.6
Conservative	John L. Firth	3704	20.0	+1.5
Labor	Ian MacInnes	3232	17.4	± 0.0

General election 1966

Results of the 1966 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	9605	59.1	−3.5
Conservative	John L. Firth	3630	22.3	+2.3
Labor	Hugh Lynch	3021	18.6	+1.2

General election 1970

Results of the 1970 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	7896	47.0	−12.1
Conservative	John L. Firth	5364	31.9	+9.6
Labor	William Macpherson Reid	3552	21.1	+2.5

General election February 1974

Results of the February 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	11,491	62.0	+15.0
Conservative	John L. Firth	4186	22.6	−9.3
Labor	JWG Wills	2865	15.5	−5.6

General election October 1974

Results of the October 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	9877	56.2	−5.8
SNP	H. Firth	3025	17.2	+17.2
Conservative	RM Fraser	2495	14.2	−8.4
Labor	JWG Wills	2175	12.4	−3.1

General election 1979

Results of the 1979 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Joseph Grimond	10,950	56.4	+0.2
Conservative	C. Donaldson	4140	21.3	+7.1
Labor	Robina Goodlad	3385	17.4	+5.0
SNP	M. Spens	935	4.8	−12.4

General election 1983

Results of the 1983 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Jim Wallace	9374	45.9	−10.5
Conservative	David Myles	5224	25.6	+4.3
SNP	Winnie Ewing	3147	15.4	+10.6
Labor	Robina Goodlad	2665	13.1	−4.3

General election 1987

Results of the 1987 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal	Jim Wallace	8881	41.7	−4.2
Conservative	RWA Jenkins	4959	23.3	−2.3
Labor	John Aberyour	3995	18.7	+5.6
Orkney and Shetland Movement	John Goodlad	3095	14.5	+14.5
Green	GK Collister	389	1.8	+1.8

General election 1992

Results of the general election in 1992
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	Jim Wallace	9575	46.4	+4.7
Conservative	Paul McCormick	4542	22.0	−1.3
Labor	John Aberyour	4093	19.8	+1.1
SNP	Frances McKie	2301	11.2	+11.2
Natural Law	Christian Wharton	115	0.6	+0.6

General election 1997

Results of the 1997 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	Jim Wallace	10,743	52.0	+5.6
Labor	James Paton	3775	18.3	−1.5
SNP	Willie Ross	2624	12.7	+1.5
Conservative	Hope Vere Anderson	2527	12.2	−9.8
Referendum party	Francis Adamson	820	4.0	+4.0
Natural Law	Christian Wharton	116	0.6	± 0.0
Non-party	Arthur Robertson	60	0.3	+0.3

General election 2001

Results of the 2001 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	Alistair Carmichael	6919	41.3	−10.7
Labor	Robert Mochrie	3444	20.6	+2.3
Conservative	John Firth	3121	18.7	+6.5
SNP	John Mowat	2473	14.8	+2.1
Socialist	Peter Andrews	776	4.6	+4.6

General election 2005

Results of the general election 2005
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	Alistair Carmichael	9138	51.5	+10.2
Labor	Richard Meade	2511	14.2	−6.4
Conservative	Frank Nairn	2357	13.3	−5.4
SNP	John Mowat	1833	10.3	−4.5
Socialist	John Aberyour	992	5.6	+1.0
UKIP	Scott Dyble	424	2.4	+2.4
Legalize Cannabis Alliance	Paul Cruickshank	311	1.8	+1.8
Free Scotland Party	Brian Nugent	176	1.0	+1.0

General election 2010

Results of the 2010 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	Alistair Carmichael	11,989	62.0	+10.5
Labor	Mark Cooper	2061	10.7	−3.5
SNP	John Mowat	2042	10.6	+0.3
Conservative	Frank Nairn	2032	10.5	−2.8
UKIP	Robert Smith	1222	6.3	+3.9

General election 2015

Results of the general election 2015
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	Alistair Carmichael	9407	41.4	−20.6
SNP	Danus Skene	8590	37.8	+27.2
Conservative	Donald Cameron	2025	8.9	−1.6
Labor	Mark Cooper	1624	7.1	−3.5
UKIP	Robert Smith	1082	4.8	−1.5

General election 2017

Results of the 2017 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	Alistair Carmichael	11,312	48.6	+7.2
SNP	Miriam Brett	6749	29.0	−8.8
Labor	Robina Barton	2664	11.4	+4.3
Conservative	Jamie Halcro Johnston	2024	8.7	−0.2
UKIP	Robert Smith	283	1.2	−3.6
Non-party	Stuart Hill	245	1.1	+1.1

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ^ ^{A b} Richard B. Mosse: The parliamentary guide. A concise biography of the members of both houses of parliament, their connexions, etc. AH Bailly & Co., London 1837, p. 115 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} James Acland: The Imperial Poll Book of all Elections from the Passing of the Reform Act in 1832 to the End of 1864; to which is Prefixed an Argument upon Representation as it is and as it Should Be; with Statistical Tables, etc. Acland, Brighton 1864.
4. ↑ George H. Townsend: The Handbook of the year 1868. Wyman & Sons, London 1869, p. 374 .
5. ↑ Information about the general election in 1868
6. ^ Results of the general election in 1880
7. ^ Results of the general election in 1885
8. ↑ George Fisher Russell Barker, Milverton Godfrey Dauglish: Historical and Political Handbook. Chapman & Hall, London 1886, p. 256 .
9. ^ Mansons ′ Shetland Almanac and Directory for 1893. Vol. 2, 1893, p. 18 .
10. ^ Daily Mail and Empire: British Politics , August 12, 1895.
11. ↑ ^{a b c} The Press: The Orkney and Shetland Election , March 28, 1906.
12. ^ Results of the general election in January 1910
13. ^ New York Daily Tribune: Parliament unchanged , December 15, 1910.
14. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election in January 1918 and the by-elections in 1921
15. ^ The Barrier Miner: British Politics , November 22, 1922.
16. ^ The West Australian: Election Results , December 13, 1923.
17. ↑ Results of the general election for Orkney and Shetland
18. ^ Results of the general election in 1931
19. ^ Results of the general election in 1935
20. ^ Results of the general election in 1945
21. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1950 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
22. ^ Results of the general election in 1951
23. ^ Results of the general election in 1955
24. ^ Results of the general election in 1959
25. ^ Results of the general election in 1964
26. ^ Results of the general election in 1966
27. ^ Results of the 1970 general election
28. ^ Results of the general election February 1974
29. ^ Results of the general election in October 1974
30. ^ Results of the 1979 general election
31. ^ Results of the general election in 1983
32. ^ Results of the general election in 1987
33. ^ Results of the general election in 1992
34. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 1997 and 2001 general election
35. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 2005 ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
36. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 2010 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
37. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election 2015