Shetland (constituency)
Shetland |
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Educated |
1999 |
MP |
Tavish Scott ( Liberal Democrats ) |
Regions |
Shetland |
Shetland 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 includes the Shetland Islands and sends one MP.
The constituency extends over an area of 1,466.7 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 23,167 people lived within its borders. This makes Shetland the second most populous constituency for the Scottish Parliament.
Election results
General election 1999
Results of the 1999 general election | |||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % |
Liberal Democrats | Tavish Scott | 5455 | 54.5 |
Labor | Jonathan Wills | 2241 | 22.5 |
SNP | Willie Ross | 1430 | 14.3 |
Conservative | Gary Robinson | 872 | 8.7 |
General election 2003
Results of the 2003 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
Liberal Democrats | Tavish Scott | 3989 | 46.1 | −8.4 |
SNP | Willie Ross | 1729 | 20.0 | +5.7 |
Conservative | John Firth | 1281 | 14.8 | +6.1 |
Labor | Peter Hamilton | 880 | 10.2 | −12.3 |
Scottish Socialist | Peter Andrews | 766 | 8.9 | +8.9 |
Turnout: 8,645 (51.84%) |
General election 2007
Results of the 2007 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
Liberal Democrats | Tavish Scott | 6531 | 66.7 | +20.6 |
SNP | Val Simpson | 1622 | 16.6 | −3.4 |
Conservative | Mark Jones | 972 | 9.9 | −4.9 |
Labor | Scott Burnett | 670 | 6.8 | −3.4 |
Turnout: 9795 (57.25%) |
Parliamentary election 2011
Results of the 2011 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
Liberal Democrats | Tavish Scott | 4462 | 47.5 | −19.2 |
Non-party | Billy Fox | 2845 | 30.3 | +30.3 |
SNP | Jean Urquhart | 1134 | 12.1 | −4.5 |
Labor | Jamie Kerr | 620 | 6.6 | −0.2 |
Conservative | Sandy Cross | 330 | 3.5 | −6.4 |
Turnout: 9,391 (53.65%) |
General election 2016
Results of the 2016 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
Liberal Democrats | Tavish Scott | 7,440 | 67.4 | +19.9 |
SNP | Danus Skene | 2,545 | 23.1 | +11.0 |
Labor | Robina Barton | 651 | 5.9 | −0.7 |
Conservative | Cameron Smith | 405 | 3.7 | +0.2 |
Turnout: 11,041 |