Shetland (constituency)

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Shetland
Shetland

Highlands and Islands

Educated
1999
MP
Tavish Scott ( Liberal Democrats )

Tavish Scott

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
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
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
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
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
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

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