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34,824 electors
Active Seat

Orkney and Shetland

Current MP
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
64.1%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael Hold
Majority 7,807
Turnout 60.4% ↓7.3pp
Total Votes 20,688
Winner Swing ↑10.3pp
✓ Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrats
11,392 55.1%
↑10.2pp
Robert Leslie
Scottish National Party
3,585 17.3%
↓16.7pp
Alex Armitage
—
2,046 9.9%
—
Robert Smith
Reform UK
1,586 7.7%
↑3.8pp
Conor Savage
Labour
1,493 7.2%
↑0.5pp
Shane Painter
Conservative
586 2.8%
↓7.0pp
Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael Hold
Majority 2,507
Turnout 67.7% ↓0.4pp
Total Votes 23,160
Winner Swing ↓3.8pp
✓ Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrats
10,381 44.8%
↓3.8pp
Robert Leslie
Labour (Co-op)
7,874 34.0%
↑5.0pp
Jennifer Fairbairn
Conservative
2,287 9.9%
↑1.2pp
Coilla Drake
Labour
1,550 6.7%
↓4.8pp
Robert Smith
—
900 3.9%
—
David Barnard
—
168 0.7%
—
Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael Hold
Majority 4,563
Turnout 68.1% ↑2.3pp
Total Votes 23,277
Winner Swing ↑7.2pp
✓ Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrats
11,312 48.6%
↑7.2pp
Miriam Brett
Labour (Co-op)
6,749 29.0%
↓8.8pp
Robina Barton
Labour
2,664 11.4%
↑4.3pp
Jamie Halcro Johnston
Conservative
2,024 8.7%
↓0.2pp
Robert Smith
—
283 1.2%
↓3.5pp
Stuart Hill
—
245 1.1%
—
Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael Hold
Majority 817
Turnout 65.8% ↑7.3pp
Total Votes 22,728
Winner Swing ↓20.6pp
✓ Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrats
9,407 41.4%
↓20.6pp
Danus Skene
Labour (Co-op)
8,590 37.8%
↑27.2pp
Donald Cameron
Conservative
2,025 8.9%
↓1.6pp
Gerry McGarvey
Labour
1,624 7.2%
↓3.5pp
Robert Smith
—
1,082 4.8%
↓1.6pp
Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael Hold
Majority 9,928
Turnout 58.5%
Total Votes 19,346
✓ Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrats
11,989 62.0%
↑10.5pp
Mark Cooper
Labour
2,061 10.7%
↓3.5pp
John Mowat
Labour (Co-op)
2,042 10.6%
↑0.2pp
Frank Spencer Nairn
Conservative
2,032 10.5%
↓2.8pp
Robert Smith
—
1,222 6.3%
↑3.9pp

Turnout Trend

58.5%
'10
65.8%
'15
68.1%
'17
67.7%
'19
60.4%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
23.4% ▲5.5pp
50 to 64
22.9%
0 to 17
19.3%
35 to 49
17.6%
25 to 34
11.0%
18 to 24
5.8%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.0%
Asian or Asian British
0.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.8%
Other
0.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.2%
📊 Age
65 and over
23.4%
45 to 64
22.9%
Under 18
19.3%
30 to 44
17.6%
18 to 29
16.8%
⛪ Religion
No religion
59.6%
Christian
33.3%
Not answered
5.5%
Other religion
1.1%
Buddhist
0.3%
Muslim
0.2%
Jewish
0.0%
Hindu
0.0%
Sikh
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.9%
Asian or Asian British
0.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.1%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
29.4%
Under 18
20.8%
30 to 44
19.0%
65 and over
18.0%
18 to 29
12.8%
⛪ Religion
Christian
47.6%
No religion
42.4%
Religion not stated
8.7%
Other religion
0.6%
Buddhist
0.3%
Muslim
0.3%
Hindu
0.0%
Jewish
0.0%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
📚
No previous MPs found
No historic membership records available for this constituency