Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Orkney
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Orkney shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Liberal Democrats
MSP	Liam McArthur
Council area	Orkney Islands

Orkney is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The former Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace represented the constituency from 1999 to 2007.

Electoral region

Orkney is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies of are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Inverness and Nairn, Moray, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Shetland and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of the Highland council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney Islands council area, all of the Shetland Islands council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Orkney constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, to cover the Orkney Islands council area. In the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), the council area is covered by the Orkney and Shetland constituency, which also covers the Shetland Islands council area.^[1]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Jim Wallace	Liberal Democrat
2003	Jim Wallace
2007	Liam McArthur
2011
2016

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Orkney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	Labour	Gerry McGarvey	304	2.9	-2.7
	Independent	Paul Dawson	137	1.3	N/A
Majority			4,534	43.1%	+32.6
Turnout				62.0%	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Orkney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liam McArthur	2,912	35.7	-11.8
	Independent	James Stockan	2,052	25.2	N/A
	SNP	Donna Heddle	2,044	25.1	+6.2
	Conservative	Jamie Halcro-Johnson	686	8.4	-10.4
	Labour	William Sharkey	458	5.6	-7.5
Majority			860	10.5
Turnout			8,152	49.3	-501
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Orkney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liam McArthur	4,113	47.5	+1.8
	SNP	John Mowat	1,637	18.9	+5.7
	Conservative	Helen Gardiner	1,632	18.9	-4.9
	Labour	Iain MacDonald	1,134	13.1	+7.2
	Independent	Barrie Johnson	137	1.6	+1.6
Majority			2,476	28.6
Turnout			8,653	53.4	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election 2003: Orkney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Wallace	3,659	45.71	-21.68
	Conservative	Christopher Zawadski	1,904	23.79	+ 8.19
	SNP	John Mowat	1,056	13.19	+ 2.91
	Scottish Socialist	John Aberdein	914	11.42	+11.42
	Labour	Richard Meade	471	5.88	-0.85
Majority			1,755	21.9	-29.86
Turnout			8,004	51.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election 1999: Orkney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Wallace	6,010	67.4	N/A
	Conservative	Christopher Zawadski	1,391	15.6	N/A
	SNP	John Mowat	917	10.3	N/A
	Labour	Angus Macleod	600	6.7	N/A
Majority			4,619	51.8	N/A
Turnout			8,918	57.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Preceded by None	Constituency represented by the Deputy First Minister 1999–2005	Succeeded by Aberdeen South

References

↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

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Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

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North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

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Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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