Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Shetland
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Shetland shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Liberal Democrat
MSP	Tavish Scott
Council area	Shetland Islands

Shetland 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.

Electoral region

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

Member of the Scottish Parliament

It has been represented by Tavish Scott, former Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, since the 1999 election.

	Member	Party
1999	Tavish Scott	Liberal Democrat
2003
2007
2011
2016

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Shetland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tavish Scott	7440	67.4	19.9
	SNP	Danus Skene	2545	23.1	11
	Conservative	Cameron Smith	405	3.7	0.2
	Labour	Robina Barton	651	5.9%	-0.7
Majority
Turnout

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Shetland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tavish Scott	4,462	47.5	-19.2
	Independent	Billy Fox	2,845	30.3	N/A
	SNP	Jean Urquhart	1,134	12.1	-4.5
	Labour	Jamie Kerr	620	6.6	-0.2
	Conservative	Sandy Cross	330	3.5	-6.4
Majority			1,617	17.2
Turnout			9,391	53.4	-404
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Shetland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tavish Scott	6,531	66.7	+20.7
	SNP	Val Simpson	1,622	16.6	-3.4
	Conservative	Mark Jones	972	9.9	-4.9
	Labour	Scott Burnett	670	6.8	-3.9
Majority			4,409	50.1
Turnout			9,795	57.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Shetland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tavish Scott	3,989	46.14	- 8.33
	SNP	Willie Ross	1,729	20.00	+ 5.67
	Conservative	John Firth	1,281	14.82	+ 6.08
	Labour	Peter Hamilton	880	10.18	- 12.28
	Scottish Socialist	Peter Andrews	766	8.86	N/A
Majority			2,260	26.14	- 5.87
Turnout			8,645,	51.84	- 6.93
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Shetland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tavish Scott	5,455	54.47	N/A
	Labour	Jonathan Wills	2,241	22.46	N/A
	SNP	Willie Ross	1,430	14.33	N/A
	Conservative	Gary Robinson	872	8.74	N/A
Majority			3,214	32.01
Turnout			9,998	58.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Notes

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

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

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

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

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

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

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

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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