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Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Orkney Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Orkney shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Liam McArthur |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| 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.
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The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Moray, Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Shetland and the Western Isles.
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 Isles council area, all of the Shetland Isles council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.
The Orkney constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, to cover the Orkney Isles 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 Isles council area.[1].
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Jim Wallace | Liberal Democrat | |
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| 2007 | Liam McArthur | ||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Orkney | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Liam McArthur | 4,113 | 47.5 | +1.8 | |
| Scottish National Party | John Mowat | 1,637 | 18.9 | +5.7 | |
| Conservative Party | Helen Gardiner | 1,632 | 18.9 | -4.9 | |
| Labour Party | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Wallace | 3,659 | 45.71 | -21.68 | |
| Conservative Party | Christopher Zawadski | 1,904 | 23.79 | + 8.19 | |
| Scottish National Party | John Mowat | 1,056 | 13.19 | + 2.91 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | John Aberdein | 914 | 11.42 | +11.42 | |
| Labour Party | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Wallace | 6,010 | 67.39 | ||
| Conservative Party | Christopher Zawadski | 1,391 | 15.60 | ||
| Scottish National Party | John Mowat | 917 | 10.28 | ||
| Labour Party | Angus Macleod | 600 | 6.73 | ||
| Majority | 4,619 | 51.79 | |||
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