UK general elections › 2010 › Orkney and Shetland
Orkney and Shetland — 2010
Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 11,989 votes— 62.0% of 19,346 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 19,346
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alistair Carmichael | Liberal Democrats | 11,989 | 62.0% | +12.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Cooper | Labour Party | 2,061 | 10.7% | — | |
| 3 | John Mowat | Scottish National Party | 2,042 | 10.6% | — | |
| 4 | Frank Spencer Nairn | Conservative Party | 2,032 | 10.5% | — | |
| 5 | Robert Smith | UK Independence Party | 1,222 | 6.3% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.