UK general elections › 2015 › Orkney and Shetland
Orkney and Shetland — 2015
Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 9,407 votes— 41.4% of 22,728 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 41.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 22,728
| 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 | 9,407 | 41.4% | −8.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Danus Skene | Scottish National Party | 8,590 | 37.8% | — | |
| 3 | Donald Cameron | Conservative Party | 2,025 | 8.9% | — | |
| 4 | Gerry McGarvey | Labour Party | 1,624 | 7.1% | — | |
| 5 | Robert Smith | UK Independence Party | 1,082 | 4.8% | — |
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.