UK general elections › 2017 › Orkney and Shetland
Orkney and Shetland — 2017
Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 11,312 votes— 48.6% of 23,277 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. 48.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 23,277
| 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 | 11,312 | 48.6% | −1.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Miriam Brett | Scottish National Party | 6,749 | 29.0% | — | |
| 3 | Robina Barton | Labour Party | 2,664 | 11.4% | — | |
| 4 | Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative Party | 2,024 | 8.7% | — | |
| 5 | Robert Smith | UK Independence Party | 283 | 1.2% | — | |
| 6 | Stuart Hill | Independent | 245 | 1.1% | — |
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.