UK general elections › 2019 › Orkney and Shetland
Orkney and Shetland — 2019
Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 10,381 votes— 44.8% of 23,160 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. 44.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 23,160
| 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 | 10,381 | 44.8% | −5.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert Leslie | Scottish National Party | 7,874 | 34.0% | — | |
| 3 | Jennifer Fairbairn | Conservative Party | 2,287 | 9.9% | — | |
| 4 | Coilla Drake | Labour Party | 1,550 | 6.7% | — | |
| 5 | Robert Smith | The Brexit Party | 900 | 3.9% | — | |
| 6 | David Barnard | Independent | 168 | 0.7% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.