UK general elections2024 › Orkney and Shetland

Orkney and Shetland — 2024

Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 11,392 votes55.1% of 20,688 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 20,688

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrats 11,39255.1%+5.1 ptsElected
2Robert Leslie Scottish National Party 3,58517.3%
3Alex Armitage Green Party (Scottish Green Party)2,0469.9%
4Robert Smith Reform UK 1,5867.7%
5Conor Savage Labour Party 1,4937.2%
6Shane Painter Conservative Party 5862.8%

Electorate 34,236 · Turnout 60.4% · Majority 7,807 · Back to 2024 overview

Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved 2026-05-18, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.