UK general elections › 2024 › Orkney and Shetland
Orkney and Shetland — 2024
Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 11,392 votes— 55.1% 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
| 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 | 11,392 | +5.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Robert Leslie | Scottish National Party | 3,585 | — | ||
| 3 | Alex Armitage | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 2,046 | — | ||
| 4 | Robert Smith | Reform UK | 1,586 | — | ||
| 5 | Conor Savage | Labour Party | 1,493 | — | ||
| 6 | Shane Painter | Conservative Party | 586 | — |
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.