UK results: Conservatives win majority

After 650 of 650 seats declared
UK results
Party Conservative Labour Scottish National Party Liberal Democrat Democratic Unionist Party Others
Seats 365 203 48 11 8 15
Change +47 -59 +13 -1 -2 +2

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Orkney & Shetland

Parliamentary constituency

LD HOLD

Results

  1. Liberal Democrat
    Alistair Carmichael
    • Votes: 10,381
    • Vote share %: 44.8
    • Vote share change: -3.8
  2. Scottish National Party
    Robert Leslie
    • Votes: 7,874
    • Vote share %: 34.0
    • Vote share change: +5.0
  3. Conservative
    Jennifer Fairbairn
    • Votes: 2,287
    • Vote share %: 9.9
    • Vote share change: +1.2
  4. Labour
    Coilla Drake
    • Votes: 1,550
    • Vote share %: 6.7
    • Vote share change: -4.8
  5. The Brexit Party
    Robert Smith
    • Votes: 900
    • Vote share %: 3.9
    • Vote share change: +3.9
  6. Independent
    David Barnard
    • Votes: 168
    • Vote share %: 0.7
    • Vote share change: +0.7

Change compared with 2017

Turnout

  • LD majority: 2,507
  • Registered voters: 34,211
  • % share:
    67.7%
  • Change since 2017: -0.4

Vote share

Party % share
Liberal Democrat 44.8%
Scottish National Party 34.0%
Conservative 9.9%
Labour 6.7%
The Brexit Party 3.9%
Independent 0.7%

Vote share change since 2017

  • Scottish National Party +5.0 Gained
  • The Brexit Party +3.9 Gained
  • Conservative +1.2 Gained
  • Independent +0.7 Gained
  • Liberal Democrat -3.8 Lost
  • Labour -4.8 Lost

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Results

General Election 2017 results
Party Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

LD

Liberal Democrat

 Alistair Carmichael Votes 11,312 header_vote_share 48.6 Net percentage change in seats +7.2
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

 Miriam Brett Votes 6,749 header_vote_share 29.0 Net percentage change in seats -8.8
Party

LAB

Labour

 Robina Barton Votes 2,664 header_vote_share 11.4 Net percentage change in seats +4.3
Party

CON

Conservative

 Jamie Halcro Johnston Votes 2,024 header_vote_share 8.7 Net percentage change in seats -0.2
Party

UKIP

UKIP

 Robert Smith Votes 283 header_vote_share 1.2 Net percentage change in seats -3.5
Party

IND

Independent

 Stuart Hill Votes 245 header_vote_share 1.1 Net percentage change in seats +1.1

Change compared with 2015
LD HOLD

Results

Liberal Democrat
, with candidate Alistair Carmichael
, have the following results:
  • 9,407 total votes taken.
  • 41.4% share of the total vote
  • -20.6% change in share of the votes
Scottish National Party
, with candidate Danus Skene
, have the following results:
  • 8,590 total votes taken.
  • 37.8% share of the total vote
  • +27.2% change in share of the votes
Conservative
, with candidate Donald Cameron
, have the following results:
  • 2,025 total votes taken.
  • 8.9% share of the total vote
  • -1.6% change in share of the votes
Labour
, with candidate Gerry McGarvey
, have the following results:
  • 1,624 total votes taken.
  • 7.1% share of the total vote
  • -3.5% change in share of the votes
UKIP
, with candidate Robert Smith
, have the following results:
  • 1,082 total votes taken.
  • 4.8% share of the total vote
  • -1.6% change in share of the votes

Change compared with 2010