Scotland Results

Scottish Parliament Results
Party Scottish National Party Scottish Conservatives Scottish Labour Scottish Green Party Scottish Lib Dems Independent
Seats 63 31 24 6 5 0
Change −6 +16 −13 +4 - −1

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  1. Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
  2. Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
  3. Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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Orkney Islands

Scottish Parliament constituency Region - Highlands and Islands
Result: LD HOLD

Scoreboard

Party Candidates Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

LD

Scottish Lib Dems

 Candidates Liam McArthur Votes 7,096 67.4% Net percentage change in seats +31.6
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

 Candidates Donna Heddle Votes 2,562 24.3% Net percentage change in seats −0.8
Party

CON

Scottish Conservatives

 Candidates Jamie Halcro Johnston Votes 435 4.1% Net percentage change in seats −4.3
Party

LAB

Scottish Labour

 Candidates Gerry McGarvey Votes 304 2.9% Net percentage change in seats −2.7
Party

IND

Independent

 Candidates Paul Dawson Votes 137 1.3% Net percentage change in seats +1.3

Change compared with 2011

Turnout and Majority

Scottish Lib Dems Majority

4,534

Turnout

62.0%

Vote share

Party %
Scottish Lib Dems 67.4
Scottish National Party 24.3
Scottish Conservatives 4.1
Scottish Labour 2.9
Independent 1.3

Vote share change since 2011

−%
+%
Scottish Lib Dems
+31.6
Scottish National Party
−0.8
Scottish Labour
−2.7
Scottish Conservatives
−4.3
Scotland Constituencies and Regions A-Z

Constituency Profile

The Orkney Islands is the UK's second most northerly seat and is separated from the Scottish mainland by a seven-mile stretch of the Pentland Firth. The seat consists of 70 islands, only 20 of which are inhabited. There are two main towns: Kirkwall, the capital and administrative centre; and Stromness. Both are on the largest island, which is known as "the mainland".

Besides the oil terminal at Flotta, the main industry in Orkney is farming, closely followed by tourism. The marine renewable sector is also a significant employer.

The Liberal Democrats and their forebears have held the Westminster seat of Orkney and Shetland since 1950. The former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Jim Wallace, represented Orkney in the Scottish Parliament, where he served as deputy first minister before standing down. The Lib Dems held on to the seat in the Holyrood poll in 2007, and again in 2011 when Liam McArthur was elected.

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