An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Orkney and Shetland, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Liberal Democrats hold by Alistair Carmichael with a majority of 4,563 - 19.6% - on a turnout of 68.1%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
CARMICHAEL, Alistair | LD | 11,312 | 48.6% | 7.2% |
BRETT, Miriam | SNP | 6,749 | 29.0% | -8.8% |
BARTON, Robina | Lab | 2,664 | 11.4% | 4.3% |
HALCRO JOHNSTON, Jamie | Con | 2,024 | 8.7% | -0.2% |
SMITH, Robert | UKIP | 283 | 1.2% | -3.5% |
HILL, Stuart | Ind | 245 | 1.1% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 34,164, having a valid vote count of 23,277 and an invalid vote count of 43.
Result declared at 05:22 on 9 June 2017.