General election for the constituency of Orkney and Shetland on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Orkney and Shetland, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Liberal Democrats hold by Alistair Carmichael with a majority of 817 - 3.6% - on a turnout of 65.8%.

An electorate of 34,552, having a valid vote count of 22,728 and an invalid vote count of 75.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
CARMICHAEL, Alistair LD 9,407 41.4% -20.6%
SKENE, Danus SNP 8,590 37.8% 27.2%
CAMERON, Donald Con 2,025 8.9% -1.6%
MCGARVEY, Gerry Lab 1,624 7.1% -3.5%
SMITH, Robert UKIP 1,082 4.8% -1.6%

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 03:55 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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.