UK results: Conservatives win majority

After 650 of 650 seats declared
UK results
PartyConservativeLabourScottish National PartyLiberal DemocratDemocratic Unionist PartyOthers
Seats3652034811815
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 Democrat44.8%
Scottish National Party34.0%
Conservative9.9%
Labour6.7%
The Brexit Party3.9%
Independent0.7%

Vote share change since 2017

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

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Results

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

LD

Liberal Democrat

Alistair CarmichaelVotes11,312header_vote_share48.6Net percentage change in seats+7.2
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

Miriam BrettVotes6,749header_vote_share29.0Net percentage change in seats-8.8
Party

LAB

Labour

Robina BartonVotes2,664header_vote_share11.4Net percentage change in seats+4.3
Party

CON

Conservative

Jamie Halcro JohnstonVotes2,024header_vote_share8.7Net percentage change in seats-0.2
Party

UKIP

UKIP

Robert SmithVotes283header_vote_share1.2Net percentage change in seats-3.5
Party

IND

Independent

Stuart HillVotes245header_vote_share1.1Net 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