Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

'Labour will remember Mr Wallace's determined cherry-picking of what he's prepared to share responsibility for in the executive's record, when he's on the Westminster stump.' Alf Young in the Herald, 7 th May 2005.

Orkney & Shetland

There was no boundary change for the 2005 election.

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

Electorate 33,048 Turnout: 53.69 %
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Carmichael MP	9,138	51.50 %	+10.16 %
	Labour	Richard Meade	2,511	14.15 %	- 6.43 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Frank Spencer-Nairn	2,357	13.28 %	- 5.37 %
	Scottish National Party	John Mowat	1,833	10.33 %	-4.45 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	John Aberdein	992	5.59 %	+ 0.95 %
	UK Independence Party	Scotty Dyble	424	2.39 %	(+ 2.39 %)
	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	Paul Cruickshank	311	1.75 %	(+ 1.75 %)
	Free Scotland Party	Brian Nugent	176	0.99 %	(+ 0.99 %)
	Liberal Democrat Hold	Liberal Democrat majority	6,627	37.35 %	+ 16.58 %

7 th June 2001 Westminster Election

Turnout: 16,733 (52.44 %)
Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Carmichael	6,919	41.35 %	- 10.64 %
	Labour	Robbie Mochrie	3,444	20.58 %	+ 2.31 %
	Conservative	John Firth	3,121	18.65 %	+ 6.42 %
	Scottish National Party	John Mowat	2,473	14.78 %	+ 2.08 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	Peter Andrews	776	4.64 %	(+ 4.64 %)
	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat majority	3,475	20.77 %	- 12.95 %

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Jim Wallace	10,743	51.99 %
	Labour	James Paton	3,775	18.27 %
	Scottish National Party	Willie Ross	2,624	12.70 %
	Conservative & Unionist	Hope Vere Anderson	2,527	12.23 %
	Referendum	Francis Adamson	820	3.97 %
	Natural Law	Christian Wharton	116	0.56 %
	Independent	Arthur Robertson	60	0.29%
	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat majority	6,968	33.72 %