Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Shetland Scottish Parliament county constituency


Shetland shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created:	1999
MSP:	Tavish Scott
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Council area:	Shetland Islands

Shetland is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

1 Electoral region
2 Constituency boundaries and council area
3 Member of the Scottish Parliament
4 Election results
5 Notes
6 See also

[edit] Electoral region

The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Moray, Orkney, Ross, Skye and Inverness West, and the Western Isles.

The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of the Highland council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney Isles council area, all of the Shetland Isles council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.

[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area

The Shetland constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, to cover the Shetland Isles council area. In the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), the council area is covered by the Orkney and Shetland constituency, which also covers the Orkney Isles council area.^[1].

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Tavish Scott	Liberal Democrat
2003
2007

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Shetland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tavish Scott	6,531	66.7	+20.7
	Scottish National Party	Val Simpson	1,622	16.6	-3.4
	Conservative	Mark Jones	972	9.9	-4.9
	Labour	Scott Burnett	670	6.8	-3.9
Majority			4,409	50.1
Turnout			9,795	57.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 2003: Shetland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tavish Scott	3,989	46.14	- 8.33
	Scottish National Party	Willie Ross	1,729	20.00	+ 5.67
	Conservative	John Firth	1,281	14.82	+ 6.08
	Labour	Peter Hamilton	880	10.18	- 12.28
	Scottish Socialist	Peter Andrews	766	8.86	+ 8.86
Majority			2,260	26.14	- 5.87
Turnout			8,645,	51.84	- 6.93
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament Election 1999: Shetland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tavish Scott	5,435	54.47	N/A
	Labour	Jonathan Wills	2,241	22.46	N/A
	Scottish National Party	Willie Ross	1,430	14.33	N/A
	Conservative	Gary Robinson	872	8.74	N/A
Majority			3,194	32.01
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

[edit] Notes

^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

[edit] See also

v • d • e Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts · Coatbridge and Chryston · Cumbernauld and Kilsyth · East Kilbride · Falkirk East · Falkirk West · Hamilton North and Bellshill · Hamilton South · Kilmarnock and Loudoun · Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland · Glasgow Baillieston · Glasgow Cathcart · Glasgow Govan · Glasgow Kelvin · Glasgow Maryhill · Glasgow Pollok · Glasgow Rutherglen · Glasgow Shettleston · Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute · Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross · Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber · Moray · Orkney · Ross, Skye and Inverness West · Shetland · Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central · Edinburgh East and Musselburgh · Edinburgh North and Leith · Edinburgh Pentlands · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh West · Linlithgow · Livingston · Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife · Dunfermline East · Dunfermline West · Kirkcaldy · North East Fife · North Tayside · Ochil · Perth · Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central · Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Angus · Banff and Buchan · Dundee East · Dundee West · Gordon · West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr · Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley · Clydesdale · Cunninghame South · Dumfries · East Lothian · Galloway and Upper Nithsdale · Roxburgh and Berwickshire · Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie · Cunninghame North · Dumbarton · Eastwood · Greenock and Inverclyde · Paisley North · Paisley South · Strathkelvin and Bearsden · West Renfrewshire