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Orkney and Shetland is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In the Scottish Parliament, Orkney and Shetland are separate constituencies.
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1708. Member of Parliament. Alistair Carmichael (Liberal...
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Orkney and Shetland may refer to: The Scottish island groups...
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Background Information. Number of enrolled freeholders: 40 in 1820; 49 in 1826; 43 in 1830. Elections. Main Article. The Orkneys, a group of almost 70 islands and islets, lay about eight miles off the eastern end of the northern coast of the Scottish mainland, separated from Caithness by the Pentland Firth.
Background Information. Number of voters: 7 in 1759, 27 in 1780, 34 in 1788. Elections. Main Article. Orkney and Shetland long retained their Norse customs, but while Orkney was gradually absorbed into the Scottish feudal system the Shetland landowners, or odal men, never applied for Scottish charters or a valuation of their holdings.
Location. Election history. Orkney and Shetland is a constituency in Scotland. The seat has been held by Mr Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) since May 2005.
Background Information. Number of voters: 14 in 1713. Elections. Main Article. Despite a small electorate and an overweening magnate interest, electoral politics were far from moribund in Orkney and Shetland during this period.
