Constituency Boundaries and Council Area
The Orkney constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, to cover the Orkney 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 Shetland Isles council area.
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