Election Results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Orkney | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Liam McArthur | 2,912 | 35.7 | -11.8 | |
| Independent | James Stockan | 2,052 | 25.2 | N/A | |
| SNP | Donna Heddle | 2,044 | 25.1 | +6.2 | |
| Conservative | Jamie Halcro-Johnson | 686 | 8.4 | -10.4 | |
| Labour | William Sharkey | 458 | 5.6 | -7.5 | |
| Majority | 860 | 10.5 | |||
| Turnout | 8,152 | 49.3 | -501 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Orkney | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Liam McArthur | 4,113 | 47.5 | +1.8 | |
| SNP | John Mowat | 1,637 | 18.9 | +5.7 | |
| Conservative | Helen Gardiner | 1,632 | 18.9 | -4.9 | |
| Labour | Iain MacDonald | 1,134 | 13.1 | +7.2 | |
| Independent | Barrie Johnson | 137 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 2,476 | 28.6 | |||
| Turnout | 8,653 | 53.4 | +1.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election 2003: Orkney | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Wallace | 3,659 | 45.71 | -21.68 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Zawadski | 1,904 | 23.79 | + 8.19 | |
| SNP | John Mowat | 1,056 | 13.19 | + 2.91 | |
| Scottish Socialist | John Aberdein | 914 | 11.42 | +11.42 | |
| Labour | Richard Meade | 471 | 5.88 | -0.85 | |
| Majority | 1,755 | 21.9 | -29.86 | ||
| Turnout | 8,004 | 51.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election 1999: Orkney | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Wallace | 6,010 | 67.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Christopher Zawadski | 1,391 | 15.6 | N/A | |
| SNP | John Mowat | 917 | 10.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Angus Macleod | 600 | 6.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,619 | 51.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 8,918 | 57.0 | N/A | ||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Preceded by None |
Constituency represented by the Deputy First Minister 1999–2005 |
Succeeded by Aberdeen South |
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