Current MP
Current representation
Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrats
Male
Constituency view
Orkney and Shetland
Scotland
LD hold
2024 Results
Party breakdown
Lib Dem11,392 - 55.1%
SNP3,585 - 17.3%
Green2,046 - 9.9%
Reform1,586 - 7.7%
Labour1,493 - 7.2%
Conservative586 - 2.8%
Demographics
Demographics
Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.
Ethnic composition
2021
White 98.0%White British 77.0%Asian 0.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.8%Other 0.3%
England & Wales (2021)
White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%
2011 data not available for this constituency.
2001 data not available for this constituency.
1991 data not available for this constituency.
Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.
Country of birth
Orkney and Shetland (2021)
UK 95.2%Other EU 2.2%Other countries 2.6%
England & Wales (2021)
UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%
2011 data not available for this topic.
2001 data not available for this topic.
1991 data not available for this topic.