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Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Shetland Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Shetland shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| 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.
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The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, 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.
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].
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Tavish Scott | Liberal Democrat | |
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| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Shetland | |||||
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| 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 Party | Mark Jones | 972 | 9.9 | -4.9 | |
| Labour Party | 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 | |||||
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| 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 Party | John Firth | 1,281 | 14.82 | + 6.08 | |
| Labour Party | Peter Hamilton | 880 | 10.18 | - 12.28 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tavish Scott | 5,435 | 54.47 | N/A | |
| Labour Party | Jonathan Wills | 2,241 | 22.46 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Willie Ross | 1,430 | 14.33 | N/A | |
| Conservative Party | Gary Robinson | 872 | 8.74 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,194 | 32.01 | |||
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| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
