Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)
| Orkney | |
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| county constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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Orkney shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Party | Liberal Democrats |
| MSP | Liam McArthur |
| Council area | Orkney Islands |
Orkney 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.
The former Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace represented the constituency from 1999 to 2007.
Orkney is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies of are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Inverness and Nairn, Moray, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Shetland and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
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