Orkney and Shetland

Current MP

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Liberal Democrat

Efficiency 2.0/1025 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Orkney and Shetland

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards2,103 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election1,452 local · 3,084,713 total
• Call an immediate general election421 local · 1,059,229 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act380 local · 550,136 total
• Don't change inheritance tax relief for working farms362 local · 154,005 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants361 local · 720,772 total
• Reverse the Tax Treatment of Double Cab Pickup Trucks in the 2024 Autumn Budget200 local · 2,015 total
• Require parliamentary scrutiny of any proposal to amend the Royal Mail USO196 local · 22,922 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 184 local · 281,794 total
• Do not merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses178 local · 122,952 total
• By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party165 local · 129,335 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold160 local · 189,887 total
• Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible159 local · 136,650 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers152 local · 427,447 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge141 local · 203,824 total
• Ban driven grouse shooting134 local · 104,341 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data132 local · 260,974 total
• Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy130 local · 118,874 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations119 local · 144,783 total
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership117 local · 239,407 total

About Orkney and Shetland

Orkney and Shetland is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in Scotland and has a registered electorate of 34,236 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.