UK General Election - Thursday 12 December 2019
An election was held on Thursday 12 December 2019 for a Member of Parliament to serve the Orkney and Shetland Constituency.
The results of the election were:
The total number of votes cast across the Constituency was 23,240.
The percentage turnout was 67.93%.
Table 1: Orkney and Shetland – 12 December 2019 UK Parliamentary Election (General Election)
Candidate Party Votes received.
|
Candidate. |
Party. |
Votes Received. |
|
David Stephen Barnard |
Independent. |
168 |
|
Alistair Carmichael. |
Scottish Liberal Democrats. |
10,381 |
|
Coilla Anne Drake. |
Scottish Labour Party. |
1,550 |
|
Jennifer Fairbairn. |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist. |
2,287 |
|
Robert Fraser Leslie. |
Scottish National Party (SNP). |
7,874 |
|
Robert Watt Smith. |
The Brexit Party. |
900 |
Table 2: Rejected ballot papers
The total number of ballot papers rejected was 80.
|
Reason for Rejection. |
Rejected Papers. |
|
Want of official mark. |
0 |
|
Voting for more than one Candidate. |
9 |
|
Writing or Mark by which Voter could be identified. |
1 |
|
Unmarked or void for uncertainty. |
70 |
|
Total. |
80 |
