Orkney Islands Council

07/05/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/04/2024 23:41

UK General Election 04 July 2024 Orkney and Shetland Constituency Declaration of Results

An election was held on Thursday 04 July 2024 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 [number].

The percentage turnout was [number]%.

Table 1: Orkney and Shetland - 04 July 2024 UK Parliamentary Election (General Election)

Candidate Party Votes received.

Candidate

Party

Votes Received

Alex Armitage

Scottish Green Party

2046

Alistair Carmichael

Scottish Liberal Democrats

11392

Connor Savage

Scottish Labour Party

3585

Shane Painter

Scottish Conservative and Unionist

586

Robert Leslie

Scottish National Party (SNP)

1493

Robert Smith

Reform UK

1586

Table 2: Rejected ballot papers

The total number of ballot papers rejected was 106.

Reason for Rejection

Rejected Papers

Want of official mark

0

Voting for more than one Candidate

14

Writing or Mark by which Voter could be identified

0

Unmarked or void for uncertainty

92

Total

106