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Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Founded
  
1999

Capital
  
Lerwick

Council area
  
Shetland

MSP
  
Tavish Scott

Population
  
22,400 (2005)

Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Party
  
Scottish Liberal Democrats

Created
  
Scottish Parliament election, 1999

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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Map of Shetland, UK

Electoral region

Shetland 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, Orkney and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

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 Islands council area, all of the Shetland Islands council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Constituency boundaries and council area

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 British Parliament at (Westminster), the council area is covered by the Orkney and Shetland constituency, which also covers the Orkney Islands council area.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

It has been represented by Tavish Scott, former Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, since the 1999 election.

References

Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency) Wikipedia