Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)

Orkney and Shetland
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Orkney and Shetland in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	Orkney and Shetland
Electorate	33,229[1]
Major settlements	Kirkwall, Lerwick
Current constituency
Created	1708
Member of Parliament	Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	Orkney and Shetland

Orkney and Shetland is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In the Scottish Parliament, Orkney and Shetland are separate constituencies. The constituency was historically known as Orkney and Zetland (an alternative name for Shetland).

In the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, 65.4% of the constituency's electors voted for Scotland to stay part of the United Kingdom.^[2]