 | 'Jim Wallace, the party's Scottish leader, saw his majority in Orkney more than halved from 4619 to 1755.' David Ross in the Herald, 3 rd May 2003. |  |
| 'Jim Wallace, the party's Scottish leader, saw his majority in Orkney more than halved from 4619 to 1755.' David Ross in the Herald, 3 rd May 2003. | |
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| Conservative & Unionist | |||||
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Recent electoral experience. | |||||
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| Labour | |||||
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| Liberal Democrat | |||||
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| Scottish National Party | |||||
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| Turnout: 16,733 (52.44 %) | |||||
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Liberal Democrat | Alistair Carmichael | 6,919 | 41.35 % | - 10.64 % |
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Labour | Robbie Mochrie | 3,444 | 20.58 % | + 2.31 % |
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Conservative | John Firth | 3,121 | 18.65 % | + 6.42 % |
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Scottish National Party | John Mowat | 2,473 | 14.78 % | + 2.08 % |
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Scottish Socialist Party | Peter Andrews | 776 | 4.64 % | (+ 4.64 %) |
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Lib Dem hold | Lib Dem majority | 3,475 | 20.77 % | - 12.95 % |
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