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	Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The constituency was formed by merging together areas which were formerly within the Ross and Cromarty constituency and the Inverness-shire constituency.
		The constituency area is that of the Outer Hebrides, known also as Na h-Eileanan Siar, and the constituency has the smallest electorate in the United Kingdom, one-fifth of the size of the largest, the Isle of Wight, with the latter also being an island constituency.
		In the 2005 UK general election, it was one of only two seats (the other being Blaenau Gwent) in which the Conservative Party lost their deposit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Isles_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (444 words)

	Orkney Definition / Orkney Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Orkney Islands form one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and are a Lieutenancy AreaThe Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for ceremonial purposes such as Lord Lieutenancy.
		Orkney consists of about 200 small islands 16 kilometers north of CaithnessCaithness is a traditional county in northeast Scotland.
		Orkney is a group of 67 islands lying off the north coast of Caithness.
	www.elresearch.com /Orkney (159 words)

	Jim Wallace - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Right Honourable Jim Wallace QC (born August 25, 1954 in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway) is a Scottish politician, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Deputy First Minister of the Scottish Executive, and representitive for Orkney at the Scottish Parliament.
		Four years later, he would earn the Liberal nomination for the seat of Orkney and Shetland, a safe seat previously occupied by Jo Grimond, and won election to the UK parliament.
		He has maintained the brief throughout the first term of the Parliament, on two occasions standing in as Acting First Minister, firstly in 2000 due to the death of Dewar and in 2001 after the resignation of Henry McLeish.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Jim_Wallace (463 words)

	Livingston (UK Parliament constituency) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Livingston is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		The constituency covers the eastern portion of the West Lothian council area, and is dominated by Livingston.
		It borders onto the constituencies of Edinburgh West, Edinburgh South West, Dumfriesshire, Lanark and Hamilton East, Airdrie and Shotts, and Linlithgow and East Falkirk.
	www.syossetnyus.com /details/Livingston_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (261 words)

	Orkney_and_shetland info here at en.beatout.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Orkney and Shetland is a constituency of the House of Database of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		In the Scottish Parliament, Orkney and Shetland are separate constituencies.
		In the December 1910 UK general election, Cathcart Wason was elected unopposed.
	en.beatout.info /Orkney_and_Shetland (204 words)

	Link Service: Aberdeenshire/Aberdeenshire1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		There was an Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency) of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1868.
		This constituency did not include the parliamentary burgh of Aberdeen, which was represented as a component of Aberdeen District of Burghs until 1832, when it was enlarged and became the Aberdeen (UK Parliament constituency).
		In 1885 the Aberdeen burgh constituency was divided to form the burgh constituencies of Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency) and Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency).
	en_category.1930s.books.en.wiki2.info (3989 words)

	Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Dundee West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		A similar constituency, also called Dundee West, is used by the Scottish Parliament.
		The constituency covers the western portion of the City of Dundee council area.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Dundee_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (193 words)

	Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Edinburgh South West is a constituency to be represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		It is based on the old constituency of Edinburgh Pentlands, but excludes some of the east of that constituency and includes a south western portion of Edinburgh Central.
		The constituency covers the south western portion of the City of Edinburgh council area.
	en.wikilib.org /wiki/Edinburgh_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (145 words)

	Shetland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Shetland is also a lieutenancy area, comprises the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament, and was formerly a county.
		Sometime in the 9th century, Shetland was invaded by the Norse and became a Norwegian colony for approximately 500 years, but ownership of Shetland, along with Orkney, defaulted to the crown of Scotland on 20 February 1472 following non-payment of the marriage dowry of Margaret of Denmark, queen of James III of Scotland.
		Traditionally, the economic activities of Shetland were primarily agricultural, especially the raising of Shetland sheep, known for their unusually fine wool, along with the Shetland Sheepdog as well as the Shetland pony.
	www.globalguide.org /?id=44453 (1219 words)

	Orkney & Shetland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Orkney & Shetland has been a Liberal seat for much of this century apart from 1900-1906 when it was held first by a Liberal Unionist then by an Independent Liberal and from 1935 until 1950 when it was held by the Conservatives.
		It was generally assumed that Orkney & Shetland was up for grabs and it attracted the candidatures of David Myles, ex Conservative MP for Banff (1979-1983), whose seat had been abolished in the boundary changes, and Winnie Ewing, ex SNP MP for Hamilton (1967-1970) and Moray & Nairn (1974-1979).
		In the 1999 Scottish elections he stood for the seat of Orkney and was elected with 67.4 % of the vote, the highest in the whole of Scotland.
	www.alba.org.uk /nextwe/h05.html (1578 words)

	The Orcadian Online - Election 2005
		Shetland's Brian Nugent, founder member of the Free Scotland Party, which he formed last year, is also that party's candidate for Orkney and Shetland.
		He joined the Scottish National Party in 1974 and stood for the Orkney constituency in the 1999 Scottish Parliament elections and for the Orkney and Shetland seat at Westminster in 2001.
		Scotty Dyble, of Shetland, is a late entry to the election race, standing on behalf of the UK Independence Party.
	www.orcadian.co.uk /archive/2005/election2005 (815 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions \| The Campaign for an English Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		But if they got their own parliament again, then they could point to it knowing it was originally founded in 1153 and existed as the very Mother of Parliaments and the seed bed of modern democracy, and proudly say, that’s part of what we’ve achieved as the English nation.
		Secondly, the UK Parliament would naturally retain responsibilities for the major matters concerning the whole, like defence, major taxation, foreign relations, matters of macro economics and matters of trade and transport which affect the whole of the UK.
		Orkney and Shetland are Norse in their history and culture, not Scottish at all.
	www.thecep.org.uk /questions.shtml (2544 words)

	Orkney & Shetland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		John joined the SNP in 1974 and stood for the Orkney constituency in the 1999 Scottish Parliament elections and for Westminster in 2001.
		John is Secretary of the Orkney Norwegian Association and Chairman of Kirkwall Kayak Club.
		Brian is a lecturer at Shetland College of Further Education where he is Secretary of Shetland College branch of the Educational Institute of Scotland College Lecturers Association and is the lecturing staff representative on Shetland College Council.
	www.alba.org.uk /nextge/orkneyshetland.html (572 words)

	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		Approximately two-thirds of the former Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency was attached to a third of the marginal Ayr seat to form this new Westminster constituency.
		This constituency was formed in 2005 from parts of Ayr and Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituencies.
	www.syossetnyus.com /details/Ayr,_Carrick_and_Cumnock_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (270 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 4 May 2004 (pt 26)
		Orkney and Shetland would each remain a constituency in the Scottish Parliament, with one Member each, but every other constituency would be split in half and their sizes would then be less disproportionate to the size of Orkney and Shetland than at the moment.
		Orkney would no longer have the gross, disproportionate advantage of being able to elect someone with a vote that would give him or her sixth place, behind the five others, in at least one other constituency.
		She defeated Kenny Gibson of the SNP and Tommy Sheridan of the Scottish Socialist party, both of whom went on to pretend to be the constituency Member for the Pollok area.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040504/debtext/40504-26.htm (1664 words)

	Parcel Delivery Charges (UK Islands): 13 Oct 2004: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		A few weeks ago, one of my constituents in Foula told me of a batch of veterinary medicines that were to be sent to the island from a supplier in southern England.
		It is apparent from the contents of my mailbag that my constituents identify having a good reliable service that is comparable if not the same as that on offer to people in the rest of country as a crucial consideration in their decision either to come to or remain in our part of the country.
		Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland noted, Parcelforce has made a concession: from early next year, parcels sent from lowland Scotland to the highlands will not be subject to the double charge.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates/?id=2004-10-13.396.0 (4498 words)

	gov.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The OIC - consisting of twenty-eight members elected constituency by constituency from all over Orkney - is the main local authority working in association with the Scottish Executive.
		Orkney is represented by a single MSP in the Scottish Parliament.
		Orkney and Shetland are jointly represented by one MP at Westminster.
	www.sanday.co.uk /nowthen/gov.htm (468 words)

	SNP.org - Official Web Site of the Scottish National Party
		The first elections for Members of the Scottish Parliament took place on 6th May 1999, the new MSPs sat for the first time on 12th May and the Parliament took up its full legislative powers on the 1st of July when the Parliament was officially opened by the Queen.
		These constituencies are the same as for elections to Westminster with the exception of Orkney and Shetland, which are separate constituencies in the Scottish Parliament.
		In addition, 56 regional members, seven members for each of the eight former Scottish constituencies in the European Parliament, are elected on a proportional basis; this is intended to ensure that the overall composition of the Scottish Parliament reflects closely the total number of votes cast for each of the political parties.
	www2.snp.org /html/election/scottishparliament.php (1885 words)

	Scotland's Parliament...a Business Guide to devolution - Chapter 1
		Scotland’s Parliament describes a scheme for legislative devolution: the Scottish Parliament will be able to amend or repeal existing Acts of Parliament and to pass new Scottish Acts in all those areas not explicitly reserved to the Westminster Parliament.
		The UK government will need to be assured that the Parliament is in a position to take on functions before they are transferred - that adequate systems for audit and accounting for public money are in place, for example.
		The Parliament could be dissolved by a vote of two-thirds of its members, but the new House resulting from the subsequent election would only sit out the remainder of the original Parliament’s four year term.
	www.scottishpolicynet.org.uk /scf/publications/paper_2/chapter1.shtml (1665 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 28 Jan 1998 (pt 51)
		Anyone who represents a rural constituency will know that there is a great deal more travelling and logistical difficulty in representing a rural seat than in representing an urban seat.
		We believe that the integrity of the Union will be strengthened by having common constituencies for the Scottish and United Kingdom Parliaments, with the exception of Orkney and Shetland where separate representation in the Scottish Parliament will be guaranteed.
		The Government gave a commitment in the White Paper that there should be separate constituency Members for the Orkney islands and the Shetland islands and that the present UK Parliament constituency would be split for that purpose.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980128/debtext/80128-51.htm (1116 words)

	Highland peee.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom the Highland area is represented by Members of Parliament (MPs) elected from three constituencies: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey and Ross, Skye and Lochaber.
		For the constituencies, see either Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency) or Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency) Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area.
		The Scottish Parliament constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross was created in 1999 and now has boundaries slighly different from those of the House of Commons constituency.
	www.peee.org /en/Highland (7835 words)

	Demacractic Audit - Making Votes Count - Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The new Scottish Parliament will have 71 local seats identical with the constituencies used for Westminster elections, plus two more made by splitting up Orkney from the Shetland Islands, 73 in all.
		Now we repeat the process for the second division, where all the divisors stay the same except that the Tories have one more seat, so their divisor is now 2: again we scan the row, and this time the SNP has the highest number of votes, so they gain the second additional member.
		The most loyal voters at constituency level were those who backed Labour or SNP in the general election, but slightly more Labour voters defected in their second AMS vote for top-up MPs.
	www.charter88.org.uk /publications/demaud/da12_s.html (2001 words)

	BBC News \| The Scottish Parliament \| The Scottish electoral system
		These will be the same as the 72 Scottish constituencies at Westminster with the exception that Orkney and Shetland will be divided into two, each electing its own MSP.
		They can vote for the candidate at constituency level who represents the same party or a different party to the one they voted for at regional level.
		If they succeed in a constituency this takes priority and their name will be removed from the regional list so they cannot be elected twice.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/events/scotland_99/the_scottish_parliament/304923.stm (684 words)

	Orkney Causeway - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Orkney Causeway
		It was built to protect the British fleet from intrusion through the eastern entrances to Scapa Flow.
		The Orkney Causeway links the islands of mainland Orkney with Lamb Holm, Glims Holm, and Burray.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Orkney+Causeway (113 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Aristotle \| Jim Wallace
		Jim Wallace, MP for Orkney and Shetland and MSP for Orkney, pulled off a treble in Scottish politics without raising an English brow.
		He likes his new jobs so much he is giving up his seat as MP for Orkney and Shetland, saving thousands of rail and air miles going to and from Westminster from Scotland's most northern constituency.
		He was then adopted for Orkney and Shetland in time for the 1983 election and made his mark as a constituency man by urging that his seat's new oil resource be treated as a normal industry rather than a Treasury milch-cow.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /profiles/story/0,,460129,00.html (479 words)

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