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	Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Orkney and Shetland is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		In the Scottish Parliament, Orkney and Shetland are separate constituencies.
		The constituency is made up of the two island groups Orkney, and Shetland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland (163 words)

	Articles - Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 is a British Act of Parliament that amends the Scotland Act 1998 which established the Scottish Parliament.
		Before it was amended by this Act, the Scotland Act 1998 provided for the constituencies of the Scottish Parliament to be the same as those for the United Kingdom Parliament, except that Orkney and Shetland were separate constituencies.
		That in turn would have resulted in a reduction in the number of Scottish Parliament constituencies and, because of the requirement in the Scotland Act for proportionality between constituency and regional seats, a pro rata reduction in the number of regional members.
	www.wadso.com /articles/Scottish_Parliament_(Constituencies)_Act_2004 (328 words)

	Argyll And Bute [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		ScotlandScotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom.
		Scottish BordersScottish Borders is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland.
		It is a Scottish island group between the Orkney Islands and the Faroe Islands, north of mainland Scotland, with a total area of approximately 1466km2.
	www.wikimirror.com /Argyll_and_Bute (5121 words)

	Articles - United Kingdom constituencies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Scottish Parliament is a devolved parliament with constituencies representing Scotland.
		The Scottish Parliament itself and all its now existing constituencies were created, effectively, in 1999, when the first Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) were elected to the then new parliament.
		For the 2005 House of Commons general election the number of House of Commons constituencies in Scotland was reduced from 72 to 59 and the Scottish Parliament constituencies remained as they had been in 1999.
	www.wadso.com /articles/United_Kingdom_constituencies (436 words)

	Scottish Office: Scotland's Parliament
		The majority will be elected from constituencies which are the same as the constituencies of the Westminster Parliament except that Orkney and Shetland (which at the moment form one constituency) will become 2 separate constituencies thus making 73 in total.
		Responsibility for Scottish Parliamentary electoral arrangements and constituencies will be reserved matters; the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland will continue in being, and future changes in electoral arrangements for the Scottish Parliament will therefore be a matter for the UK Parliament, subject to consultation with the Scottish Parliament.
		Any changes in Westminister constituencies will result in changes to Scottish Parliamentary constituencies; and may also lead to consequential adjustments to the size of the Scottish Parliament so as to maintain the present balance between constituency and additional Member seats.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /government/devolution/scpa-11.asp (573 words)

	Scottish Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The first elections to the Parliament were held on 6 May 1999 and the Parliament opened on 1 July 1999.
		A First Minister (equivalent to a Scottish prime minister), with a main office in St Andrew’s House, is drawn from the majority grouping within the parliament, and relevant ministers sit with their UK government counterparts at negotiating meetings in Brussels whenever Scottish interests are affected.
		The parliament’s temporary base is the Church of Scotland General Assembly Hall and City of Edinburgh Council buildings, at the Mound and on George IV Bridge, in Edinburgh.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0064601.html (390 words)

	The Electoral Commission : Elections : Results and timetables : Elected bodies : The Scottish Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Scotland Act 1998 provides for the constituencies of the Scottish Parliament to be the same as those for the United Kingdom Parliament, except that Orkney and Shetland are separate constituencies.
		The Scottish Executive is the government in Scotland for all devolved matters.
		The Scottish Executive is formed from the party or parties holding a majority of seats in the Parliament.
	www.electoralcommission.gov.uk /elections/scotparliament.cfm (728 words)

	Scottish Liberal Democrats: STV for Scottish Parliament - October 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The constituency members feel that they carry the burden of the work involved in helping individual constituents and local groups with their problems.
		Excluding Orkney, Shetland, Western Isles and Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, and Ross, Skye & Lochaber, the range of voters per MSP is from 28,491 to 34,604; the smallest is 82.3% of the highest.
		To turn the 57 mainland Westminster constituencies into 126 Scottish Parliament ones requires a basis of mostly 2 Westminster to 4 Scottish members, with a dozen with a 2:5 or 3:7 ratio.
	www.scotlibdems.org.uk /docs/stv4sp03.htm (1829 words)

	Scotland Guide - Government and Politics - The Scottish Parliament
		The Parliament was elected on 6 May 1999, reconvened after a 292 year gap on 12 May 1999, and assumed its full powers after the official opening by the Queen on 1 July 1999.
		The powers of the Scottish Parliament are based on those established by the Labour led Constitutional Convention.
		Until the new Parliament building at Holyrood is constructed, the Scottish Parliament will meet in the General Assembly buildings on The Mound.
	www.siliconglen.com /Scotland/19_12.html (753 words)

	The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002
		Absent vote at Scottish parliamentary elections for an indefinite or a particular period.
		This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002 and shall come into force 14 days after the day on which it is made, except for the purposes of any election where the last day for the publication of the notice of election in respect of that election precedes that date.
		(6) Where a candidate for return as a constituency member is by virtue of this article to be treated as an election agent he shall be deemed to have his office at his address as given in the statement of persons nominated as candidates for return as a constituency member.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si2002/20022779.htm (13893 words)

	The Scottish Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		'The Scottish Parliament's Presiding Officer possibly faces questions in the Chamber from members of the Scottish Parliament after MSPs expressed 'surprise and shock' at the extent to which he plays an active role as a Liberal Democrat in the Lords.
		The Holyrood members of Parliament are also to be paid considerably less than those who will swan about the corridors and bars of the Westminster parliament.
		During the Great Debate, Doddie Robertson, the Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland reaffirmed Labour's promise not to reduce the number of Scottish seats at Westminster and claimed that he would be 'honoured' to stand for the Scottish Parliament.
	www.alba.org.uk /scottish/scottishparliament.html (1026 words)

	Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
		The text of this internet version of the Explanatory Notes which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text in printed form and as published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004, ISBN 0105613045.
		The Act provides that the existing constituencies are to be retained for the Scottish Parliament notwithstanding any changes to these for the purposes of United Kingdom parliamentary elections.
		These rules define how the electorate is to be established for each constituency and region and require the electorates to be similar respectively in each of the constituencies and regions, with the proviso that regard must be had to local authority boundaries, and geography and local ties may be taken into consideration.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /acts/en2004/2004en13.htm (1707 words)

	Uniform Deposit Level for Scottish Parliament Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Deposits for both constituency and regional candidates standing for election to the Scottish Parliament next May will be £500 the Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar announced today.
		Apart from Orkney and Shetland which will have separate representation in the Scottish Parliament, all the other Scottish Parliamentary constituencies will be the same as Westminster.
		“To ensure that the elections to the Scottish Parliament are inclusive and with the widest possible participation I have decided that the level of deposit for regional seats should also be £500 which is considerably lower than the current level of deposit of £1000 for the equivalent European Parliamentary constituencies.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /news/releas98_1/pr1354.htm (261 words)

	Scotland Office - Our communications - Press Releases
		Consequently this Commission, which has the approval of the Scottish Executive and is referred to in their submission, would sit after the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections.
		The Scotland Act 1998 removed the guarantee of at least 71 Scottish seats at Westminster (there are now 72) and requires the Boundary Commission for Scotland to determine the level of Scottish representation by applying the same electoral quota as in England.
		(At present, the average Scottish constituency comprises around 55,000 electors, while the average for English constituencies is around 70,000.) The Scotland Act also provides for the Scottish Parliament constituencies to be the same as the UK Parliament constituencies, except for Orkney and Shetland which each have their own MSP.
	www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk /our-communications/release.php?id=3345 (608 words)

	Scottish Parliament Elections 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Scotland held its first elections to its devolved parliament in 1999 and held its second set of elections in June 2003.
		Scotland has been divided into 8 regions, which correspond to the old European Parliament Constituencies, for the purposes of electing additional members and each returns 7 members.
		The 73 constituency seats are identical to those used for the Westminster Parliament elections, except for the fact that Orkney & Shetland has been separated into two constituencies; The number of constituencies per region varies from eight to ten.
	www.ukconstitution.net /politics/elections/Scotland_03.html (164 words)

	Aspect 2003: Tavish Scott, Scottish Liberal Democrat Party candidate, Shetland, 2003
		Shetland also needs better IT links to allow it to harness the skills of local young people, and Tavish Scott will continue to work to win the fibre optic cable.
		Now that the first new ferries to serve Shetland for half a century are in service, Tavish Scott believes that vital lessons must be learned from the flawed contract handover from P&O to NorthLink, so that they are not repeated next time and so that staff are protected.
		He was Deputy Minister for Parliament between November 2000 and March 2001, when he resigned, as he could not support Government fishing policy, which he had sought to change.
	gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk /aspect/aspect2003/sld/a03sldshe.htm (1244 words)

	Did You Know? - Electoral System for Scottish Parliament
		So when the prospect was raised again in the 1990s of a devolved Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, to look after local issues, it was clear that if the UK electoral system was adopted, Labour would invariably have a majority.
		Once the number of constituency seats won by each party under the vote is known, the number of votes cast for each party under the second vote in a region is divided by the number of these constituency seats - plus one.
		Thus a party with a large number of constituency seats in a region will have a large denominator, while those parties with a smaller numbers of constituency seats but a good number of second votes will have a much smaller denominator.
	www.rampantscotland.com /know/blknow_election.htm (869 words)

	Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
		(1) The electorate of a constituency must be as near the electoral quota as is practicable, having regard to Rule 1.
		A constituency must fall wholly within a region.
		The regional electorate of a region must be as near the regional electorate of each of the other regions as is practicable, having regard (where appropriate) to special geographical considerations.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /ACTS/acts2004/40013--b.htm (2450 words)

	Statement by Jim Wallace to Scottish Parliament - 23 June 1999
		On my election as a member of the UK Parliament for Orkney and Shetland in 1983, I was asked what private member's bill I would like to promote if I were lucky in the ballot.
		I have written today to the bodies covered by the code, including the Scottish Prison Service, the Student Awards Agency for Scotland, Scottish Homes and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, to reinforce the presumption of openness and to encourage them to continue to foster a culture of openness in their dealings with the public.
		If it is any consolation to John Young, I can tell him that I have had cause in the past week to write to the Secretary of State for Defence about the sinking off Orkney in 1916 of HMS Hampshire, about which there is still some concern among relatives of those who lost their lives.
	www.cfoi.org.uk /wallace230699.html (3851 words)

	UpMyStreet - My Member for Scottish Parliament for Scalloway
		MSPs represent their constituents on matters which are devolved to the Scottish Parliament, such as education, health and the environment.
		Your MP represents you on reserved matters which include defence, foreign affairs and employment in the House of Commons.
		It is free to use and meets the Energywatch and Ofcom codes of practice.
	www.upmystreet.com /local/my-council-reps/my-reps/msp/l/Scalloway.html (150 words)

	BODA Modern Studies Dept Events
		In the real election for the Members of the Scottish Parliament the country was divided into 73 constituencies.
		These were exactly the same as for the election of MPs to the House of Commons in Westminster except that Orkney and Shetland became two separate constituencies for the Scottish Parliament elections.
		Bridge of Don Academy was asked to represent the constituency of Aberdeen North at this historic event.
	www.rsc.co.uk /boda/depts/modstuds/events.htm (1348 words)

	Alistair Carmichael - Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mr Carmichael suggested that the Scottish Parliament should be allowed to express a view on aspects of the bill which affect the Scottish legal system.
		The question of rules of court in Scotland is, quite properly, within the remit of the Scottish Parliament.
		I should like the Minister to tell us what consultation there has been with the Scottish Executive in relation to this, and what opportunity there will be not just for the Scottish Executive but for the Scottish Parliament to express a view.
	www.alistaircarmichael.org.uk /text/newsdetail.asp?ID=118 (427 words)

	Scottish Parliament Regional Seat Compositions
		I've compiled the following lists of Scottish constituencies and their groupings for the regional lists for the Scottish General Election.
		This was compiled from the Scottish Office Website (which is hopelessly wrong) and The Herald's forecast of the Scottish Election (which also had mistakes).
		I think I've got the mistakes out as well as the correct name for each constituency (but I'm not sure about the Euro seat names).
	thecapitalscot.com /pastfeatures/scotparli.html (304 words)

	The Scottish Parliament Results
		The results of the elections for the Scottish Parliament in full.
		These are the top-up results, chosen in eight regions by PR.
		The method of choosing can be found on the explanations page.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~jclack/frames/scottishresults.html (33 words)

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