19.9% vote increase for Tavish Scott in Shetland

Hard on the heels of a stunning result in Orkney:


* Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist and member of the Liberal Democrat Voice team. He blogs at Liberal Burblings.

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2 Comments

  • As a curiosity – What was the provenence of the two Independents in Orkney and Shetland in 2011. They took 25-30% of the vote (which seemed to magnify any anti-LD swing) then but neither restood this time.

    More evidence that whatever personal scandals/issues affect an individual representative it doesn’t translate much to other party candidates.

  • Eddie Sammon 6th May '16 - 2:05pm

    Congrats for another great result.

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