The constituency is made up of the two island groups, Orkney and Shetland. A constituency of this name has existed continuously since 1708. However before 1918 the town of Kirkwall (the capital of Orkney) formed part of the Northern Burghs constituency.
The constituency is one of three "protected constituencies", the others being Na h-Eileanan an Iar and the Isle of Wight. The constituency contains the areas of the Orkney Islands Council and the Shetland Islands Council. Before 2011 the constituency had been unique in having its boundaries protected by legislation.
They are notable for living almost entirely on seaweed for several months of the year, except for a short lambing season – this is the only forage available to them, as they are confined to the shoreline by a 6 feet (1.8m) tall dry-stone wall which encloses the whole island. The semi feral flock on North Ronaldsay is confined to the foreshore for most of the year to conserve the limited grazing inland. This breed is raised primarily for wool.
Wool from the sheep is spun in Lanarkshire on the Scottish mainland and returned to Orkney for sale. However a small woollen mill now has a processing operation on North Ronaldsay. This mill processes the majority of Island-produced fleeces and supplies fibre for felters and spinners, as well as spinning yarn for knitters, many of whom live in Orkney producing fine clothing and other woollen goods for sale throughout Orkney.
The islands lie some 80km (50mi) to the northeast of Orkney and 280km (170mi) southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total area is 1,466km2 (566sqmi) and the population totalled 23,210 in 2012. Comprising the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament, Shetland is also one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the islands' administrative centre and only burgh is Lerwick. Also the capital of Shetland since 1708 taking over from Scalloway.
The largest island, known simply as "Mainland", has an area of 967km2 (373sqmi), making it the third-largest Scottish island and the fifth-largest of the British Isles. There are an additional 15 inhabited islands. The archipelago has an oceanic climate, a complex geology, a rugged coastline and many low, rolling hills.
Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, talks about his role in the constituency and in Parliament.
published: 19 Mar 2010
2015 UK General Election in May
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Alistair "Bruiser" Carmichael, elected to Orkney & Shetland 2015.
Alistair "Bruiser" Carmichael, elected to Orkney & Shetland 2015.
Holds his seat, albeit with a much reduced majority of 817 votes over SNP candidate Danus Skene.
published: 26 May 2015
Who Can I Vote For?: Orkney and Shetland
The UK General Election in 2024 uses the new electoral boundaries. Only 65 of the 650 seats are staying the same. Some seats are new, while some are abolished. In these videos we look at why boundaries are changing, a summary of the new constituency including demographics and geography, how the population of the new constituency is formed from the old seats. Then we get into the politics. We present the results for each of the constituencies in 2019, then look at the trends for the main seat that is being replaced. For the main seat, we look who won, who came second, and the majority. We look at the graph of the vote share for the last 4 elections. Then we list the final list of candidates and make a prediction for the 2024 winner based on predictions using an optimistic scenario and a bad...
published: 28 Jun 2024
Debate: Supporting Scotland’s Islands on Their Journey to Become Carbon Neutral - 17 May 2022
published: 17 May 2022
LERWICK, Shetland | 4K Narrated Walking Tour | Let's Walk 2024
Join me for a walk around the riveting town of Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands, and the most northerly major town in the whole of the UK! Home to hundreds of years of captivating history, a rugged harbour lined with an array of beautiful buildings, and a tight-knit community of 7,000 proud Shetlanders, Lerwick is a delight to explore, with surprises to be found on every corner!
On our walk around Lerwick, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Victoria Harbour, the Old Tolbooth, The Dim Riv Viking Longboat, The Lodberry (20 Commercial Street), The Queen's Hotel, Lerwick Post Office, Lerwick Market Cross, Commercial Street, the Bank of Scotland (Lerwick Branch), Reform Lane (formerly Tait's Close), The Grand Hotel, Fort Charlotte, Lerwick Town Hall, the Bressay S...
published: 17 Nov 2024
Orkney & Shetland | Live Election Results | Sky News
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Dr Alan Renwick, the Unit's Deputy Director, and Professor Robert Hazell, its founding Director gave expert evidence to the House of Commons public bill committee that is examining the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill on 23 June 2020.
To ensure that the Boundary Commissions remain independent and impartial, Dr Renwick and Professor Hazell recommended that the bill be amended in order to provide new safeguards. They emphasised four key points:
1. the Commissioners should be appointed for a single, non-renewable eight-year term
2. they should be subject to requirements of political neutrality
3. the deputy chair of each Commission (a High Court judge) should sit on the appointments panel for other Commissioners
4. the appointing minister should be required to appoint only from the names ...
published: 19 Apr 2021
Alister Jack calls for SNP to sort out Orkney funding issues & ferries
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has called for Scottish Government ministers to offer Orkney councillors a better funding deal after island councillors backed a motion to explore alternative governance.
This comes after Orkney Islands Council is set to explore its “Nordic connections” as it discusses alternative forms of governance which could see the islands’ legal status change.
Council leader James Stockan has put forward a motion which says it is time for Orkney to consider other forms of governance which could provide more economic opportunity.
Mr Stockan said he felt that Orkney is being “failed dreadfully” by Governments in both Edinburgh and London.
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published: 05 Jul 2023
Scottish Government Debate: Carbon Neutral Islands Project - 19 January 2023
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The UK's general election is less than a month away - with polls suggesting it could be one of the closest run races in decades.
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Alistair "Bruiser" Carmichael, elected to Orkney & Shetland 2015.
Holds his seat, albeit with a much reduced majority of 817 votes over SNP candidate Danus Sk...
Alistair "Bruiser" Carmichael, elected to Orkney & Shetland 2015.
Holds his seat, albeit with a much reduced majority of 817 votes over SNP candidate Danus Skene.
Alistair "Bruiser" Carmichael, elected to Orkney & Shetland 2015.
Holds his seat, albeit with a much reduced majority of 817 votes over SNP candidate Danus Skene.
The UK General Election in 2024 uses the new electoral boundaries. Only 65 of the 650 seats are staying the same. Some seats are new, while some are abolished. ...
The UK General Election in 2024 uses the new electoral boundaries. Only 65 of the 650 seats are staying the same. Some seats are new, while some are abolished. In these videos we look at why boundaries are changing, a summary of the new constituency including demographics and geography, how the population of the new constituency is formed from the old seats. Then we get into the politics. We present the results for each of the constituencies in 2019, then look at the trends for the main seat that is being replaced. For the main seat, we look who won, who came second, and the majority. We look at the graph of the vote share for the last 4 elections. Then we list the final list of candidates and make a prediction for the 2024 winner based on predictions using an optimistic scenario and a bad day for the Conservatives.
Data is from the UK Parliament, ONS, and Who Can I Vote For?
The UK General Election in 2024 uses the new electoral boundaries. Only 65 of the 650 seats are staying the same. Some seats are new, while some are abolished. In these videos we look at why boundaries are changing, a summary of the new constituency including demographics and geography, how the population of the new constituency is formed from the old seats. Then we get into the politics. We present the results for each of the constituencies in 2019, then look at the trends for the main seat that is being replaced. For the main seat, we look who won, who came second, and the majority. We look at the graph of the vote share for the last 4 elections. Then we list the final list of candidates and make a prediction for the 2024 winner based on predictions using an optimistic scenario and a bad day for the Conservatives.
Data is from the UK Parliament, ONS, and Who Can I Vote For?
Join me for a walk around the riveting town of Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands, and the most northerly major town in the whole of the UK! Home to h...
Join me for a walk around the riveting town of Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands, and the most northerly major town in the whole of the UK! Home to hundreds of years of captivating history, a rugged harbour lined with an array of beautiful buildings, and a tight-knit community of 7,000 proud Shetlanders, Lerwick is a delight to explore, with surprises to be found on every corner!
On our walk around Lerwick, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Victoria Harbour, the Old Tolbooth, The Dim Riv Viking Longboat, The Lodberry (20 Commercial Street), The Queen's Hotel, Lerwick Post Office, Lerwick Market Cross, Commercial Street, the Bank of Scotland (Lerwick Branch), Reform Lane (formerly Tait's Close), The Grand Hotel, Fort Charlotte, Lerwick Town Hall, the Bressay Sound, Shetland Islands Council Building, Mareel, Hay's Dock, and the Shetland Museum & Archives.
Thank you so much to the following sites for their help in my research of Lerwick:
https://www.shetland.org/blog/lerwicks-iconic-buildings
https://www.shetland.org/blog/lerwick-past-and-present
https://shetlandwithlaurie.com/the-blog/lerwick-a-potted-history-on-the-growth-of-a-town
https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/a-shetland-timeline/
https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/all-aboard-the-dim-riv/
https://thelaughingcurator.co.uk/the-lodberries-of-lerwick/
https://www.shetland.org/visit/do/outdoors/lodberries
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lerwick-public-sign-snails
https://www.queenshotelshetland.co.uk/history/
https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB43628
https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB37276
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/first-world-war/the-1914-lerwick-post-office-affair
https://www.livinglerwick.co.uk/blog/maunsie-da-market
https://www.shetland.org/blog/what-happens-lerwick-up-helly-aa
https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB37254
https://www.shetlandamenity.org/place-name-of-the-week-lerwick-lanes
https://www.grandhotelshetland.co.uk/history/
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/fort-charlotte/
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/fortcharlotte/index.html
https://www.shetland.org/visit/plan/areas/lerwick/lerwick-town-hall
https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/a-guide-to-fort-charlotte-in-shetland/
https://www.scotslanguage.com/Scots_placenames_uid108/Shetland_Place-names
https://www.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk/visit/hays-dock/history
0:00 Esplanade
0:15 South Harbour
0:25 Esplanade
0:30 Things to see in Lerwick...
1:02 Esplanade
1:18 South Harbour
1:28 Esplanade
1:56 Lerwick Old Tolbooth
2:39 South Harbour
3:01 Lerwick Old Tolbooth
3:28 Commercial Street
4:03 The Dim Riv Viking Longboat
4:23 Commercial Street
4:33 The Lodberry (20 Commercial Street)
5:50 Snails of Lerwick's Road Signs
6:04 Commercial Street
6:14 Bain's Beach
6:49 Commercial Street
6:59 The Queen's Hotel
7:19 Lerwick Old Tolbooth
7:29 Commercial Street
8:09 Lerwick Post Office
8:49 Commercial Street
9:24 Market Cross
10:47 Commercial Street
11:04 Bank of Scotland (Lerwick Branch)
11:26 Commercial Street
11:56 Reform Lane (formerly Tait's Close)
12:22 Commercial Street
13:35 The Grand Hotel
14:02 Commercial Street
15:42 Fort Charlotte
16:02 Commercial Street
16:12 Charlotte Street
16:34 Fort Charlotte
17:13 View over Lerwick from Fort Charlotte
17:38 Lerwick Town Hall
18:00 Fort Charlotte
19:23 Army Reserve Centre (Fort Charlotte)
19:59 Fort Charlotte
20:34 Bressay Sound
21:31 Fort Charlotte
21:46 18th-century magazine of Fort Charlotte
22:11 Fort Charlotte
22:31 Harbour Street
22:48 Commercial Road
24:29 North Ness
25:34 Shetland Islands Council Building (North Ness)
26:14 Mareel
27:09 Gutters Gaet
27:39 Hay's Dock
28:36 HMS Oceanic Propellor Blade
28:51 Hay's Dock
29:33 Shetland Museum & Archives
30:04 Hay's Dock
30:48 Things to see in Shetland outside of Lerwick!
31:15 Hay's Dock
31:47 Thank you for watching!
Join me for a walk around the riveting town of Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands, and the most northerly major town in the whole of the UK! Home to hundreds of years of captivating history, a rugged harbour lined with an array of beautiful buildings, and a tight-knit community of 7,000 proud Shetlanders, Lerwick is a delight to explore, with surprises to be found on every corner!
On our walk around Lerwick, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Victoria Harbour, the Old Tolbooth, The Dim Riv Viking Longboat, The Lodberry (20 Commercial Street), The Queen's Hotel, Lerwick Post Office, Lerwick Market Cross, Commercial Street, the Bank of Scotland (Lerwick Branch), Reform Lane (formerly Tait's Close), The Grand Hotel, Fort Charlotte, Lerwick Town Hall, the Bressay Sound, Shetland Islands Council Building, Mareel, Hay's Dock, and the Shetland Museum & Archives.
Thank you so much to the following sites for their help in my research of Lerwick:
https://www.shetland.org/blog/lerwicks-iconic-buildings
https://www.shetland.org/blog/lerwick-past-and-present
https://shetlandwithlaurie.com/the-blog/lerwick-a-potted-history-on-the-growth-of-a-town
https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/a-shetland-timeline/
https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/all-aboard-the-dim-riv/
https://thelaughingcurator.co.uk/the-lodberries-of-lerwick/
https://www.shetland.org/visit/do/outdoors/lodberries
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lerwick-public-sign-snails
https://www.queenshotelshetland.co.uk/history/
https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB43628
https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB37276
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/first-world-war/the-1914-lerwick-post-office-affair
https://www.livinglerwick.co.uk/blog/maunsie-da-market
https://www.shetland.org/blog/what-happens-lerwick-up-helly-aa
https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB37254
https://www.shetlandamenity.org/place-name-of-the-week-lerwick-lanes
https://www.grandhotelshetland.co.uk/history/
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/fort-charlotte/
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/fortcharlotte/index.html
https://www.shetland.org/visit/plan/areas/lerwick/lerwick-town-hall
https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/a-guide-to-fort-charlotte-in-shetland/
https://www.scotslanguage.com/Scots_placenames_uid108/Shetland_Place-names
https://www.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk/visit/hays-dock/history
0:00 Esplanade
0:15 South Harbour
0:25 Esplanade
0:30 Things to see in Lerwick...
1:02 Esplanade
1:18 South Harbour
1:28 Esplanade
1:56 Lerwick Old Tolbooth
2:39 South Harbour
3:01 Lerwick Old Tolbooth
3:28 Commercial Street
4:03 The Dim Riv Viking Longboat
4:23 Commercial Street
4:33 The Lodberry (20 Commercial Street)
5:50 Snails of Lerwick's Road Signs
6:04 Commercial Street
6:14 Bain's Beach
6:49 Commercial Street
6:59 The Queen's Hotel
7:19 Lerwick Old Tolbooth
7:29 Commercial Street
8:09 Lerwick Post Office
8:49 Commercial Street
9:24 Market Cross
10:47 Commercial Street
11:04 Bank of Scotland (Lerwick Branch)
11:26 Commercial Street
11:56 Reform Lane (formerly Tait's Close)
12:22 Commercial Street
13:35 The Grand Hotel
14:02 Commercial Street
15:42 Fort Charlotte
16:02 Commercial Street
16:12 Charlotte Street
16:34 Fort Charlotte
17:13 View over Lerwick from Fort Charlotte
17:38 Lerwick Town Hall
18:00 Fort Charlotte
19:23 Army Reserve Centre (Fort Charlotte)
19:59 Fort Charlotte
20:34 Bressay Sound
21:31 Fort Charlotte
21:46 18th-century magazine of Fort Charlotte
22:11 Fort Charlotte
22:31 Harbour Street
22:48 Commercial Road
24:29 North Ness
25:34 Shetland Islands Council Building (North Ness)
26:14 Mareel
27:09 Gutters Gaet
27:39 Hay's Dock
28:36 HMS Oceanic Propellor Blade
28:51 Hay's Dock
29:33 Shetland Museum & Archives
30:04 Hay's Dock
30:48 Things to see in Shetland outside of Lerwick!
31:15 Hay's Dock
31:47 Thank you for watching!
Sky News is at this election declaration and 249 others. For all the latest national results watch Sky News and visit http://news.sky.com/politics
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Dr Alan Renwick, the Unit's Deputy Director, and Professor Robert Hazell, its founding Director gave expert evidence to the House of Commons public bill committ...
Dr Alan Renwick, the Unit's Deputy Director, and Professor Robert Hazell, its founding Director gave expert evidence to the House of Commons public bill committee that is examining the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill on 23 June 2020.
To ensure that the Boundary Commissions remain independent and impartial, Dr Renwick and Professor Hazell recommended that the bill be amended in order to provide new safeguards. They emphasised four key points:
1. the Commissioners should be appointed for a single, non-renewable eight-year term
2. they should be subject to requirements of political neutrality
3. the deputy chair of each Commission (a High Court judge) should sit on the appointments panel for other Commissioners
4. the appointing minister should be required to appoint only from the names recommended by the panel.
Dr Alan Renwick, the Unit's Deputy Director, and Professor Robert Hazell, its founding Director gave expert evidence to the House of Commons public bill committee that is examining the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill on 23 June 2020.
To ensure that the Boundary Commissions remain independent and impartial, Dr Renwick and Professor Hazell recommended that the bill be amended in order to provide new safeguards. They emphasised four key points:
1. the Commissioners should be appointed for a single, non-renewable eight-year term
2. they should be subject to requirements of political neutrality
3. the deputy chair of each Commission (a High Court judge) should sit on the appointments panel for other Commissioners
4. the appointing minister should be required to appoint only from the names recommended by the panel.
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has called for Scottish Government ministers to offer Orkney councillors a better funding deal after island councillors backed a...
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has called for Scottish Government ministers to offer Orkney councillors a better funding deal after island councillors backed a motion to explore alternative governance.
This comes after Orkney Islands Council is set to explore its “Nordic connections” as it discusses alternative forms of governance which could see the islands’ legal status change.
Council leader James Stockan has put forward a motion which says it is time for Orkney to consider other forms of governance which could provide more economic opportunity.
Mr Stockan said he felt that Orkney is being “failed dreadfully” by Governments in both Edinburgh and London.
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Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has called for Scottish Government ministers to offer Orkney councillors a better funding deal after island councillors backed a motion to explore alternative governance.
This comes after Orkney Islands Council is set to explore its “Nordic connections” as it discusses alternative forms of governance which could see the islands’ legal status change.
Council leader James Stockan has put forward a motion which says it is time for Orkney to consider other forms of governance which could provide more economic opportunity.
Mr Stockan said he felt that Orkney is being “failed dreadfully” by Governments in both Edinburgh and London.
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The UK's general election is less than a month away - with polls suggesting it could be one of the closest run races in decades.
Issues such as the health service, immigration and Britain's membership within the EU are some of the big topics facing voters.
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Alistair "Bruiser" Carmichael, elected to Orkney & Shetland 2015.
Holds his seat, albeit with a much reduced majority of 817 votes over SNP candidate Danus Skene.
The UK General Election in 2024 uses the new electoral boundaries. Only 65 of the 650 seats are staying the same. Some seats are new, while some are abolished. In these videos we look at why boundaries are changing, a summary of the new constituency including demographics and geography, how the population of the new constituency is formed from the old seats. Then we get into the politics. We present the results for each of the constituencies in 2019, then look at the trends for the main seat that is being replaced. For the main seat, we look who won, who came second, and the majority. We look at the graph of the vote share for the last 4 elections. Then we list the final list of candidates and make a prediction for the 2024 winner based on predictions using an optimistic scenario and a bad day for the Conservatives.
Data is from the UK Parliament, ONS, and Who Can I Vote For?
Join me for a walk around the riveting town of Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands, and the most northerly major town in the whole of the UK! Home to hundreds of years of captivating history, a rugged harbour lined with an array of beautiful buildings, and a tight-knit community of 7,000 proud Shetlanders, Lerwick is a delight to explore, with surprises to be found on every corner!
On our walk around Lerwick, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Victoria Harbour, the Old Tolbooth, The Dim Riv Viking Longboat, The Lodberry (20 Commercial Street), The Queen's Hotel, Lerwick Post Office, Lerwick Market Cross, Commercial Street, the Bank of Scotland (Lerwick Branch), Reform Lane (formerly Tait's Close), The Grand Hotel, Fort Charlotte, Lerwick Town Hall, the Bressay Sound, Shetland Islands Council Building, Mareel, Hay's Dock, and the Shetland Museum & Archives.
Thank you so much to the following sites for their help in my research of Lerwick:
https://www.shetland.org/blog/lerwicks-iconic-buildings
https://www.shetland.org/blog/lerwick-past-and-present
https://shetlandwithlaurie.com/the-blog/lerwick-a-potted-history-on-the-growth-of-a-town
https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/a-shetland-timeline/
https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/shetland-blog/all-aboard-the-dim-riv/
https://thelaughingcurator.co.uk/the-lodberries-of-lerwick/
https://www.shetland.org/visit/do/outdoors/lodberries
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lerwick-public-sign-snails
https://www.queenshotelshetland.co.uk/history/
https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB43628
https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB37276
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0:00 Esplanade
0:15 South Harbour
0:25 Esplanade
0:30 Things to see in Lerwick...
1:02 Esplanade
1:18 South Harbour
1:28 Esplanade
1:56 Lerwick Old Tolbooth
2:39 South Harbour
3:01 Lerwick Old Tolbooth
3:28 Commercial Street
4:03 The Dim Riv Viking Longboat
4:23 Commercial Street
4:33 The Lodberry (20 Commercial Street)
5:50 Snails of Lerwick's Road Signs
6:04 Commercial Street
6:14 Bain's Beach
6:49 Commercial Street
6:59 The Queen's Hotel
7:19 Lerwick Old Tolbooth
7:29 Commercial Street
8:09 Lerwick Post Office
8:49 Commercial Street
9:24 Market Cross
10:47 Commercial Street
11:04 Bank of Scotland (Lerwick Branch)
11:26 Commercial Street
11:56 Reform Lane (formerly Tait's Close)
12:22 Commercial Street
13:35 The Grand Hotel
14:02 Commercial Street
15:42 Fort Charlotte
16:02 Commercial Street
16:12 Charlotte Street
16:34 Fort Charlotte
17:13 View over Lerwick from Fort Charlotte
17:38 Lerwick Town Hall
18:00 Fort Charlotte
19:23 Army Reserve Centre (Fort Charlotte)
19:59 Fort Charlotte
20:34 Bressay Sound
21:31 Fort Charlotte
21:46 18th-century magazine of Fort Charlotte
22:11 Fort Charlotte
22:31 Harbour Street
22:48 Commercial Road
24:29 North Ness
25:34 Shetland Islands Council Building (North Ness)
26:14 Mareel
27:09 Gutters Gaet
27:39 Hay's Dock
28:36 HMS Oceanic Propellor Blade
28:51 Hay's Dock
29:33 Shetland Museum & Archives
30:04 Hay's Dock
30:48 Things to see in Shetland outside of Lerwick!
31:15 Hay's Dock
31:47 Thank you for watching!
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Dr Alan Renwick, the Unit's Deputy Director, and Professor Robert Hazell, its founding Director gave expert evidence to the House of Commons public bill committee that is examining the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill on 23 June 2020.
To ensure that the Boundary Commissions remain independent and impartial, Dr Renwick and Professor Hazell recommended that the bill be amended in order to provide new safeguards. They emphasised four key points:
1. the Commissioners should be appointed for a single, non-renewable eight-year term
2. they should be subject to requirements of political neutrality
3. the deputy chair of each Commission (a High Court judge) should sit on the appointments panel for other Commissioners
4. the appointing minister should be required to appoint only from the names recommended by the panel.
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has called for Scottish Government ministers to offer Orkney councillors a better funding deal after island councillors backed a motion to explore alternative governance.
This comes after Orkney Islands Council is set to explore its “Nordic connections” as it discusses alternative forms of governance which could see the islands’ legal status change.
Council leader James Stockan has put forward a motion which says it is time for Orkney to consider other forms of governance which could provide more economic opportunity.
Mr Stockan said he felt that Orkney is being “failed dreadfully” by Governments in both Edinburgh and London.
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The constituency is made up of the two island groups, Orkney and Shetland. A constituency of this name has existed continuously since 1708. However before 1918 the town of Kirkwall (the capital of Orkney) formed part of the Northern Burghs constituency.
The constituency is one of three "protected constituencies", the others being Na h-Eileanan an Iar and the Isle of Wight. The constituency contains the areas of the Orkney Islands Council and the Shetland Islands Council. Before 2011 the constituency had been unique in having its boundaries protected by legislation.