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Orkney is represented in the United Kingdom's [[House of Commons]] as part of a joint constituency with the [[Shetland Islands]], which elects one [[Member of Parliament]] (MP). The seat has been held consistently by members of the UK [[Liberal Democrats]] and their predecessors the [[British Liberal Party]] since 1950.<ref>http://www.alba.org.uk/scot99constit/h05.html</ref> The current incumbent of the Orkney and Shetland constituency is Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael.<ref>http://www.alistaircarmichael.org.uk</ref>
Orkney is represented in the United Kingdom's [[House of Commons]] as part of a joint constituency with the [[Shetland Islands]], which elects one [[Member of Parliament]] (MP). The seat has been held consistently by members of the UK [[Liberal Democrats]] and their predecessors the [[British Liberal Party]] since 1950.<ref>http://www.alba.org.uk/scot99constit/h05.html</ref> The current incumbent of the Orkney and Shetland constituency is Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael.<ref>http://www.alistaircarmichael.org.uk</ref>
In the [[Scottish Parliament]] the Orkney Islands are an individual constituency which elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP). The current MSP for the constituency is Liam McArthur of the Liberal Democrat party.<ref>http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/liam_mcarthur/</ref>
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