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Political Life

Election results, plus information on turn-out.

Preferred Name:
ORKNEY AND ZETLAND
Unit Type:
Constituency
Status:
Parliamentary Constituency (1918 - 1948)
County Constituency (1948 - 1982)
Date created:
1918
Date abolished:
1982
Unit ID:
12750249
Authorities:
Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
ORKNEY AND ZETLAND Preferred English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
ORKNEY AND SHETLAND Alternate English     F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
ZETLAND Alternate English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SCOTLAND Dep Country 1918 1982 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Boundary changes

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Lower level units

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Orkney and Zetland CCon/PCon through time | Census tables with data for the Constituency, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12750249

Date accessed: 28th March 2024