1987 General Election - Orkney and Shetland
| Year | 1987 | 
| General election | 1987 General Election | 
| Constituency | Orkney and Shetland | 
| Turnout | 68.7% | 
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | 
| Wallace, Jim | Liberal | 8,881 | 
| Jenkins, Richard | Conservative | 4,959 | 
| Aberdein, John | Labour | 3,995 | 
| Goodlad, John | Orkney and Shetland Movement | 3,095 | 
| Collister, Grierson | Greens | 389 |