1997 General Election - Orkney and Shetland
| Year | 1997 |
| General election | 1997 General Election |
| Constituency | Orkney and Shetland |
| Turnout | 64.0% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Wallace, Jim | Liberal Democrats | 10,743 |
| Paton, James | Labour | 3,775 |
| Ross, Willie | SNP | 2,624 |
| Anderson, Hope | Conservative | 2,527 |
| Adamson, Francis | Referendum | 820 |
| Wharton, Christian | Natural Law | 116 |
| Robertson, Arthur | Independent | 60 |