2001 General Election - Orkney and Shetland
| Year | 2001 | 
| General election | 2001 General Election | 
| Constituency | Orkney and Shetland | 
| Turnout | 52.4% | 
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | 
| Carmichael, Alistair | Liberal Democrats | 6,919 | 
| Mochrie, Robert | Labour | 3,444 | 
| Firth, John | Conservative | 3,121 | 
| Mowat, John | SNP | 2,473 | 
| Andrews, Peter | Scottish Socialist | 776 |