Orkney_and_Shetland_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)
Orkney and Shetland (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Constituency of the Old Parliament of Scotland
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the stewartry of Orkney and lordship of Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland) elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates. They were re-annexed to the Crown in 1669.
After 1708, Orkney and Shetland returned one member to the House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.