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The '''Orkney and Shetland Movement''' was an [[electoral coalition]] formed for the [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987 general election]] comprising the Orkney Movement and [[Shetland Movement]], political parties which advocated autonomy for Orkney and Shetland.  They agreed on selecting [[John Goodlad (fisherman)|John Goodlad]], the secretary of the [[Shetland Fishermen's Association]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Wills|first=Jonathan|title=A place in the sun: Shetland and oil--myths and realities|publisher=Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland|date=1991|series=Issue 41 of Social and economic studies|isbn=0-919666-69-8}}</ref> as a joint candidate for the [[Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)|Orkney and Shetland]] constituency. The [[Scottish National Party]] agreed to stand aside in favour of the coalition.

Their candidate won 3,095 votes, which represented 14.5% of the vote in the small seat, but came fourth, just behind the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], the best result at the time for a candidate not from one of the four main parties in Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alba.org.uk/nextwe/h05.html|title=Orkney & Shetland|work=Alba|publisher=Scottish Politics Research Unit|accessdate=18 February 2010|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606032103/http://www.alba.org.uk/nextwe/h05.html|archivedate=6 June 2011}}</ref>

They took part in the 1989 [[Scottish Constitutional Convention]] that developed a framework for the eventual [[Scottish devolution]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pilkington|first=Colin|title=Devolution in Britain today|publisher=Manchester University Press|date=2002|isbn=0-7190-6076-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7TqLhr51v0C&pg=PA68}}</ref>

It saw as its models the [[Isle of Man]] and the [[Faroe Islands]], an autonomous dependency of Denmark.<ref>Tallack, Malachy (2 April 2007) [http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/malachy-tallack/2007/04/shetland-scotland-independence Fair Isle: Independence thinking]. London. ''New Statesman''.</ref>

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[[Category:Locally based political parties in Scotland]]
[[Category:Separatism in the United Kingdom]]


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