Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire in Scotland
Subdivisions of ScotlandScottish Highlands
Major settlementsInverness, Fort William
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentAngus MacDonald (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created fromRoss, Skye and Lochaber & Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, and was the final constituency to announce its result, due to multiple recounts related to technical issues in its vote-counting.[2]

Contents

Map
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency comprises all or part of the following wards of the Highland council area:[3]

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024[4] [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angus MacDonald 18,159 37.8 +22.7
SNP Drew Hendry 15,999 33.3 −15.4
Labour Michael Perera 6,246 13.0 +3.6
Reform UK Dillan Hill 2,934 6.1 +4.0
Conservative Ruraidh Stewart 2,502 5.2 −18.1
Scottish Green Peter Newman 2,038 4.2 +2.8
Socialist Equality Darren Paxton 178 0.4 N/A
Majority 2,160 4.5 N/A
Turnout 48,056 61.7 −4.3
Registered electors 77,927
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019, notional result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP N/A 24,717 48.7 N/A
Conservative N/A 11,852 23.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats N/A 7,677 15.1 N/A
Labour N/A 4,771 9.4 N/A
Reform UK N/A 1,042 2.1 N/A
Scottish Green N/A 724 1.4 N/A
Majority 12,865 25.3 N/A
SNP hold Swing N/A

References

  1. ^ "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  2. ^ "SNP concedes defeat in last UK seat still to declare result". BBC. July 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "New Seat Details - Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  4. ^ "UK Parliamentary Election :Results". Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

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