Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Inverness and Nairn is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
| Inverness and Nairn | |
|---|---|
| county constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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.svg.png.webp) Inverness and Nairn shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Fergus Ewing |
| Council area | Highland |
| Created from | Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber, Ross, Skye & Inverness West |
Electoral region
The Inverness and Nairn constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Moray, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney, Shetland and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of the Highland council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney Islands council area, all of the Shetland Islands council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The electoral wards used to create the new Inverness and Nairn seat are:
The Highland (council area) is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies. These are: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Fergus Ewing | 18,505 | 48.3 | -3.2 | |
| Conservative | Edward Mountain | 7,648 | 20.0 | +8.4 | |
| Labour | David Stewart | 6,719 | 17.5 | -4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Caddick | 5,445 | 14.2 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 10,857 | 28.3 | -1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 38,317 | 57.5 | +5.1 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | -5.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Fergus Ewing | 16,870 | 51.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | David Stewart | 7,125 | 21.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Mary Scanlon | 3,797 | 11.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Jardine | 3,763 | 11.5 | N/A | |
| Scottish Christian | Donald Boyd | 646 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Ross Durance | 530 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,745 | 29.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 32,731 | 52.4 | N/A | ||
| SNP win (new seat) | |||||