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

United Kingdom parliamentary 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 Scotland	Scottish Highlands
Major settlements	Inverness, Fort William
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	Ross, 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]

Map of boundaries from 2024

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

Caol and Mallaig, Eilean a' Cheò, the north-east of Fort William and Ardnamurchan, and the south of Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh from the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency
Aird and Loch Ness, Inverness Central, Inverness Millburn, Inverness Ness-side, Inverness South, Inverness West, and most of Culloden and Ardersier from the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency

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	New
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

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

External links

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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