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Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Inverness and Nairn is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Highland council area. 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
Inverness and Nairn shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population89,755 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyScottish National Party
MSPFergus Ewing
Council areaHighland
Created fromInverness East, Nairn & Lochaber,
Ross, Skye & Inverness West

The seat was first created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers parts of the former seats of Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber and Ross, Skye & Inverness West. Since being formed it has been held by Fergus Ewing of the Scottish National Party, who was previously the member for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber.

Electoral region edit

See also: Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament 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 edit

 
Map of boundaries from 2011

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.

The electoral wards used to create the new Inverness and Nairn seat are:

Member of the Scottish Parliament edit

Election Member Party
2011 Fergus Ewing SNP

Election results edit

 
Inverness & Nairn election results 1999-2021

2020s edit

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn[2][3]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Fergus Ewing[a] 21,793 47.7  0.6 19,688 43.0  0.9
Conservative Edward Mountain[b] 12,679 27.7  7.7 12,045 26.3  4.6
Labour Co-op Rhoda Grant[c][b] 5,370 11.7  5.8 5,108 11.2  2.2
Liberal Democrats David Gregg 2,892 6.3  7.9 2,820 6.2  3.4
Scottish Green Ariane Burgess 2,636 5.8 New 3,392 7.4  0.8
Alba 754 1.6 New
Independent Andy Wightman[d] 661 1.4 New
Scottish Family 335 0.7 New
All for Unity 279 0.6 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) 155 0.4 New
Restore Scotland Andrew MacDonald 361 0.8 New 130 0.3 N/A
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 108 0.2 New
Reform UK 100 0.2 New
Libertarian 76 0.2 New
UKIP 67 0.1  2.3
TUSC 52 0.1 New
Independent Hazel Mansfield 32 0.1 New
Majority 9,114 20.0  8.3
Valid Votes 45,731 45,802
Invalid Votes 137 79
Turnout 45,868 64.5  6.7 45,881 64.5  6.6
SNP hold Swing  4.2
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ^ a b Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
  3. ^ Grant stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote is for Scottish Labour only.
  4. ^ Incumbent member on the list for Lothian region, having been elected as a member of the Scottish Greens in 2016

2010s edit

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn[4]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Fergus Ewing[a] 18,505 48.3  3.2 16,200 42.1  6.4
Conservative Edward Mountain 7,648 20.0  8.4 8,371 21.7  10.4
Labour David Stewart[b] 6,719 17.5  4.3 5,162 13.4  4.4
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Caddick 5,445 14.2  2.7 3,688 9.6  0.1
Scottish Green 3,146 8.2  3.3
UKIP 916 2.4  1.0
Scottish Christian 546 1.4  0.6
Independent James Stockan 174 0.4 New
RISE 171 0.4 New
Solidarity 142 0.4  0.3
Majority 10,857 28.3  1.4
Valid Votes 38,317 38,516
Invalid Votes 222 63
Turnout 38,539 57.8  5.0 38,579 57.9  5.1
SNP hold Swing  5.8
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn[5]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Fergus Ewing[a] 16,870 51.5 N/A 15,859 48.5 N/A
Labour David Stewart[b] 7,125 21.8 N/A 5,809 17.8 N/A
Conservative Mary Scanlon[b] 3,797 11.6 N/A 3,684 11.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christine Jardine 3,763 11.5 N/A 3,113 9.5 N/A
Scottish Green 1,588 4.9 N/A
Scottish Christian Donald Boyd 646 2.0 N/A 669 2.0 N/A
UKIP Ross Durance 530 1.6 N/A 448 1.4 N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 405 1.2 N/A
Socialist Labour 334 1.0 N/A
BNP 162 0.5 N/A
Scottish Socialist 84 0.3 N/A
Solidarity 38 0.1 N/A
Others 522 1.6 N/A
Majority 9,745 29.7 N/A
Valid Votes 32,731 32,715
Invalid Votes 99 99
Turnout 32,830 52.8 N/A 32,814 52.8 N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency
  2. ^ a b Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
  2. ^ Tarrant, Sylvia. "Highland nominations for Scottish Parliamentary Election 2021". www.highland.gov.uk.
  3. ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021 Results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - Scottish Parliamentary election 2016 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting". www.highland.gov.uk.
  5. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

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