Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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Population | 76,018 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Kate Forbes |
Council area | Highland |
Created from | Ross, Skye & Inverness West, Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber |
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 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, as well as eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and replaced most of the former constituency of Ross, Skye and Inverness West and part of the former Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber constituency. The remaining portions of the two former seats (consisting mostly of the less rural area surrounding and including Inverness) was moved into a new seat called Inverness and Nairn.
The seat has been held by Kate Forbes of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
[edit]The Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies are Argyll and Bute; Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn; Moray; Na h-Eileanan an Iar; Orkney; Shetland. The Highlands and Islands electoral 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]The Highland (council area) is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn; Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
The electoral wards used in the newly created constituency of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch are;
- In full: Dingwall and Seaforth; Black Isle; Eilean a’ Cheò; Caol and Mallaig; Aird and Loch Ness; Fort William and Ardnamurchan
- In part: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh; Badenoch and Strathspey
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Dave Thompson | Scottish National Party | |
2016 | Kate Forbes |
Election results
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Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Kate Forbes[a] | 24,192 | 56.1 | ![]() |
18,220 | 42.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jamie Halcro Johnston[b] | 8,331 | 19.3 | ![]() |
9,718 | 22.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Denis Rixson | 6,778 | 15.7 | ![]() |
4,244 | 9.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | John Erskine | 3,855 | 8.9 | ![]() |
4,001 | 9.2 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 3,985 | 9.2 | ![]() | |||||
Independent | Andy Wightman[c] | 1,199 | 2.8 | New | ||||
Alba | 789 | 1.8 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 305 | 0.7 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 281 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 117 | 0.3 | New | |||||
UKIP | 95 | 0.2 | ![]() | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 80 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 78 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 72 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Restore Scotland | 71 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Independent | Hazel Mansfield | 68 | 0.2 | New | ||||
TUSC | 49 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Majority | 15,861 | 36.8 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 43,156 | 43,372 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 218 | 64 | ||||||
Turnout | 43,374 | 68.7 | ![]() |
43,436 | 68.8 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Notes
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This was the largest numerical majority at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Kate Forbes | 17,362 | 47.6 | ![]() |
14,964 | 40.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Angela MacLean | 8,319 | 22.8 | ![]() |
5,405 | 14.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Robbie Munro | 5,887 | 16.1 | ![]() |
7,327 | 20.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | Linda Stewart | 3,821 | 10.5 | ![]() |
3,580 | 9.8 | ![]() | |
Independent | Ronnie Campbell | 1,116 | 3.1 | ![]() |
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Scottish Green | 3,362 | 9.2 | ![]() | |||||
UKIP | 922 | 2.5 | ![]() | |||||
Scottish Christian | 548 | 1.5 | ![]() | |||||
Independent | James Stockan | 229 | 0.6 | New | ||||
RISE | 179 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Solidarity | 123 | 0.3 | ![]() | |||||
Majority | 9,043 | 24.8 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 36,505 | 36,639 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 139 | 46 | ||||||
Turnout | 36,644 | 61.5 | ![]() |
36,685 | 61.6 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | David Thompson[a] | 14,737 | 46.2 | N/A | 14,680 | 45.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan MacRae | 9,742 | 30.5 | N/A | 5,909 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Linda Stewart | 4,112 | 12.9 | N/A | 3,584 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kerensa Carr | 2,834 | 8.9 | N/A | 2,968 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Ronnie Campbell | 490 | 1.5 | N/A | ||||
Scottish Green | 2,064 | 6.5 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 689 | 2.2 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 585 | 1.8 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 378 | 1.2 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 253 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 175 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 70 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 19 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Others | 613 | 1.9 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 4,995 | 15.7 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 31,915 | 31,987 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 154 | 116 | ||||||
Turnout | 32,069 | 56.2 | N/A | 32,103 | 56.3 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021 Results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 15 June 2021.