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Constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
County constituency for the Scottish Parliament

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). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. In 2011 it replaced most of the constituency of Ross, Skye and Inverness West with Inverness being moved into a new seat called Inverness and Nairn.

Electoral region

The Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies of are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Inverness and Nairn, Moray, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney and Shetland.

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 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 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

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	2011	Dave Thompson	Scottish National Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	2016	Kate Forbes	Scottish National Party

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Erskine
	SNP	Kate Forbes
	Conservative	Jamie Halcro Johnston
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Rixson
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament
	Alba
	All For Unity
	Freedom Alliance (UK)
	Reform UK
	Restore Scotland
	Scottish Family
	Scottish Green
	Scottish Libertarian
	TUSC
	UKIP
	Independent	Hazel Mansfield
	Independent	Andy Wightman
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Kate Forbes	17,362	47.6	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Angela MacLean	8,319	22.8	−7.7
	Conservative	Robbie Munro	5,887	16.1	+7.2
	Labour	Linda Stewart	3,821	10.5	−2.4
	Independent	Ronnie Campbell	1,116	3.1	+1.6
Majority			9,043	24.8	+9.1
Turnout			36,505	61.3	+5.7
	SNP hold		Swing

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	David Thompson	14,737	46.2	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Alan MacRae	9,742	30.5	N/A
	Labour	Linda Stewart	4,112	12.9	N/A
	Conservative	Kerensa Carr	2,834	8.9	N/A
	Independent	Ronnie Campbell	490	1.5	N/A
Majority			4,995	15.7	N/A
Turnout			31,915	55.6	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)

Notes and references

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/scotland-constituencies/S16000143
"2011 Scottish Parliamentary election results: Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch". Electoral commission. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

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