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| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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| 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
See also: Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament 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 | |
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| 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 | |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Erskine | ||||
| SNP | Kate Forbes | ||||
| Conservative | Jamie Halcro Johnston | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Denis Rixson | ||||
2010s
| 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 | ||||
| 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.strathspey-herald.co.uk/news/john-erskine-will-battle-for-badenoch-seat-in-21-221692/?cmpredirect
- https://www.snp.org/the-snps-candidates-for-the-2021-scottish-parliament-election/
- https://www.scottishconservatives.com/people/scottish-election-candidates-2021/
- https://www.markpack.org.uk/166353/denis-rixson-selected-for-skye-lochaber-and-badenoch/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/scotland-constituencies/S16000143
- "2011 Scottish Parliamentary election results: Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch". Electoral commission. Retrieved 9 August 2014.