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===2010s===
===2010s===
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Scottish Parliament election]]: Inverness and Nairn}}
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|party = Scottish National Party
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|candidate = [[Fergus Ewing]]
|votes = 18,505
|percentage = 48.3
|change = -3.2
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|party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = [[Fergus Ewing]]
|candidate = [[Sir Edward Mountain, 4th Baronet|Edward Mountain]]
|votes = 7,648
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|percentage = 20.0
|change = +8.4
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|party = Scottish Labour Party
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = [[David Stewart (Scottish politician)|David Stewart]]
|candidate = [[Sir Edward Mountain, 4th Baronet|Edward Mountain]]
|votes = 6,719
|votes = 7,648
|percentage = 20.0
|percentage = 17.5
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|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|party = Scottish Labour
|candidate = Carolyn Caddick
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|votes = 5,445
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|percentage = 17.5
|percentage = 14.2
|change = +2.7
|change = {{decrease}}4.3
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|votes = 10,857
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Carolyn Caddick
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|list_percentage = 9.6
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|party = Scottish Greens
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|party = UK Independence Party
|list_votes = 916
|list_percentage = 2.4
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|party = Scottish Christian Party
|list_votes = 546
|list_percentage = 1.4
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|candidate = James Stockan
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|party = RISE - Scotland's Left Alliance
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|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Scottish Parliament election]]: Inverness and Nairn}}

Revision as of 16:30, 6 April 2021

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
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyScottish National Party
MSPFergus Ewing
Council areaHighland
Created fromInverness East, Nairn & Lochaber,
Ross, Skye & Inverness West

Inverness and Nairn 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. 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.

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

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

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | 2011 Fergus Ewing Scottish National Party

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn[1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Scottish Green Ariane Burgess
SNP Fergus Ewing[a]
Labour Co-op Rhoda Grant[b][c]
Liberal Democrats David Gregg
Restore Scotland Andrew MacDonald
Conservative Edward Mountain[c]
Abolish the Scottish Parliament
Alba
All For Unity
Freedom Alliance
Reform UK
Scottish Family
Scottish Libertarian
TUSC
UKIP
Independent Hazel Mansfield
Independent Andy Wightman
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ^ Grant will stand on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote is for Scottish Labour only.
  3. ^ a b Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn[2]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Fergus Ewing[a] 18,505 48.3 Decrease3.2 16,200 42.1
Conservative Edward Mountain 7,648 20.0 Increase8.4 8,371 21.7
Labour David Stewart[b] 6,719 17.5 Decrease4.3 5,162 13.4
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Caddick 5,445 14.2 Increase2.7 3,688 9.6
Scottish Green 3,146 8.2
UKIP 916 2.4
Scottish Christian 546 1.4
Independent James Stockan 174 0.4
RISE 171 0.4
Solidarity 142 0.4
Majority 10,857 28.3 Decrease1.4
Turnout 38,539 57.5 Increase5.1 38,579 57.8
SNP hold Swing Decrease5.8
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Fergus Ewing 16,870 51.5 N/A
Labour David Stewart 7,125 21.8 N/A
Conservative Mary Scanlon 3,797 11.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christine Jardine 3,763 11.5 N/A
Scottish Christian Donald Boyd 646 2.0 N/A
UKIP Ross Durance 530 1.6 N/A
Majority 9,745 29.7 N/A
Turnout 32,731 52.4 N/A
SNP win (new seat)

Notes and references

See also