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Revision as of 16:44, 29 May 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
Population89,755 (2019)[1]
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

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

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 SNP

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn[2][3]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Fergus Ewing[a] 21,793 47.7 Decrease0.6 19,688 43.0 Increase0.9
Conservative Edward Mountain[b] 12,679 27.7 Increase7.7 12,045 26.3 Increase4.6
Labour Co-op Rhoda Grant[c][b] 5,370 11.7 Decrease5.8 5,108 11.2 Decrease2.2
Liberal Democrats David Gregg 2,892 6.3 Decrease7.9 2,820 6.2 Decrease3.4
Scottish Green Ariane Burgess 2,636 5.8 N/A 3,392 7.4 Decrease0.8
Alba 754 1.6 N/A
Independent Andy Wightman 661 1.4 N/A
Scottish Family 335 0.7 N/A
All for Unity 279 0.6 N/A
Freedom Alliance (UK) 155 0.4 N/A
Restore Scotland Andrew MacDonald 361 0.8 N/A 130 0.3 N/A
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 108 0.2 N/A
Reform UK 100 0.2 N/A
Scottish Libertarian 76 0.2 N/A
UKIP 67 0.1 Decrease2.3
TUSC 52 0.1 N/A
Independent Hazel Mansfield 32 0.1 N/A
Majority 9,114 20.0 Decrease8.3
Turnout 45,731 64.3 Increase6.8 45,802 64.4
SNP hold Swing Decrease4.2
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.

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn[4]
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

  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. ^ https://twitter.com/HighlandCouncil/status/1391027791630635008
  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.
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