Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Constituency
Current constituency

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

Main article: Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament region

The Inverness and Nairn constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies of are: Argyll and Bute; Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Moray; Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles); 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 the Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) council area.

Constituency boundaries

The electoral wards used to create the new Inverness and Nairn seat are:

• In full: Inverness West; Inverness Central; Inverness Ness-Side; Inverness Millburn; Inverness South; Culloden and Ardersier; Nairn
• In part: Badenoch and Strathspey

Council area

See also Politics of the Highland council area

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	1999	Fergus Ewing	Scottish National Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	2003
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	2007

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Inverness and Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Fergus Ewing	16,870	51.5	+10.6
	Labour	David Stewart	7,125	21.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Mary Scanlon	3,797	11.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Jardine	3,763	11.5	−15.9
	Scottish Christian	Donald Boyd	646	2.0	N/A
	UKIP	Ross Durance	530	1.6	N/A
Majority			9,745	29.8
Turnout			32,731	52.4
	SNP hold		Swing	+4.8

Scottish Christian and UKIP both gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Inverness and Nairn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP		15,101	41.0
	Liberal Democrats		10,106	27.4
	Labour		7,702	20.9
	Conservative		3,885	10.5
	Others		56	0.2
Majority			4,995	13.6
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Fergus Ewing	16,443	41.5	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Harrow	10,972	27.7	+11.5
	Labour	Linda Stewart	7,559	19.1	−8.8
	Conservative	Jamie Halcro Johnston	4,635	11.7	−6.1
Majority			5,471	13.8
Rejected ballots			1,249
Turnout			36,609	55.3	+3.1
	SNP hold		Swing	0.5