Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)

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Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland Highland
Major settlements Thurso, Wick, Alness, Tain
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrats)
Created from Caithness & Sutherland and Ross, Cromarty & Skye

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It is the most northerly constituency on the British mainland. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Contents

Since the 2017 general election, the constituency has been represented by Jamie Stone of the Liberal Democrats. [1]

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997 by merging Caithness and Sutherland with an area from Ross, Cromarty and Skye which was abolished.

1997–2005: Caithness District, Sutherland District, and the Ross and Cromarty District electoral divisions of Easter Ross, Invergordon, and Tain.

2005–2024: The Highland Council wards of Alness and Ardross, Brora, Caithness Central, Caithness North East, Caithness North West, Caithness South East, Dornoch Firth, Ferindonald, Golspie and Rogart, Invergordon, Pulteneytown, Rosskeen and Saltburn, Seaboard, Sutherland Central, Sutherland North West, Tain East, Tain West, Thurso Central, Thurso East, Thurso West, Tongue and Farr, Wick, and Wick West.

In 2005 the Westminster constituency was enlarged slightly, to include a small area from Ross, Skye and Inverness West. The rest of the latter was divided between two new constituencies, Ross, Skye and Lochaber and Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.

2024–present: The Highland Council wards of North, West and Central Sutherland, Thurso and Northwest Caithness, Wick and East Caithness, East Sutherland and Edderton, northern and eastern parts of Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Cromarty Firth, Tain and Easter Ross, Dingwall and Seaforth, Black Isle, and a small part of Aird and Loch Ness. [2] [3]

Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the seat was enlarged again, this time significantly, to include the Black Isle, Dingwall and part of Wester Ross, primarily added from the abolished constituency of Ross, Skye and Lochaber. This made it the largest UK constituency by area.

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2005–2024
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024


Local government area

See also Politics of the Highland council area

Since it was created in 1997 the constituency has been one of three covering the Highland council area. Since 2005 the other two have been Ross, Skye and Lochaber and Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey. From 1997 to 2005 the other constituencies of the council area were Ross, Skye and Inverness West and Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber. Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is the most northerly of the constituencies, and it now has the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency on its southern boundary.

As enlarged in 2005, the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency covered 23 out of the 80 wards of the council area: all ten wards of the Caithness area committee, all six wards of the Sutherland area committee and seven (Alness and Ardross, Invergordon, Ferindonald, Rosskeen and Saltburn, Seaboard, Tain East and Tain West) out of the 18 wards of the Ross and Cromarty area committee.

Ward boundaries were redrawn again in 2007, and the management areas were abolished in favour of three new corporate management areas. The new areas consist of groups of the new wards, and boundaries are similar to those of the Westminster constituencies, as defined in 2005. Two areas, the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross area and the Ross, Skye and Lochaber area, have the names of Westminster constituencies. The name of the third area, the Inverness, Nairn, and Badenoch and Strathspey area, is very similar to that of the third constituency.

Scottish Parliament

In 1999 a Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) constituency was created with the name and boundaries of the Westminster constituency.

At Holyrood the area of the Westminster constituency is represented by an even larger constituency, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross.


Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] Party
1997 Robert Maclennan Liberal Democrats
2001 John Thurso Liberal Democrats
2015 Paul Monaghan SNP
2017 Jamie Stone Liberal Democrats

Election results

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Election results since 1918

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone 22,736 49.4 +15.8
SNP Lucy Beattie12,24726.6−12.3
Labour Eva Kestner3,4097.4+2.1
Reform UK Sandra Skinner3,3607.3+4.4
Conservative Fiona Fawcett1,8604.0−13.3
Scottish Green Anne Thomas1,6413.6+3.0
Alba Steve Chisholm7951.7N/A
Rejected ballots122
Majority10,48922.7
Turnout 46,17061.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019 general election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross [7] [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone 11,705 37.2 +1.4
SNP Karl Rosie11,50136.6+7.4
Conservative Andrew Sinclair5,17616.5−6.1
Labour Cheryl McDonald1,9366.2−6.2
Brexit Party Sandra Skinner1,1393.6N/A
Majority2040.6−6.0
Turnout 31,45767.0+1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −3.0
2017 general election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jamie Stone 11,061 35.8 +0.7
SNP Paul Monaghan 9,01729.2–17.1
Conservative Struan Mackie6,99022.6+15.8
Labour Olivia Bell3,83312.4+3.4
Majority2,0446.6N/A
Turnout 30,90165.9–6.0
Liberal Democrats gain from SNP Swing +8.9
2015 general election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Paul Monaghan 15,831 46.3 +27.1
Liberal Democrats John Thurso 11,98735.1−6.3
Labour John Erskine3,0619.0−15.6
Conservative Alastair Graham2,3266.8−6.2
UKIP Annie Murray9812.9N/A
Majority3,84411.2N/A
Turnout 34,18671.9+11.0
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +16.7
2010 general election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Thurso 11,907 41.4 −9.1
Labour John Mackay7,08124.6+3.7
SNP Jean Urquhart 5,51619.2+5.9
Conservative Alastair Graham3,74413.0+2.8
Independent Gordon Campbell5201.8−1.3
Majority4,82616.8−13.8
Turnout 28,76860.9+1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −6.4

Elections in the 2000s

2005 general election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Thurso 13,957 50.5
Labour Alan Jamieson5,78920.9
SNP Karen Shirron3,68613.3
Conservative Angus Ross2,83510.2
Independent Gordon Campbell8483.1
Scottish Socialist Luke Ivory5482.0
Majority8,16829.6
Turnout 27,66359.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
2001 general election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Thurso 9,041 36.4 +0.8
Labour Michael Meighan6,29725.3−2.5
SNP John MacAdam5,27321.2−1.8
Conservative Robert Rowantree3,51314.1+3.3
Scottish Socialist Karn Mabon5442.2N/A
Independent Gordon Campbell1990.8N/A
Majority2,74411.1+3.3
Turnout 24,86760.2−10.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1990s

1997 general election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Maclennan 10,381 35.6
Labour James Hendry8,12227.8
SNP Euan Harper6,71023.0
Conservative Tom Miers3,14810.8
Referendum Carolyn Ryder3691.3
Scottish Green John Martin2300.8
UKIP Martin Carr2120.7
Majority2,2597.8
Turnout 29,17270.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" . Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "2023 Review of UK Parliament Constituency Boundaries in Scotland" (PDF). June 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
  5. ↑ "Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross results". BBC News. 5 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross - Declaration of Results for UK Parliamentary Election". Highland Council. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Candidates confirmed for UK Parliamentary general election 2019". The Highland Council. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  10. ↑ Butlin, Heather (24 July 2017). "UK Parliamentary General Election". The Highland Council .
  11. ↑ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
  12. ↑ MacNeill, Alison. "Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency - UK Parliamentary General Election result". www.highland.gov.uk.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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