Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of current boundaries
Boundary of Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	Highland
Electorate	76,903 (March 2020) [1]
Major settlements	Inverness, Fort William
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	Ross, Skye and Lochaber & Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. ^[2] Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies it was first contested at the 2024 general election, when it was the final constituency to announce its result due to multiple recounts related to technical issues in its vote-counting. ^[3]

The seat was won by Angus MacDonald of the Liberal Democrats; he defeated the SNP's Drew Hendry who had been MP for the predecessor seat of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey from 2015 to 2024.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following wards of the Highland council area: ^{[4] [5]}

• In full: Eilean a' Cheò, Caol and Mallaig, Inverness Central, Inverness Millburn, Inverness Ness-side, Inverness South, Inverness West.
• In part: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (southern areas, including "west Ross-shire" and the Lochalsh area), Aird and Loch Ness (excluding The Aird area), Culloden and Ardersier (area around Culloden), Fort William and Ardnamurchan (northeastern parts, including Fort William).

The majority of the electorate, resident in the city and suburbs of Inverness, was part of the former Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency, with the Isle of Skye and rural Highland areas coming from the abolished Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency. ^[6]

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angus MacDonald	18,159	37.8	+22.7
	SNP	Drew Hendry	15,999	33.3	−15.4
	Labour	Michael Perera	6,246	13.0	+3.6
	Reform UK	Dillan Hill	2,934	6.1	+4.0
	Conservative	Ruraidh Stewart	2,502	5.2	−18.1
	Scottish Green	Peter Newman	2,038	4.2	+2.8
	Socialist Equality	Darren Paxton	178	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,160	4.5	N/A
Turnout			48,056	61.7	−4.3
Registered electors			77,927
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [9]
Party		Vote	%
	Scottish National Party	24,717	48.7
	Conservative	11,852	23.3
	Liberal Democrats	7,677	15.1
	Labour	4,771	9.4
	Brexit Party	1,042	2.1
	Scottish Greens	724	1.4
Majority		12,865	25.3
Turnout		50,783	66.0
Electorate		76,903

Notes

1. Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place

References

1. "2023 review final recs news release" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland.
2. "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
3. "SNP concedes defeat in last UK seat still to declare result". BBC. July 5, 2024.
4. 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
5. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
6. "New Seat Details - Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
7. "UK Parliamentary Election :Results" . Retrieved 9 July 2024.
8. "Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
9. "Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire notional election - December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK