Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)

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Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland Highland
Major settlements Aviemore, Kingussie, Inverness, Nairn
Current constituency
Created 2005
Member of Parliament Drew Hendry (SNP)
Created from Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber and Ross, Skye & Inverness West

Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. As with all seats since 1950 it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

The seat covers a broad south-eastern portion of the Highland council area. It has four locations in its name, the most nationwide.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to major boundary changes. Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey will be combined with the majority of the Moray constituency (to be renamed Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey). To compensate, parts of the disappearing seat of Ross, Skye and Lochaber will be added, including Fort William and the Isle of Skye. As a consequence of these changes, the constituency will be renamed Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire , to be first contested at the next general election. [1]

Boundaries

Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created in 2005 by merging an area from Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber with an area from Ross, Skye and Inverness West. The rest of Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber was merged with most of the rest of Ross, Skye and Inverness West to form Ross, Skye and Lochaber. A small area of Ross, Skye and Inverness West was merged into Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.

For representation in the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) the area is divided between Inverness and Nairn and part of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

Local government area

See also Politics of the Highland council area

The Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency is one of three Westminster constituencies covering the Highland council area, the other two being Ross, Skye and Lochaber and Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey covers a south-eastern portion of the council area, with Ross, Skye and Lochaber to its north and west, and Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross further north.

When created in 2005, the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency covered 31 out of the 80 wards of the council area: 22 wards (all except Beauly and Strathglass) of the Inverness area committee, all four wards of the Nairn area committee and all five wards of the Badenoch and Strathspey area committee. Following ward boundary changes in 2007, the constituency covers all 5 Inverness wards, Culloden & Ardersier, Nairn and Badenoch & Strathspey. It contains part of Ard & Loch Ness and a few corners of Caol & Mallaig, Fort William & Ardnamurchan and Wester Ross, Strathpeffer & Lochalsh.

The City of Inverness, for which letters patent were granted in 2001, may be supposed to lie within the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency, but this city lacks clearly defined boundaries. The Highland Council management area of Inverness, as defined 1996 to 2007, included the former burgh of Inverness, as abolished in 1975, and the urban area centred on the burgh, and these do lie within the constituency. The management area included also a large rural area. As of 2007, the council has a city management area consisting of seven of the nine wards of its Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey corporate management area. The boundaries of his city management are similar to those of the older management area.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
2005 Danny Alexander Liberal Democrats
2015 Drew Hendry SNP

Election results

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Inverness election history

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Drew Hendry 26,247 47.9 +8.0
Conservative Fiona Fawcett15,80728.8-1.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Rixson5,84610.7-1.6
Labour Lewis Whyte4,1237.5-8.7
Scottish Green Ariane Burgess 1,7093.1New
Brexit Party Les Durance1,0782.0New
Majority10,44019.1+9.7
Turnout 54,81070.2+1.5
SNP hold Swing +4.9
General election 2017: Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Drew Hendry 21,042 39.9 -10.2
Conservative Nicholas Tulloch16,11830.5+24.6
Labour Mike Robb8,55216.2+8.7
Liberal Democrats Richie Cunningham6,47712.3-19.0
Scottish Christian Donald Boyd6121.2+0.5
Majority4,9249.4-9.4
Turnout 52,80168.7-5.5
SNP hold Swing
General election 2015: Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Drew Hendry [9] 28,838 50.1 +31.4
Liberal Democrats Danny Alexander 18,02931.3-9.4
Labour Mike Robb4,3117.5-14.6
Conservative Edward Mountain 3,4105.9-7.4
Scottish Green Isla O'Reilly1,3672.4+0.7
UKIP Les Durance1,2362.1+0.9
Scottish Christian Donald Boyd [10] 4220.7-1.1
Majority10,80918.8N/A
Turnout 57,61374.2+9.3
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +20.4
General election 2010: Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Danny Alexander 19,172 40.7 +0.4
Labour Mike Robb10,40722.1−8.8
SNP John Finnie 8,80318.7+5.2
Conservative Jim Ferguson6,27813.3+3.0
Scottish Christian Donald Boyd8351.8New
Scottish Green Donnie MacLeod7891.7−0.7
UKIP Ross Durance5741.2New
Solidarity (TUSC)George MacDonald1350.3New
Joy of TalkKit Fraser930.2New
Majority8,76518.6+9.2
Turnout 47,08664.9+1.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.6

Elections in the 2000s

Note: The constituency was new in 2005 and +/- percentages are notional.
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The 2005 election in Inverness
General election 2005: Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Danny Alexander 17,830 40.3 +10.8
Labour David Stewart 13,68230.9−1.3
SNP David Thompson 5,99213.5−9.5
Conservative Robert Rowantree4,57910.3−2.0
Scottish Green Donnie MacLeod1,0652.4New
Publican PartyDonald Lawson6781.5New
Scottish Socialist George MacDonald4291.0−1.1
Majority4,1489.4New Seat
Turnout 44,25563.6+0.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +6.0
UK General Election, 2001 Notional Result: Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 13,772 32.2
Liberal Democrats 12,63829.5
SNP 9,83623.0
Conservative 5,26212.3
Scottish Socialist 8852.1
Others4020.9
Majority1,1342.7
Labour hold Swing

See also

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References

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