Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Inverness and Nairn
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Inverness and Nairn shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population89,755 (2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2011
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Fergus Ewing
Council area Highland
Created from Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber,
Ross, Skye & Inverness West

Inverness and Nairn is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Highland council area. 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.

Contents

The seat was first created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers parts of the former seats of Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber and Ross, Skye & Inverness West. Since being formed it has been held by Fergus Ewing of the Scottish National Party, who was previously the member for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber.

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

Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2011

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

ElectionMemberParty
2011 Fergus Ewing SNP

Election results

Inverness & Nairn election results 1999-2021 InvernessNairn 1999-2021.png
Inverness & Nairn election results 1999-2021

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn [2] [3]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Fergus Ewing [lower-alpha 1] 21,79347.7Decrease2.svg0.619,68843.0Increase2.svg0.9
Conservative Edward Mountain [lower-alpha 2] 12,67927.7Increase2.svg7.712,04526.3Increase2.svg4.6
Labour Co-op Rhoda Grant [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 2] 5,37011.7Decrease2.svg5.85,10811.2Decrease2.svg2.2
Liberal Democrats David Gregg2,8926.3Decrease2.svg7.92,8206.2Decrease2.svg3.4
Scottish Green Ariane Burgess 2,6365.8New3,3927.4Decrease2.svg0.8
Alba 7541.6New
Independent Andy Wightman [lower-alpha 4] 6611.4New
Scottish Family 3350.7New
All for Unity 2790.6New
Freedom Alliance (UK)1550.4New
Restore Scotland Andrew MacDonald3610.8New1300.3N/A
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 1080.2New
Reform UK 1000.2New
Libertarian 760.2New
UKIP 670.1Decrease2.svg2.3
TUSC 520.1New
Independent Hazel Mansfield320.1New
Majority9,11420.0Decrease2.svg8.3
Valid Votes45,73145,802
Invalid Votes13779
Turnout 45,86864.5Increase2.svg6.745,88164.5Increase2.svg6.6
SNP hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.2
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Incumbent member on the list for Lothian region, having been elected as a member of the Scottish Greens in 2016

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn [4]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Fergus Ewing [lower-alpha 1] 18,50548.3Decrease2.svg3.216,20042.1Decrease2.svg6.4
Conservative Edward Mountain 7,64820.0Increase2.svg8.48,37121.7Increase2.svg10.4
Labour David Stewart [lower-alpha 2] 6,71917.5Decrease2.svg4.35,16213.4Decrease2.svg4.4
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Caddick5,44514.2Increase2.svg2.73,6889.6Increase2.svg0.1
Scottish Green 3,1468.2Increase2.svg3.3
UKIP 9162.4Increase2.svg1.0
Scottish Christian 5461.4Decrease2.svg0.6
Independent James Stockan1740.4New
RISE 1710.4New
Solidarity 1420.4Increase2.svg0.3
Majority10,85728.3Decrease2.svg1.4
Valid Votes38,31738,516
Invalid Votes22263
Turnout 38,53957.8Increase2.svg5.038,57957.9Increase2.svg5.1
SNP hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.8
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 [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Fergus Ewing [lower-alpha 1] 16,87051.5N/A15,85948.5N/A
Labour David Stewart [lower-alpha 2] 7,12521.8N/A5,80917.8N/A
Conservative Mary Scanlon [lower-alpha 2] 3,79711.6N/A3,68411.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Christine Jardine 3,76311.5N/A3,1139.5N/A
Scottish Green 1,5884.9N/A
Scottish Christian Donald Boyd6462.0N/A6692.0N/A
UKIP Ross Durance5301.6N/A4481.4N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 4051.2N/A
Socialist Labour 3341.0N/A
BNP 1620.5N/A
Scottish Socialist 840.3N/A
Solidarity 380.1N/A
Others5221.6N/A
Majority9,74529.7N/A
Valid Votes32,73132,715
Invalid Votes9999
Turnout 32,83052.8N/A32,81452.8N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency
  2. 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

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. ↑ "Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021 Results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  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.
  5. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

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