Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	Highland and Moray
Electorate	76,237 (March 2020) [1]
Major settlements	Elgin, Nairn, Forres
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Seats	One
Created from	Moray & Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. ^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, and is currently represented by Graham Leadbitter of the Scottish National Party.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following: ^{[3] [4]}

• In full: the Highland Council wards of Nairn and Cawdor, Badenoch and Strathspey; and the Moray Council wards of Elgin City North, Elgin City South, Forres, Heldon and Laich, Speyside Glenlivet.
• In part: the Highland Council ward of Culloden and Ardersier (eastern areas comprising minority of electorate); and the Moray Council ward of Fochabers Lhanbryde (west of the River Spey).

The majority of the electorate, comprising the areas in Moray Council were previously part of the former Moray constituency; the areas in Highland Council were part of the abolished Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency. ^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Graham Leadbitter	SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Graham Leadbitter	14,961	32.1	−14.0
	Conservative	Kathleen Robertson	13,960	30.0	−10.9
	Labour	James Hynam	8,259	17.7	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Alexander	3,785	8.1	+2.2
	Reform UK	Steve Skerret	3,490	7.5	+6.9
	Scottish Green	Draeyk Van Der Horn	1,676	3.6	+2.4
	Scottish Family	Euan Morrice	423	0.9	N/A
Majority			1,001	2.1
Turnout			46,554	60.4
	SNP hold		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [8]
Party		Vote	%
	Scottish National Party	25,941	46.1
	Conservative	23,035	40.9
	Liberal Democrats	3,307	5.9
	Labour	2,606	4.6
	Scottish Greens	649	1.2
	UK Independence Party	413	0.7
	Brexit Party	321	0.6
Majority		2,906	5.2
Turnout		56,272	73.8
Electorate		76,237

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. 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
5. "New Seat Details - Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
6. "UK Parliamentry Election 2024 Results Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey". Moray Council. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
7. "Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
8. "Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey 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

• Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK