Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Population76,018 (2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2011
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Kate Forbes
Council area Highland
Created from Ross, Skye & Inverness West,
Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber

Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 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, as well as eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents

The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and replaced most of the former constituency of Ross, Skye and Inverness West and part of the former Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber constituency. The remaining portions of the two former seats (consisting mostly of the less rural area surrounding and including Inverness) was moved into a new seat called Inverness and Nairn.

The seat has been held by Kate Forbes of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region

The Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies are Argyll and Bute; Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn; Moray; Na h-Eileanan an Iar; Orkney; Shetland. The Highlands and Islands electoral 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

The Highland (council area) is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn; Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

The electoral wards used in the newly created constituency of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch are;

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2011 Dave Thompson Scottish National Party
2016 Kate Forbes

Election results

Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch election results 1999-2021 SkyeLochaberBadenoch 1999-2021.png
Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch election results 1999-2021

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Kate Forbes [lower-alpha 1] 24,19256.1Increase2.svg8.518,22042.0Increase2.svg1.2
Conservative Jamie Halcro Johnston [lower-alpha 2] 8,33119.3Increase2.svg3.29,71822.4Increase2.svg2.4
Liberal Democrats Denis Rixson6,77815.7Decrease2.svg7.14,2449.8Decrease2.svg5.0
Labour John Erskine3,8558.9Decrease2.svg1.64,0019.2Decrease2.svg0.6
Scottish Green 3,9859.2Steady2.svg0.0
Independent Andy Wightman [lower-alpha 3] 1,1992.8New
Alba 7891.8New
Scottish Family 3050.7New
All for Unity 2810.6New
Freedom Alliance (UK)1170.3New
UKIP 950.2Decrease2.svg2.3
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 800.2New
Reform UK 780.2New
Libertarian 720.2New
Restore Scotland 710.2New
Independent Hazel Mansfield680.2New
TUSC 490.1New
Majority15,86136.8Increase2.svg12.0
Valid Votes43,15643,372
Invalid Votes21864
Turnout 43,37468.7Increase2.svg7.243,43668.8Increase2.svg7.2
SNP hold Swing Increase2.svg5.9
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
  3. ↑ Incumbent member on the list for Lothian region, having been elected as a member of the Scottish Greens in 2016

This was the largest numerical majority at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch [3]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Kate Forbes 17,36247.6Increase2.svg1.414,96440.8Decrease2.svg5.1
Liberal Democrats Angela MacLean8,31922.8Decrease2.svg7.75,40514.8Decrease2.svg3.7
Conservative Robbie Munro5,88716.1Increase2.svg7.27,32720.0Increase2.svg10.7
Labour Linda Stewart3,82110.5Decrease2.svg2.43,5809.8Decrease2.svg1.4
Independent Ronnie Campbell1,1163.1Increase2.svg1.6
Scottish Green 3,3629.2Increase2.svg2.7
UKIP 9222.5Increase2.svg0.7
Scottish Christian 5481.5Decrease2.svg0.7
Independent James Stockan2290.6New
RISE 1790.5New
Solidarity 1230.3Increase2.svg0.2
Majority9,04324.8Increase2.svg9.1
Valid Votes36,50536,639
Invalid Votes13946
Turnout 36,64461.5Increase2.svg5.336,68561.6Increase2.svg5.3
SNP hold Swing Increase2.svg4.6
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch [4]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP David Thompson [lower-alpha 1] 14,73746.2N/A14,68045.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan MacRae9,74230.5N/A5,90918.5N/A
Labour Linda Stewart4,11212.9N/A3,58411.2N/A
Conservative Kerensa Carr2,8348.9N/A2,9689.3N/A
Independent Ronnie Campbell4901.5N/A
Scottish Green 2,0646.5N/A
Scottish Christian 6892.2N/A
UKIP 5851.8N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 3781.2N/A
Socialist Labour 2530.8N/A
BNP 1750.5N/A
Scottish Socialist 700.2N/A
Solidarity 190.1N/A
Others6131.9N/A
Majority4,99515.7N/A
Valid Votes31,91531,987
Invalid Votes154116
Turnout 32,06956.2N/A32,10356.3N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. ↑ 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. ↑ "Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021 Results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. ↑ 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. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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