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Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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MSP
  
Fergus Ewing

Council area
  
Highland

Founded
  
2011

Lieutenancy area
  
Highland

Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Party
  
Scottish National Party

Created from
  
Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber, Ross, Skye & Inverness West

Created
  
Scottish Parliament election, 2011

Inverness and Nairn is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). 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.

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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

The electoral wards used to create the new Inverness and Nairn seat are:

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.

  • In full: Inverness West; Inverness Central; Inverness Ness-Side; Inverness Millburn; Inverness South; Culloden and Ardersier; Nairn
  • In part: Badenoch and Strathspey
  • Member of the Scottish Parliament

    As Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber

    As Inverness and Nairn

    Election results

    Scottish Christian and UKIP both gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

    References

    Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency) Wikipedia