Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)

Ross and Cromarty County constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons

Ross and Cromarty was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1983. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

When created in 1832 it combined in one constituency the former constituencies of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire.

In 1918 Lewis was taken from the constituency and merged into the then new Western Isles consituency, and the Fortrose component of the former Inverness Burghs constituency and the Dingwall and Cromarty components of the former Northern Burghs constituency were merged into the Ross and Cromarty constituency.

In 1983 the area of the Ross and Cromarty constituency was merged with the Isle of Skye and Isle of Raasay areas of the former Inverness constituency to form the then new Ross, Cromarty and Skye constituency.

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1890 to 1918

County councils were created in Scotland in 1890, and so the constituency area became also the county council area of Ross and Cromarty, minus the Fortrose, Dingwall and Cromarty parliamentary burghs.

1918 to 1975

When reformed in 1918 the constituency covered the county of Ross and Cromarty (including the former parliamentary burghs) minus Lewis.

1975 to 1983

County councils were abolished in 1975 and replaced with regions and districts and island council areas. The constituency area was then that of the district of Ross and Cromarty plus the Lochalsh area of Skye and Lochalsh. Both districts were within the Highland region.

See also

Period	Member of Parliament	Party
1832 to 1837	James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
1837 to 1847	Thomas Mackenzie
1847 to 1852	Sir James John Randoll Mackenzie
1852 to 1868	Sir James Matheson
1868 to 1884	Sir Alexander Matheson
1884 to 1885	Ronald Crauford Munro-Ferguson Later Viscount Novar
1885 to 1892	Roderick Macdonald	Crofters' Party
1892 to 1911	James Galloway Weir	Liberal
1911 to 1936	James Ian Macpherson Later Baron Strathcarron	Liberal 1911 to 1931 National Liberal 1931 to 1936
1936 to 1945	Malcolm MacDonald	National Labour
1945 to 1964	Sir John MacLeod	Liberal National 1945-47; Liberal and Conservative 1947 to 1964
1964 1970	Alasdair Mackenzie	Liberal
1970 to 1983	James Hector Northey Gray Later Baron Gray of Contin	Conservative