Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	David Thompson
Council area	Highland

Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 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. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. In 2011 it replaced most of the constituency of Ross, Skye and Inverness West with Inverness being moved into a new seat called Inverness and Nairn.

Electoral region

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

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 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 in the newly created constituency of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch are;

In full: Dingwall and Seaforth; Black Isle; Eilean a’ Cheo; Caol and Mallaig; Aird and Loch Ness; Fort William and Ardnamurchan
In part: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh; Badenoch and Strathspey

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	John Farquhar Munro	Liberal Democrat
2003
2007
2011	Dave Thompson	SNP

Election results

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Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	David Thompson	14,737	46.2	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan MacRae	9,742	30.5	-11.3
	Labour	Linda Stewart	4,112	12.9	-1.4
	Conservative	Kerensa Carr	2,834	8.9	-2.8
	Independent	Ronnie Campbell	490	1.5	+1.5
Majority			4,995	15.7
Turnout			31,915	55.6
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The Independent gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost his deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		11,318	41.8
	SNP		8,534	31.6
	Labour		3,857	14.3
	Conservative		3,170	11.7
	Others		170	0.6
Majority			2,784	10.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Ross, Skye and Inverness West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Farquhar Munro	13,501	42.6	-0.5
	SNP	David Thompson	10,015	31.6	+12.1
	Labour	Maureen Macmillan	4,789	15.1	-3.8
	Conservative	John Hodgson	3,122	9.8	-3.2
	Scottish Enterprise	Iain Brodie of Falsyde	292	0.9	+0.9
Majority			3,486	11.0	-12.6
Turnout			31,719	53.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Notes and references

↑ "2011 Scottish Parliamentary election results: Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch". Electoral commission. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

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