Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
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Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies it was first contested at the 2024 general election, when it was the final constituency to announce its result due to multiple recounts related to technical issues in its vote-counting.[3]
| Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of current boundaries | |
Boundary of Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire in Scotland | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Highland |
| Electorate | 76,903 (March 2020)[1] |
| Major settlements | Inverness, Fort William |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrats) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Ross, Skye and Lochaber & Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey |
The seat was won by Angus MacDonald of the Liberal Democrats; he defeated the SNP's Drew Hendry who had been MP for the predecessor seat of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey from 2015 to 2024.
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the following wards of the Highland council area:[4][5]
- In full: Eilean a' Cheò, Caol and Mallaig, Inverness Central, Inverness Millburn, Inverness Ness-side, Inverness South, Inverness West.
- In part: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (southern areas, including "west Ross-shire" and the Lochalsh area), Aird and Loch Ness (excluding The Aird area), Culloden and Ardersier (area around Culloden), Fort William and Ardnamurchan (northeastern parts, including Fort William).
The majority of the electorate, resident in the city and suburbs of Inverness, was part of the former Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency, with the Isle of Skye and rural Highland areas coming from the abolished Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency.[6]
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Angus MacDonald | 18,159 | 37.8 | +22.7 | |
| SNP | Drew Hendry | 15,999 | 33.3 | −15.4 | |
| Labour | Michael Perera | 6,246 | 13.0 | +3.6 | |
| Reform | Dillan Hill | 2,934 | 6.1 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | Ruraidh Stewart | 2,502 | 5.2 | −18.1 | |
| Green | Peter Newman | 2,038 | 4.2 | +2.8 | |
| Socialist Equality | Darren Paxton | 178 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,160 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 48,056 | 61.7 | −4.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 77,927 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from SNP | Swing | +19.0 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result [a] [9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| SNP | 24,717 | 48.7 | |
| Conservative | 11,852 | 23.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7,677 | 15.1 | |
| Labour | 4,771 | 9.4 | |
| Brexit Party | 1,042 | 2.1 | |
| Scottish Greens | 724 | 1.4 | |
| Majority | 12,865 | 25.3 | |
| Turnout | 50,783 | 66.0 | |
| Electorate | 76,903 | ||
Notes
- Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place