Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Former county Council area
Replaced by	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross was a

additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation

for the region as a whole.

For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross was redrawn and included as part of Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, along with part of Ross, Skye and Inverness West.

Electoral region

The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region during the constituency's existence were:

Western Isles

.

The region covers most of

Na h-Eileanan Siar

.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in

House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were generally replaced with new larger constituencies.^[1] The Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Westminster constituency was enlarged slightly, to cover an area also covered by the Ross, Skye and Inverness West

Holyrood constituency.

Boundary Review

See

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the Boundary Commission for Scotland formed a newly drawn seat to succeed Caithness, Sutherland, and Easter Ross in time for the 2011 election. The new constituency also includes part of the Ross, Skye and Inverness West constituency, and is known as Caithness, Sutherland, and Ross.

Council area

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross was the most northerly of three constituencies covering the

Highland council area. The other two were Ross, Skye and Inverness West and Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber

. All three were within the Highlands and Islands electoral region. Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross has Ross, Skye and Inverness West on its southern boundary. Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber is further south.

When created in 1999 the constituency boundaries were definable with reference to council

Badenoch and Strathspey

.

The management areas were abolished in 2007, and the council introduced three new corporate management areas, defined as groups of new wards. The boundaries of the corporate management areas are similar to those of Westminster constituencies created in 2005. One corporate management area, the

Inverness, Nairn, and Badenoch and Strathspey area

, are quite unlike those of any Holyrood constituency.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Jamie Stone	Scottish Liberal Democrats

Election results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Stone	8,981	40.2	+3.5
	SNP	Rob Gibson	6,658	29.8	+12.3
	Labour	John McKendrick	3,152	14.1	-12.6
	Conservative	Donald McDonald	2,586	11.6	+0.9
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	957	4.3	New
Majority			2,323	10.4	+0.4
Turnout			22,334	53.4	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Stone	7,742	36.7	-4.3
	Labour	Deirdrie Stephen	5,650	26.7	+2.5
	SNP	Rob Gibson	3,692	17.5	-5.7
	Conservative	Allan McLeod	2,262	10.7	+2.4
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	953	4.5	+2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Frank Ward	828	3.9	New
Majority			2,092	10.0	-6.8
Turnout			21,127	52.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Stone	10,691	41.0	*N/A*
	Labour	James Hendry	6,300	24.2	N/A
	SNP	Jean Urquhart	6,035	23.2	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Jenkins	2,167	8.3	N/A
	Independent	Gordon Campbell	554	2.1	N/A
	Independent	Ewen Stewart	282	1.0	N/A
Majority			4,391	16.8	N/A
Turnout			26,059		N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Footnotes

^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[1] See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[1]

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