Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Highland |
Major settlements | Aviemore, Kingussie, Inverness, Nairn |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Drew Hendry (SNP) |
Created from | Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber and Ross, Skye & Inverness West |
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey is a
The seat covers a broad south-eastern portion of the
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to major boundary changes. Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey will be combined with the majority of the Moray constituency (to be renamed Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey). To compensate, parts of the disappearing seat of Ross, Skye and Lochaber will be added, including Fort William and the Isle of Skye. As a consequence of these changes, the constituency will be renamed Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, to be first contested at the next general election.[1]
Boundaries
The constituency was created in 2005 by merging an area from Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber with an area from Ross, Skye and Inverness West. The rest of Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber was merged with most of the rest of Ross, Skye and Inverness West to form Ross, Skye and Lochaber. A small area of Ross, Skye and Inverness West was merged into Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.
For representation in the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) the area is divided between Inverness and Nairn and part of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
Local government area
The Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency is one of three Westminster constituencies covering the
When created in 2005, the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency covered 31 out of the 80 wards of the council area: 22 wards (all except Beauly and Strathglass) of the Inverness area committee, all four wards of the Nairn area committee and all five wards of the Badenoch and Strathspey area committee. Following ward boundary changes in 2007, the constituency covers all 5 Inverness wards, Culloden & Ardersier, Nairn and Badenoch & Strathspey. It contains part of Ard & Loch Ness and a few corners of Caol & Mallaig, Fort William & Ardnamurchan and Wester Ross, Strathpeffer & Lochalsh.
The
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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2005 | Danny Alexander | Liberal Democrats | |
2015 | Drew Hendry | SNP |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Drew Hendry | 26,247 | 47.9 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Fiona Fawcett | 15,807 | 28.8 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Rixson | 5,846 | 10.7 | -1.6 | |
Labour
|
Lewis Whyte | 4,123 | 7.5 | -8.7 | |
Scottish Green
|
Ariane Burgess | 1,709 | 3.1 | New | |
Brexit Party
|
Les Durance | 1,078 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 10,440 | 19.1 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 54,810 | 70.2 | +1.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Drew Hendry | 21,042 | 39.9 | -10.2 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Tulloch | 16,118 | 30.5 | +24.6 | |
Labour
|
Mike Robb | 8,552 | 16.2 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richie Cunningham | 6,477 | 12.3 | -19.0 | |
Scottish Christian
|
Donald Boyd | 612 | 1.2 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 4,924 | 9.4 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,801 | 68.7 | -5.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Drew Hendry[9] | 28,838 | 50.1 | +31.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Danny Alexander | 18,029 | 31.3 | -9.4 | |
Labour
|
Mike Robb | 4,311 | 7.5 | -14.6 | |
Conservative | Edward Mountain | 3,410 | 5.9 | -7.4 | |
Scottish Green
|
Isla O'Reilly | 1,367 | 2.4 | +0.7 | |
UKIP | Les Durance | 1,236 | 2.1 | +0.9 | |
Scottish Christian
|
Donald Boyd[10] | 422 | 0.7 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 10,809 | 18.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,613 | 74.2 | +9.3 | ||
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +20.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Danny Alexander | 19,172 | 40.7 | +0.4 | |
Labour
|
Mike Robb | 10,407 | 22.1 | −8.8 | |
SNP | John Finnie | 8,803 | 18.7 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Jim Ferguson | 6,278 | 13.3 | +3.0 | |
Scottish Christian
|
Donald Boyd | 835 | 1.8 | New | |
Scottish Green
|
Donnie MacLeod | 789 | 1.7 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Ross Durance | 574 | 1.2 | New | |
Solidarity (TUSC) | George MacDonald | 135 | 0.3 | New | |
Joy of Talk | Kit Fraser | 93 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 8,765 | 18.6 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,086 | 64.9 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
- Note: The constituency was new in 2005 and +/- percentages are notional.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Danny Alexander | 17,830 | 40.3 | +10.8 | |
Labour
|
David Stewart | 13,682 | 30.9 | −1.3 | |
SNP | David Thompson | 5,992 | 13.5 | −9.5 | |
Conservative
|
Robert Rowantree | 4,579 | 10.3 | −2.0 | |
Scottish Green
|
Donnie MacLeod | 1,065 | 2.4 | New | |
Publican Party | Donald Lawson | 678 | 1.5 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | George MacDonald | 429 | 1.0 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 4,148 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,255 | 63.6 | +0.5 | ||
Labour
|
Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour
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13,772 | 32.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 12,638 | 29.5 | |||
SNP | 9,836 | 23.0 | |||
Conservative
|
5,262 | 12.3 | |||
Scottish Socialist | 885 | 2.1 | |||
Others | 402 | 0.9 | |||
Majority | 1,134 | 2.7 | |||
Labour hold
|
Swing |
See also
- Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election in individual constituencies
References
- ^ Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
- ^ "Candidates confirmed for UK Parliamentary general election 2019". The Highland Council. The Highland Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "General Election: SNP reselects 54 MPs". www.scotsman.com.
- ^ Butlin, Heather. "UK Parliamentary General Election". www.highland.gov.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ MacNeill, Alison. "Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency - UK Parliamentary General Election result". www.highland.gov.uk.
- ^ "SNP pick Highland Council leader to fight for Danny Alexander's seat".
- ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.