Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross |
---|
![]() |
Educated |
2011 |
MP |
Gail Ross ( SNP ) |
Regions |
Highland |
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced as one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region when the constituencies were revised in 2011 . Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, which includes the northern regions of the Council Area Highland , was created from parts of the former constituencies of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and Ross, Skye and Inverness West . The constituency includes the traditional counties of Caithness and Sutherland and parts of the administrative county of Ross and Cromarty with the towns of Wick , Thurso and Kyle of Lochalsh and sends one MP.
The constituency covers an area of 12,434 km 2 . This makes it the largest constituency for the Scottish Parliament. In the 2011 census survey, a total of 71,882 people lived within its borders.
Election results
Parliamentary election 2011
Results of the 2011 general election | |||
---|---|---|---|
Political party | candidate | be right | % |
SNP | Rob Gibson | 13,843 | 48.4 |
Liberal Democrats | Robbie Rowantree | 6385 | 22.3 |
Labor | John MacKay | 5438 | 19.0 |
Conservative | Edward Mountain | 2934 | 10.3 |
Turnout: 28,600 (51.89%) |
General election 2016
Results of the 2016 general election | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
SNP | Gail Ross | 13,937 | 43.3 | −5.1 |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Stone | 10,024 | 31.1 | +8.8 |
Conservative | Struan Mackie | 4,912 | 15.3 | +5.0 |
Labor | Leah Franchetti | 3,334 | 10.4 | −8.7 |
Turnout: (58.4%) |