Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

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Caithness,
Sutherland and Ross
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

Highlands and Islands

Educated
2011
MP
Gail Ross ( SNP )

Gail Ross

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%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament