Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (constituency, Scotland)

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Highland

Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region , which was redesigned as part of the constituency revision in 2011. The constituency of Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber was dissolved. It comprised central areas of the Highland Council Area with the cities of Fort William , Inverness and Nairn . At the 2001 census survey, a total of 85,125 people lived within its borders. The territories have been incorporated into the new constituencies of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch and Inverness and Nairn . A deputy was sent.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
SNP	Fergus Ewing	13,825	33.1
Labor	Joan Aitken	13,384	32.0
Liberal Democrats	Donnie Fraser	8508	20.3
Conservative	Mary Scanlon	6107	14.6

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Fergus Ewing	10,764	30.9	−2.2
Labor	Rhoda Grant	9718	27.9	−4.1
Conservative	Mary Scanlon	6205	17.8	+3.2
Liberal Democrats	Patsy Kenton	5622	16.2	−4.1
Scottish Socialist	Steven Arnott	1661	4.8	+4.8
Non-party	Thomas Lamont	825	2.4	+2.4
Turnout: 34,795 (52.17%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Fergus Ewing	16,443	41.5	+10.6
Liberal Democrats	Craig Harrow	10,972	27.7	+11.5
Labor	Linda Stewart	7559	19.1	−8.8
Conservative	Jamie Halcro Johnston	4635	11.7	−6.1
Turnout: 39,609 (55.31%)

Individual evidence

[1] Map of the constituency

[2] 2001 census

[3] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[4] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[5] Information from the Scottish Parliament