Inverness and Nairn

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Inverness and Nairn
Inverness and Nairn

Highlands and Islands

Educated
2011
MP
Fergus Ewing ( SNP )

Fergus Ewing

Regions
Highland

Inverness and Nairn 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 . Inverness and Nairn comprises the southeastern areas of the Highland Council Area . The constituency was formed from parts of the former constituency of Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber with the cities of Inverness , Nairn and Grantown-on-Spey and sends one MP.

The constituency covers an area of ​​1,878.9 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 86,191 people lived within its borders. This makes Inverness and Nairn the third most populous constituency for the Scottish Parliament.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Fergus Ewing 16,870 51.5
Labor David Stewart 7125 21.8
Conservative Mary Scanlon 3797 11.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Jardine 3763 11.5
Scottish Christian Donald Boyd 646 2.0
UKIP Ross Durance 530 1.6
Turnout: 32,731 (52.65%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Fergus Ewing 18,505 48.3 −3.2
Conservative Edward Mountain 7,648 20.0 +8.4
Labor David Stewart 6,719 17.5 −4.2
Liberal Democrats Caroline Caddick 5,445 14.2 +2.7
Turnout: (57.5%)

Individual evidence

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