Ross, Skye and Inverness West (constituency, Scotland)

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 Ross, Skye and Inverness West was dissolved. It comprised sparsely populated, central areas of the Council Area Highland consisting of areas of the traditional counties Inverness-shire and Ross-shire with the cities of Dingwall , Alness and Muir of Ord as well as the Isle of Skye . Inverness itself, however, was assigned to the neighboring constituency of Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 71,966 people lived within its borders. The areas have merged into the constituencies of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch , Caithness, Sutherland and Ross and Inverness and Nairn . A deputy was sent.

Election results

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Liberal Democrats	John Farquhar Munro	11,652	32.9
Labor	Donnie Munro	10.113	28.6
SNP	Jim Mather	7997	22.6
Conservative	John Scott	3351	9.5
Non-party	William Briggs	2302	6.5

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	John Farquhar Munro	12,495	43.1	+10.2
SNP	David Thompson	5647	19.5	−3.1
Labor	Maureen Macmillan	5464	18.9	−9.7
Conservative	Jamie McGrigor	3772	13.0	+3.5
Scottish Socialist	Anne MacLeod	1593	5.5	+5.5
Turnout: 28,971 (51.94%)

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Liberal Democrats	John Farquhar Munro	13,501	42.6	−0.5
SNP	David Thompson	10,015	31.6	+12.1
Labor	Maureen Macmillan	4789	15.1	−3.8
Conservative	John Hodgson	3122	9.8	−3.2
Scottish Enterprise	Ian Brodie of Falsyde	292	0.9	+0.9
Turnout: 31,719 (53.55%)