Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

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Skye, Lochaber
and Badenoch
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Highlands and Islands

Educated
2011
MP
Kate Forbes ( SNP )
Regions
Highland

Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 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 . Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch includes the southern areas of the Highland Council Area and the Isle of Skye . The constituency was formed from parts of the former constituencies of Ross, Skye and Inverness West and Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber and sends one MP.

The constituency covers an area of ​​11,371.1 km 2 . This makes it the second largest constituency for the Scottish Parliament. In the 2011 census survey, a total of 74,059 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP David Thompson 14,737 46.2
Liberal Democrats Alan MacRae 9742 30.5
Labor Linda Stewart 4112 12.9
Conservative Kerensa Carr 2834 8.9
Non-party Ronnie Campbell 490 1.5
Turnout: 31,915 (55.97%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Kate Forbes 17,362 47.6 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Angela MacLean 8,319 22.8 −7.7
Conservative Robbie Munro 5,887 16.1 +7.2
Labor Linda Stewart 3,821 10.5 −2.4
Independent Ronnie Campbell 1,116 3.1 +1.6
Turnout: (61.3%)

Individual evidence

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