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Caithness, Sutherland And Easter Ross (UK Parliament Constituency)
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Palace of Westminster, Westminster). It is the most northerly constituency on the British mainland. It elects one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. Since the 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 general election, the constituency has been represented by Jamie Stone (politician), Jamie Stone of the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats. Boundaries The constituency was created in 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 by merging Caithness and Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency), Caithness and Sutherland with an area from Ross, Cromarty and Skye (UK Parliament constituency), Ross, Cromarty and Skye which was abolished. 1997–2005: Caithness District, Sutherland District, and the Ross and Cromart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First-past-the-post
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the candidate with more first-preference votes than any other candidate (a Plurality (voting), ''plurality'') is elected, even if they do not have more than half of votes (a ''majority''). FPP has been used to elect part of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, British House of Commons since the Middle Ages before spreading throughout the British Empire. Throughout the 20th century, many countries that previously used FPP have abandoned it in favor of other electoral systems, including the former British colonies of Australia and New Zealand. FPP is still De jure, officially used in the majority of U.S. state, US states for most elections. However, the combination of Partisan primary, partisan primaries and a two-party system in these jurisd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cromarty Firth (ward)
Cromarty Firth is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It consists of North of the Cromarty Firth, west of the Tain and Easter Ross ward Includes the towns of Alness, Evanton and Invergordon. It elects four Councillors. In April 2025, Councillor Maxine Smith resigned for personal reasons. Councillors Election results 2024 by-election 2022 election 2017 election 2017 Highland Council election The 2017 Highland Council election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect members of the Highland Council. The election used the 21 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004; each ward elected three or four councillors using the ... 2012 election 2012 Highland Council election 2007 election 2007 Highland Council election Notes References {{Wards of Highland Highland council wards Alness Invergordon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wester Ross, Strathpeffer And Lochalsh (ward)
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East Sutherland And Edderton (ward)
East Sutherland and Edderton is one of the 21 Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Brora, Dornoch, Edderton, Golspie and Helmsdale. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election results 2022 election 2017 election 2017 Highland Council election 2012 election 2012 Highland Council election 2007 election 2007 Highland Council election References {{Wards of Highland Highland council wards Brora Dornoch Golspie Helmsdale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wick And East Caithness (ward)
Wick and East Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. This was a new ward in the 2017 election following boundary changes. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election results 2022 election 2021 by-election 2017 election 2017 Highland Council election The 2017 Highland Council election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect members of the Highland Council. The election used the 21 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004; each ward elected three or four councillors using the ... *=Sitting Councillors for Wick Ward. +=Sitting Councillor for Landward Caithness Ward. Notes References Highland council wards Wick, Caithness Caithness {{Scotland-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurso And North West Caithness (ward)
Thurso and North West Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. This was a new ward in the 2017 election following boundary changes. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election results 2022 election 2017 election 2017 Highland Council election The 2017 Highland Council election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect members of the Highland Council. The election used the 21 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004; each ward elected three or four councillors using the ... *=Sitting Councillors for Landward Caithness Ward. +=Sitting Councillors for Thurso Ward. Notes References Highland council wards Caithness {{Scotland-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North, West And Central Sutherland (ward)
North, West and Central Sutherland is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It includes the towns and villages of Altnaharra, Ardgay, Bettyhill, Bonar Bridge, Durness, Lairg, Lochinver and Tongue. With Lairg and Bonar being the most populated settlements in the area. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election results 2022 election 2017 election 2017 Highland Council election The 2017 Highland Council election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect members of the Highland Council. The election used the 21 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004; each ward elected three or four councillors using the ... 2012 election 2012 Highland Council election 2007 election 2007 Highland Council election References {{Wards of Highland Highland council wards Sutherland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Council
The Highland Council (' ) is the local authority for Highland, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. The council is based at the Highland Council Headquarters in Inverness. History The Highland area had been created as an administrative area in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Highland Regional Council was the upper-tier authority, and the region also contained eight districts, called Badenoch and Strathspey, Caithness, Inverness, Lochaber, Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, Skye and Lochalsh and Sutherland. Further local government reform in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 saw the area's districts and the regional council abolished, with a new unitary authority created covering the same area as the former Highland Region. Until 2007, the new council maintained decentralised management and committee structures which relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch And Strathspey (UK Parliament Constituency)
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey was a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. As with all seats since 1950 it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The seat covered a broad south-eastern portion of the Highland council area. It had four locations in its name, the most nationwide. Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the territory was subject to major boundary changes. Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey was combined with the majority of the Moray constituency (to be renamed Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey). To compensate, parts of the disappearing seat of Ross, Skye and Lochaber was added to the Inverness area, including Fort William and the Isle of Skye. As a consequence of these changes, a new constituency was created, named Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, to be first contested at the 2024 general election. Boundaries The constituency was created i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross, Skye And Lochaber (UK Parliament Constituency)
Ross, Skye and Lochaber was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency covered a central portion of the Highland council area, and at , it covered the largest area of any House of Commons constituency in Britain. Until the 2015 general election, it was represented by former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy. After that, it was represented by Ian Blackford, the former leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons from 2017 to 2022. The seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents being distributed to neighbouring constituencies. Boundaries The constituency was created in 2005 by merging an area from Ross, Skye and Inverness West with an area from Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber. Most of the rest of Ross, Skye and Inverness West was merged with the rest of Inverness Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross, Skye And Inverness West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Ross, Skye and Inverness West was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2005. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The constituency was formed by merging most of the former Ross, Cromarty and Skye constituency (that constituency minus an Easter Ross area) with part of the former Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber constituency. When abolished in 2005 much of the area of the constituency became part of the then new Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency. Most of the rest went to Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey while a tiny portion joined Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. There was also a Ross, Skye and Inverness West constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the former House of Commons constituency. Boundaries Skye and Lochalsh District, the Inverness District electoral divisions of Aird Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
