Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is a
constituency of the
House of Commons
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in the
UK Parliament. Further to the
2023 review of Westminster constituencies it was first contested at the
2024 general election, when it was the final constituency to announce its result due to multiple recounts related to technical issues in its vote-counting.
The seat was won by
Angus MacDonald of the
Liberal Democrats; he defeated the
SNP's
Drew Hendry who had been MP for the predecessor seat of
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey from 2015 to 2024.
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the following wards of the
Highland council area:
* In full:
Eilean a' Cheò,
Caol and Mallaig,
Inverness Central,
Inverness Millburn,
Inverness Ness-side,
Inverness South,
Inverness West.
* In part:
Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (southern areas, including "west
Ross-shire" and the
Lochalsh area),
Aird and Loch Ness (excluding
The Aird area),
Culloden and Ardersier (area around
Culloden),
Fort William and Ardnamurchan (northeastern parts, including
Fort William).
The majority of the electorate, resident in the city and suburbs of
Inverness, was part of the former
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency, with the
Isle of Skye and rural Highland areas coming from the abolished
Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency.
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Notes
References
External links
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire UK Parliament constituency(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
{{Scottish Westminster constituencies (style 1)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024
Highland constituencies, UK Parliament
Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland