Ross, Cromarty and Skye was a constituency of the

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of the

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from 1983 to 1997. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the

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system of

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. It was formed by merging the former Ross and Cromarty constituency with the

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and the Isle of Raasay areas of the former

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. In 1997 most of the constituency became part of the then new Ross, Skye and Inverness West constituency. An

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area became part of the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency.

Boundaries

Ross and Cromarty District, Skye and Lochalsh District, and the Inverness District electoral divisions of Aird North, Aird South, and Charleston.

Local government areas

1983 to 1996 From 1983 to 1996 the constituency covered the

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s of

Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty ( gd, Ros agus Cromba), sometimes referred to as Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use, the l ...

and Skye and Lochalsh. 1996 to 1997 :''See also ''

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Local government districts were abolished in 1996, and the constituency became an area within the

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. Throughout the remaining life of the constituency

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maintained area committees named for the former districts, ''Ross and Cromarty'' and ''Skye and Lochalsh''.

Members of Parliament

Elections results

Elections of the 1980s

Elections of the 1990s

References

{{reflist Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Ross and Cromarty Skye and Lochalsh Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997 Highland constituencies, UK Parliament (historic)