Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch is a
constituency
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of the
Scottish Parliament
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(
Holyrood) covering part of the
Highland
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council area {{Unreferenced, date=May 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot)
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. It elects one
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the
first past the post
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method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the
Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven
additional members, as well as eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representation
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for the region as a whole.
The seat was created for the
2011 Scottish Parliament election, and replaced most of the former constituency of
Ross, Skye and Inverness West and part of the former
Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber constituency. The remaining portions of the two former seats (consisting mostly of the less rural area surrounding and including Inverness) was moved into a new seat called
Inverness and Nairn.
The seat has been held by
Kate Forbes of the
Scottish National Party
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since the
2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies are
Argyll and Bute
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;
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross;
Inverness and Nairn;
Moray
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;
Na h-Eileanan an Iar;
Orkney
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;
Shetland
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. The Highlands and Islands electoral region covers most of
Argyll and Bute council area, all of the
Highland council area
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, most of the
Moray council area, all of the
Orkney Islands council area, all of the
Shetland Islands council area and all of
Na h-Eileanan Siar
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It is the longest archipelago in the British Isles. The islan ...
.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The
Highland (council area)
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is represented in the
Scottish Parliament
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by three constituencies:
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross;
Inverness and Nairn; Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
The electoral wards used in the newly created constituency of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch are;
*In full:
Dingwall and Seaforth;
Black Isle;
Eilean a’ Cheò;
Caol and Mallaig;
Aird and Loch Ness;
Fort William and Ardnamurchan
*In part:
Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh;
Badenoch and Strathspey
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results

Elections in the 2020s
This was the largest numerical majority at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
2010s
Notes and references
External links
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{{Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 2011-
Highland constituencies, Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
2011 establishments in Scotland
Constituencies established in 2011
Isle of Skye
Kingussie
Lochaber
Dingwall
Black Isle