Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch is a

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of the

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( Holyrood) covering part of the

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council area {{Unreferenced, date=May 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) A council area is one of the areas defined in Schedule 1 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and is under the control of one of the local authorities in Scotland created by that Ac ...

. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the

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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

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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

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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

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; Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn;

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; Na h-Eileanan an Iar;

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;

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. The Highlands and Islands electoral region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of the

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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

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Constituency boundaries and council area

The

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is represented in the

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

* {{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