Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)




























Highlands and Islands

electoral region
for the Scottish Parliament

Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Highlands and Islands shown within Scotland

Current electoral region
Created 1999
MSPs
Scottish National Party 7
Conservative 3
Liberal Democrats 2
Labour 2
Scottish Greens 1
Council areas
Argyll and Bute (part)
Highland
Moray (part)
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
Constituencies
Argyll and Bute
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Inverness and Nairn
Moray
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Orkney
Shetland
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

The Highlands and Islands is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Eight of the parliament's first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).


The name Highlands and Islands is much older than the electoral region. The Highlands and Islands area has a large area of overlap with the Scottish Highlands, and the two names are often regarded as representing the same area.


The Highlands and Islands region is the largest of the eight electoral regions in terms of area, but the smallest in terms of population and electorate. It has boundaries with the North East Scotland, Mid Scotland and Fife and the West Scotland electoral regions.




Contents






  • 1 Constituencies and council areas


    • 1.1 2011–


    • 1.2 1999–2011


    • 1.3 Boundary changes




  • 2 List of MSPs


    • 2.1 Constituency MSPs


    • 2.2 Regional List MSPs




  • 3 Election results


    • 3.1 2016 election


      • 3.1.1 Constituency results


      • 3.1.2 Additional member results




    • 3.2 2011 election


      • 3.2.1 Constituency results


      • 3.2.2 Additional member results




    • 3.3 2007 election


      • 3.3.1 Constituency results


      • 3.3.2 Additional member results




    • 3.4 2003 election


      • 3.4.1 Constituency results


      • 3.4.2 Additional member results




    • 3.5 1999 election


      • 3.5.1 Constituency results


      • 3.5.2 Additional member results






  • 4 Footnotes





Constituencies and council areas



2011–


As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.











Map
Constituency

Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region) 2011.png



  1. Argyll and Bute

  2. Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

  3. Inverness and Nairn

  4. Moray

  5. Na h-Eileanan an Iar

  6. Orkney

  7. Shetland

  8. Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch




1999–2011


The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing at that time.[1] They covered all of four council areas,[2] the Highland council area, Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles council area),
the Orkney Isles council area and the Shetland Isles council area, and most of two others, the Argyll and Bute council area and the Moray council area:











Map
Constituency

Highlands and Islands ScottishParliamentNumberd.PNG




  1. Argyll and Bute
    covers most of the Argyll and Bute council area.


  2. Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
    covers a northern portion of the Highland council area.


  3. Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
    covers a southern portion of the Highland council area.


  4. Moray
    covers most of the Moray council area.


  5. Orkney
    covers the Orkney Isles council area.


  6. Ross, Skye and Inverness West
    covers a central portion of the Highland council area.


  7. Shetland
    covers the Shetland Isles council area.


  8. Western Isles
    covers Na h-Eileanan Siar.



A south-eastern portion of the Argyll and Bute area is covered by the Dumbarton constituency, which is in the West of Scotland region. An eastern portion of the Moray area is covered by the Gordon constituency, in the North East Scotland region.



Boundary changes


The Boundary Commission also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. Highlands and Islands was amended so as to contain the newly redrawn constituencies of Argyll and Bute; Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn; Moray; Na h-Eileanan an Iar; Orkney Islands; Shetland Islands; and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.[3]



List of MSPs



Constituency MSPs



























































































Term
Election

Argyll and Bute

Caithness, Sutherland
and Easter Ross

Inverness East,
Nairn and Lochaber

Moray

Ross, Skye
and Inverness West

Western Isles

Orkney

Shetland

1st

1999


George Lyon
(LD)


Jamie Stone
(LD)


Fergus Ewing
(SNP)


Margaret Ewing
(SNP)


John Farquhar Munro
(LD)


Alasdair Morrison
(Labour)


Jim Wallace
(LD)


Tavish Scott
(LD)

2nd

2003

2006 by


Richard Lochhead
(SNP)

3rd

2007


Jim Mather
(SNP)


Alasdair Allan
(SNP)

Liam McArthur
(LD)
Term
Election

Argyll and Bute

Caithness,
Sutherland and Ross

Inverness and Nairn

Moray

Skye, Lochaber
and Badenoch

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Orkney

Shetland

4th

2011


Michael Russell
(SNP)


Rob Gibson
(SNP)


Fergus Ewing
(SNP)


Richard Lochhead
(SNP)


David Thompson
(SNP)


Alasdair Allan
(SNP)


Liam McArthur
(LD)


Tavish Scott
(LD)

5th

2016

Gail Ross
(SNP)

Kate Forbes
(SNP)


Regional List MSPs


N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

















































































Term
Election
MSP
MSP
MSP
MSP
MSP
MSP
MSP

1st

1999


Winnie Ewing
(SNP)


Duncan Hamilton
(SNP)


Maureen Macmillan
(Labour)


Rhoda Grant
(Labour)


Peter Peacock
(Labour)


Jamie McGrigor
(Conservative)


Mary Scanlon
(Conservative)

2nd

2003

Rob Gibson
(SNP)

Jim Mather
(SNP)


Eleanor Scott
(Green)

2006 by

Dave Petrie
(Conservative)

3rd

2007

David Thompson
(SNP)

David Stewart
(Labour)


Rhoda Grant
(Labour)

Mary Scanlon
(Conservative)

4th

2011

John Finnie
(SNP)
(later Independent)

Mike MacKenzie
(SNP)


Jean Urquhart
(SNP)
(later Independent)

2012



5th

2016


John Finnie
(Green)

Maree Todd
(SNP)


Douglas Ross
(Conservative)

Edward Mountain
(Conservative)

Donald Cameron
(Conservative)
2017

Jamie Halcro Johnston

(Conservatives)




Election results



2016 election


In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:



  • 7 Scottish National Party MSPs (six constituency members and one additional member)

  • 3 Conservative MSPs (all additional members)

  • 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)

  • 2 Labour MSPs (both additional members)

  • 1 Green MSP (additional member)



Constituency results


























































Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Highlands and Islands
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Argyll and Bute

Michael Russell

SNP hold


Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

Gail Ross

SNP hold


Inverness and Nairn

Fergus Ewing

SNP hold


Moray

Richard Lochhead

SNP hold


Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Alasdair Allan

SNP hold


Orkney

Liam McArthur

Liberal Democrats hold


Shetland

Tavish Scott

Liberal Democrats hold


Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Kate Forbes

SNP hold


Additional member results


















































































































Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Highlands and Islands
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

Maree Todd
1
-2
81,600
39.7%
-7.8%


Conservative

Douglas Ross
Edward Mountain
Donald Cameron
3
+1
44,693
21.8%
+10.1%


Liberal Democrats

0
±0
27,223
13.3%
+1.2%


Labour

Rhoda Grant
David Stewart
2
±0
22,894
11.2%
-3.3%


Scottish Green

John Finnie
1
+1
14,781
7.2%
+2.1%


UKIP

0
0
5,344
2.6%
+0.7%


Independent

0
0
3,689
1.8%
+1.8%


Scottish Christian

0
0
3,407
1.7%
-0.3%


RISE

0
0
889
0.4%
+0.4%


Solidarity

0
0
793
0.4%
+0.3%


2011 election


In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:[4]



  • 9 Scottish National Party MSPs (six constituency members and three additional members)

  • 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (both constituency members)

  • 2 Labour MSPs (both additional members)

  • 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)



Constituency results


























































Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Highlands and Islands
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Argyll and Bute

Michael Russell

SNP hold


Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

Rob Gibson

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats


Inverness and Nairn

Fergus Ewing

SNP hold


Moray

Richard Lochhead

SNP hold


Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Alasdair Allan

SNP hold


Orkney

Liam McArthur

Liberal Democrats hold


Shetland

Tavish Scott

Liberal Democrats hold


Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Dave Thompson

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats


Additional member results


























































































































































Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Highlands and Islands
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

John Finnie
Jean Urquhart
Mike MacKenzie
3
+1
85,082
47.5%
+13.1%


Labour

Rhoda Grant
David Stewart
2
-1
25,884
14.5%
-3.2%


Liberal Democrats

0
±0
21,729
12.1%
-8.0%


Conservative

Jamie McGrigor
Mary Scanlon
2
±0
20,843
11.6%
-0.8%


Scottish Green

0
0
9,076
5.1%
+0.4%


Scottish Christian

0
0
3,541
2.0%
-1.4%


UKIP

0
0
3,372
1.9%
+1.2%

All Scotland Pensioners Party

0
0
2,770
1.5%
-0.6%

Ban Bankers Bonuses

0
0
1,764
1.0%
n/a


Liberal

0
0
1,969
0.9%
n/a


Socialist Labour

0
0
1,406
0.8%
+0.2%


BNP

0
0
1,134
0.6%
-0.5%


Scottish Socialist

0
0
509
0.3%
-0.2%


Solidarity

0
0
204
0.1%
-0.9%


2007 election


In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:



  • 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency MSPs and two additional members)

  • 4 Liberal Democrat MSPs (all constituency MSPs)

  • 3 Labour MSPs (all additional members)

  • 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)



Constituency results


























































Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Highlands and Islands
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Argyll and Bute

Jim Mather

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats


Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrats hold


Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber

Fergus Ewing

SNP hold


Moray

Richard Lochhead

SNP hold


Orkney

Liam McArthur

Liberal Democrats hold


Ross, Skye and Inverness West

John Farquhar Munro

Liberal Democrats hold


Shetland

Tavish Scott

Liberal Democrats hold


Western Isles

Alasdair Allan

SNP gain from Labour


Additional member results














































































































































































Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Highlands and Islands
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

Rob Gibson
David Thompson
2
±0
63,979
34.4%
+11.0


Liberal Democrats

0
±0
37,001
19.9%
+1.1


Labour

Peter Peacock
Rhoda Grant
David Stewart
3
+1
32,952
17.7%
-4.6


Conservative

Mary Scanlon
Jamie McGrigor
2
±0
23,334
12.6%
-3.4


Scottish Green

0
-1
8,602
4.6%
-3.6


Scottish Christian

0
±0
6,332
3.4%
+3.4


Scottish Senior Citizens

0
±0
3,841
2.1%
+2.1


BNP

0
±0
2,152
1.2%
+1.2


Solidarity

0
±0
1,833
1.0%
+1.0


UKIP

0
±0
1,287
0.7%
-0.5


Socialist Labour

0
±0
1,027
0.6%
-0.4


Scottish Socialist

0
±0
973
0.5%
-4.8

Publican Party

0
±0
914
0.5%
+0.5


Christian Peoples

0
±0
885
0.5%
+0.5

Scottish Voice

0
±0
450
0.2%
+0.2


Scottish Enterprise


0
±0
211
0.1%
+0.1


2003 election


In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:



  • 5 Liberal Democrat MSPs (all constituency MSPs)

  • 4 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency MSPs and two additional members)

  • 3 Labour MSPs (one constituency MSP and two additional mermbers)

  • 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)

  • 1 Green MSP (additional member)



Constituency results


























































Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Highlands and Islands
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Argyll and Bute

George Lyon

Liberal Democrats


Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrats


Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber

Fergus Ewing

SNP


Moray

Margaret Ewing

SNP


Orkney

Jim Wallace

Liberal Democrats


Ross, Skye and Inverness West

John Farquhar Munro

Liberal Democrats


Shetland

Tavish Scott

Liberal Democrats


Western Isles

Alasdair Morrison

Labour

Changes:



  • Margaret Ewing, Scottish National Party MSP for Moray, died on 21 March 2006. The by-election was won by Richard Lochhead of the SNP.


Additional member results
















































































































































Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Highlands and Islands
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

Jim Mather
Rob Gibson
2
±0
39,497
23.43%
-4.3%


Labour

Peter Peacock
Maureen Macmillan
2
−1
37,605
22.31%
-3.16


Liberal Democrats

0
0
31,655
18.78%
-2.65%


Conservative

Jamie McGrigor
Mary Scanlon
2
±0
26,989
16.01%
+1.07%


Scottish Green

Eleanor Scott
1
+1
13,935
8.27%
+4.52%


Scottish Socialist

0
0
9,000
5.34%
+4.46%


UKIP

0
0
1,947
1.16%
N/A

Robbie the Pict (Independent)

0
0
1,822
1.08%
+0.51%


Countryside Party

0
0
1,768
1.05%
N/A


Socialist Labour

0
0
1,617
0.96%
-0.43%


Scottish People's

0
0
793
0.47%
N/A


Independent

0
0
353
0.21%
+0.03

Rural Party

0
0
177
0.11%
N/A

Changes:



  • Dave Petrie replaced Mary Scanlon. Scanlon resigned as an MSP in April 2006 to contest the Moray by-election following the death of Margaret Ewing. Petrie was next on the Conservative list.


1999 election


In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:



  • 5 Liberal Democrat MSPs (all constituency members)

  • 4 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency and two additional members)

  • 4 Labour MSPs (one constituency and three additional members)

  • 2 Conservative MSP (both additional members)



Constituency results


























































Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Highlands and Islands
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Argyll and Bute

George Lyon

Liberal Democrats win (new seat)


Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrats win (new seat)


Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber

Fergus Ewing

SNP win (new seat)


Moray

Margaret Ewing

SNP win (new seat)


Orkney

Jim Wallace

Liberal Democrats win (new seat)


Ross, Skye and Inverness West

John Farquhar Munro

Liberal Democrats win (new seat)


Shetland

Tavish Scott

Liberal Democrats win (new seat)


Western Isles

Alasdair Morrison

Labour win (new seat)


Additional member results
















































































































































Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Highlands and Islands
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

Winnie Ewing
Duncan Hamilton
2
N/A
55,593
27.73%
N/A


Labour

Peter Peacock
Maureen Macmillan
Rhoda Grant
3
N/A
51,371
25.47%
N/A


Liberal Democrats

0
N/A
43,226
21.43%
N/A


Conservative

Jamie McGrigor
Mary Scanlon
2
N/A
30,122
14.94%
N/A


Scottish Green

0
N/A
7,560
3.75%
N/A

I Noble (Independent)

0
N/A
3,522
1.75%
N/A


Socialist Labour

0
N/A
2,808
1.39%
N/A


Highlands and Islands

0
N/A
2,607
1.29%
N/A

Scottish Socialist Party

0
N/A
1,770
0.88%
N/A

Robbie the Pict (Independent)

0
N/A
1,151
0.57%
N/A


Independent

0
N/A
712
0.35%
N/A


Natural Law

0
N/A
536
0.27%
N/A


Independent

0
N/A
354
0.18%
N/A


Footnotes




  1. ^ Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine..


  2. ^ Council areas are as defined in 1996, and were changed after the Scottish Parliament election, 2007.


  3. ^ "Politicians, elections and democracy: Elections and voting: Scottish Parliamentary". Highland Council. Retrieved 9 August 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ "Your MSPs: Highlands & Islands" (PDF). Scottish Government. May 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2014.










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