Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Ross, Skye and Lochaber shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Charles Kennedy |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Highland |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Ross, Skye and Lochaber is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency covers a central portion of the Highland council area.
Boundaries
The constituency was created in 2005 by merging an area from Ross, Skye and Inverness West with an area from Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber. Most of the rest of Ross, Skye and Inverness West was merged with the rest of Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber to form Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey. A small area of Ross, Skye and Inverness West was merged into Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.
For representation in the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) the area of the Westminster constituency is divided between Ross, Skye and Inverness West (the Holyrood constituency) and Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (the Holyrood constituency).
Local government area
The constituency is one of three covering the Highland council area, the other two being the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency and the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency.Ross, Skye and Lochaber covers a central portion of the council area, with Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey to its south and east and Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency to its north. Ross, Skye and Lochaber includes the Black Isle on the east coast of Scotland and, in the west, the Hebidean island of Skye.
Ross, Skye and Lochaber covers 27 out of the 80 wards of the council area, as defined in 2005: 11 wards (Avoch and Fortrose, Black Isle North, Conon and Maryburgh, Dingwall North, Dingwall South, Gairloch, Knockbain and Killearnan, Lochbroom, Lochcarron, Muir of Ord and Strathpeffer and Strathconon) of the Ross and Cromarty committee area, all wards of the Skye and Lochalsh committee area, all wards of the Lochaber committee area and one ward (Beauly and Strathglass) of the Inverness committee area.
Ward and committee area boundaries are expected to change in April 2007, but these changes will not affect constituency boundaries.
Member of Parliament
- Charles Kennedy, Liberal Democrat (2005–present) Previously MP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West and Ross, Cromarty and Skye
Election results
- ''Note: The constituency was new in 2005 and +/- percentages are notional.
See also
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