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Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)

UK Parliament constituency (2005–2024)

Summary

UK Parliament constituency (2005–2024)

Field	Value
name	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
parliament	uk
map1	InvernessNairnBadenochStrathspey
map_size	250px
map_entity	Scotland
year	2005
abolished	2024
type	County
previous	Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber and Ross, Skye & Inverness West
next	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
mp	Drew Hendry
party	SNP
towns	Aviemore, Kingussie, Inverness, Nairn
region	Scotland
county	Highland
european	Scotland

Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey was a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. As with all seats since 1950 it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The seat covered a broad south-eastern portion of the Highland council area. It had four locations in its name, the most nationwide.

Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the territory was subject to major boundary changes. Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey was combined with the majority of the Moray constituency (to be renamed Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey). To compensate, parts of the disappearing seat of Ross, Skye and Lochaber was added to the Inverness area, including Fort William and the Isle of Skye. As a consequence of these changes, a new constituency was created, named Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 2005 by merging an area from Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber with an area from Ross, Skye and Inverness West. The rest of Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber was merged with most of the rest of Ross, Skye and Inverness West to form Ross, Skye and Lochaber. 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 is divided between Inverness and Nairn and part of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

Local government area

:*See also *Politics of the Highland council area The Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency was one of three Westminster constituencies covering the Highland council area, the other two being Ross, Skye and Lochaber and Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey covers a south-eastern portion of the council area, with Ross, Skye and Lochaber to its north and west, and Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross further north.

When created in 2005, the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency covered 31 out of the 80 wards of the council area: 22 wards (all except Beauly and Strathglass) of the Inverness area committee, all four wards of the Nairn area committee and all five wards of the Badenoch and Strathspey area committee. Following ward boundary changes in 2007, the constituency covers all 5 Inverness wards, Culloden & Ardersier, Nairn and Badenoch & Strathspey. It contains part of Ard & Loch Ness and a few corners of Caol & Mallaig, Fort William & Ardnamurchan and Wester Ross, Strathpeffer & Lochalsh.

The City of Inverness, for which letters patent were granted in 2001, may be supposed to lie within the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency, but this city lacks clearly defined boundaries. The Highland Council management area of Inverness, as defined 1996 to 2007, included the former burgh of Inverness, as abolished in 1975, and the urban area centred on the burgh, and these do lie within the constituency. The management area included also a large rural area. As of 2007, the council has a city management area consisting of seven of the nine wards of its Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey corporate management area. The boundaries of this city management are similar to those of the older management area.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		2005	Danny Alexander
Scottish National Party}}"		2015	Drew Hendry

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

: Note: The constituency was new in 2005 and +/- percentages are notional.

References

[https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/bcs_2023_review_report_web_version.pdf Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report]
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MacNeill, Alison. "Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency - UK Parliamentary General Election result".
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