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Historic Seat

Ross, Skye and Lochaber

🗳️ Election History

4
Elections
72.4%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2015
Current Party Since
Scottish National Party Ian Blackford Hold
Majority 9,443
Turnout 73.5% ↑1.8pp
Total Votes 39,869
Winner Swing ↑8.1pp
✓ Ian Blackford
Labour (Co-op)
19,263 48.3%
↑8.1pp
Craig Harrow
Liberal Democrats
9,820 24.6%
↑3.7pp
Gavin Berkenheger
Conservative
6,900 17.3%
↓7.6pp
John Erskine
Labour
2,448 6.1%
↓6.1pp
Kate Brownlie
—
710 1.8%
—
Donald Boyd
—
460 1.2%
—
Richard Lucas
—
268 0.7%
—
Scottish National Party Ian Blackford Hold
Majority 5,919
Turnout 71.7% ↓5.5pp
Total Votes 38,454
Winner Swing ↓7.9pp
✓ Ian Blackford
Labour (Co-op)
15,480 40.3%
↓7.9pp
Robert Mackenzie
Conservative
9,561 24.9%
↑18.7pp
Jean Davis
Liberal Democrats
8,042 20.9%
↓15.0pp
Peter O Donnghaile
Labour
4,695 12.2%
↑7.3pp
Ronnie Campbell
—
499 1.3%
—
Stick Sturrock
—
177 0.5%
—
Scottish National Party Ian Blackford Gain from Liberal Democrat
Majority 5,124
Turnout 77.2% ↑10.0pp
Total Votes 41,811
Winner Swing ↓4.5pp
✓ Ian Blackford
Labour (Co-op)
20,119 48.1%
↑33.0pp
Charles Kennedy
Liberal Democrats
14,995 35.9%
↓16.8pp
Lindsay McCallum
Conservative
2,598 6.2%
↓6.0pp
Chris Conniff
Labour
2,043 4.9%
↓10.2pp
Anne Thomas
—
1,051 2.5%
↑0.3pp
Philip Anderson
—
814 2.0%
↑0.1pp
Ronnie Campbell
—
191 0.5%
—
Liberal Democrat Charles Kennedy Hold
Majority 13,070
Turnout 67.2%
Total Votes 34,838
✓ Charles Kennedy
Liberal Democrats
18,335 52.6%
↓6.1pp
John McKendrick
Labour
5,265 15.1%
↑0.2pp
Alasdair Stephen
Labour (Co-op)
5,263 15.1%
↑5.5pp
Donald Cameron
Conservative
4,260 12.2%
↑2.2pp
Eleanor Scott
—
777 2.2%
↓1.1pp
Phillip Anderson
—
659 1.9%
↑0.4pp
Ronnie Campbell
—
279 0.8%
—

Turnout Trend

67.2%
'10
77.2%
'15
71.7%
'17
73.5%
'19

👥 Demographics

🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.9%
Asian or Asian British
0.6%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.1%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
32.1%
Under 18
20.1%
65 and over
19.5%
30 to 44
17.5%
18 to 29
10.8%
⛪ Religion
Christian
57.0%
No religion
33.6%
Religion not stated
8.4%
Other religion
0.4%
Buddhist
0.2%
Muslim
0.2%
Hindu
0.1%
Jewish
0.0%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Ian Blackford Scottish National Party 2015-05-07 2024-05-30
Mr Charles Kennedy Liberal Democrat 1983-06-09 2015-03-30