BBC NEWS | VOTE 2003


PARTY	SEATS	VOTES	%	+/-%
CON	2	26989	16.0	+1.1
LAB	2	37605	22.3	-3.2
LD	0	31655	18.8	-2.6
GRN	1	13935	8.3	+4.6
SLP	0	1617	1.0	-0.4
SNP	2	39497	23.4	-4.3
UKIP	0	1947	1.2	N/A
SSP	0	9000	5.3	+4.4
IND	0	353	0.2	N/A
IND	0	1822	1.1	N/A
PRS	0	1438	0.9	N/A
RP	0	177	0.1	N/A
SPA	0	793	0.5	N/A
TCP	0	1768	1.0	N/A

	TURNOUT	168596	51.8

CANDIDATES

CONSERVATIVE

Jamie McGrigor

Mary Scanlon

David Petrie

John Firth

Christopher Zawadski

Alan McLeod

Frank Warren

Tim Wood

LABOUR

Peter Peacock

Maureen MacMillan

Rhoda Grant

Hugh Raven

Eilidh MacDonald

Iain MacDonald

Harry Hatten

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Michael Foxley

Patsy Kenton

Linda Gorn

Jamie Paterson

Paul Johnston

Polly Martin

Jermaine Allison

Dan Farthing

SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY

Jim Mather

Fergus Ewing

Margaret Ewing

Rob Gibson

Alasdair Nicholson

David Thompson

Angus MacNeil

Jean Urquhart

Willie Ross

Allan Sillars

Brian Nugent

GREEN

Eleanor Scott

Donnie Macleod

Murray Falconer

Gale Falconer

Lizbeth Collie

Irene Brandt

David Gallant

Judith Jardine

David Jardine

Roger Humphry

SCOTTISH SOCIALIST

Steve Arnott

Norma Anderson

Anne MacLeod

Des Divers

John Aberdein

Shona Laughland

Barbara Whibley

Dan Murray

SOCIALIST LABOUR

Claire Watt

Colin Muir

Zane Carpenter

Kai Anderson

John McDonald

John Watt

Thomas Appleyard

UKIP

Philip Anderson

Peter Hindley

Christine Anderson

Neil Scobie

INDEPENDENT

Arthur Robertson

OTHERS

Robbie the Pict

PRS

William Graham

Kenneth Mcintosh

SPA

David Walker

TCP

James Crawford

DESCRIPTION: Highlands and Islands

The pattern of politics in the Highlands and Islands differs considerably from that found in the Scottish central belt. All parties, except perhaps the Conservatives, have pockets of local strength and most elections show a relatively even split in party support across the region. The Lib Dems did well at constituency level in 1999, allowing Labour also pick up their only list seats in the country, with the Tories and Scottish National Party also gaining a couple each. The parliament's oldest and youngest members respectively, Winnie Ewing and Duncan Hamilton, were returned on the SNP list, and both will stand down this time.

CONSTITUENCIES:

	Argyll & Bute	LD Hold
	Caithness Sutherland & Easter Ross	LD Hold
	Inverness East Nairn & Lochaber	SNP Hold
	Moray	SNP Hold
	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	LD Hold
	Western Isles	LAB Hold
	Orkney	LD Hold
	Shetland	LD Hold

CANDIDATES ELECTED - 1999 RESULT


	CANDIDATE	PARTY
	Jamie McGrigor	Con
	Mary Scanlon	Con
	Peter Peacock	Lab
	Maureen MacMillan	Lab
	Rhoda Grant	Lab
	Winnie Ewing	SNP
	Duncan Hamilton	SNP

PARTIES - 1999 RESULT


PARTY	VOTES	%	SEATS
SNP	55933	27.7	2
LAB	51371	25.5	3
LD	43226	21.4
CON	30122	14.9	2
GRN	7560	3.7
IND	3522	1.8
SLP	2808	1.4
HIA	2607	1.3
SSP	1770	0.9
IND	1151	0.6
IND	712	0.3
NLP	536	0.3
IND	354	0.2