Result: Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
LD GAIN FROM LAB
| TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE |
| Liberal Democrat |
 |
40.3% |
| Labour |
 |
30.9% |
| SNP |
 |
13.5% |
| Swing: 6.0% from LAB to LD |
| IN DETAIL
|
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
|
Danny
Alexander |
Liberal Democrat |
17,830 |
40.3 |
+10.8 |
|
David
Stewart |
Labour |
13,682 |
30.9 |
-1.3 |
|
David
Thompson |
SNP |
5,992 |
13.5 |
-9.5 |
|
Robert
Rowantree |
Conservative |
4,579 |
10.3 |
-2.0 |
|
Donnie
MacLeod |
Scottish Green Party |
1,065 |
2.4 |
+2.4 |
|
Donald
Lawson |
Publican Party - Free to Smoke |
678 |
1.5 |
+1.5 |
|
George
MacDonald |
Scottish Socialist Party |
429 |
1.0 |
-1.1 |
| Majority |
4,148 |
9.4 |
|
| Turnout |
44,255 |
63.6 |
+0.5 |
KEY SEAT
| POLITICAL MAKE UP OF SCOTLAND
|
|
| 2001 RESULT FOR INVERNESS, NAIRN, BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
| Labour |
 |
32.2% |
| Liberal Democrat |
 |
29.5% |
| SNP |
 |
23.0% |
| Others |
 |
15.3% |