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| Ross, Skye & Inverness West |
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| Swing |
| Against 1997 General Election |
13.6% from Labour to Liberal Democrat
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| Lab-Con (against 1997) |
4.9% from Labour to Conservative
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| Against 1999 devolution poll |
16.5% from Labour to Liberal Democrat
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Description
This is the UK's largest constituency, covering an enormous 2 million acres over the sparsely populated Highlands and Islands. Topographically it has all the details one would expect of a remote Highland region. It has lochs, glens, islands and mountains a-plenty, facilitating healthy tourism, farming and fishing industries. Oil also plays an important part in the local economy, as does whisky distilling and bottling. The farms, especially in the Black Isle area, are generally very prosperous and many of the seat's inhabitants are comfortably off. There is a substantial number of Gaelic speakers.
The current Westminster MP here is Charles Kennedy, Liberal Democrat Leader since August 1999. Party political allegiances are not strong here: as with most of the Highland seats the contest here has much to do with the personalities of the candidates.
Highland Councillor John Munro won the seat for the Liberal Democrats in the Scottish Parliament with a narrow majority of 4.3% (1,539 votes).
Past Results
| 1997 General Election |
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Votes |
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Charles Kennedy |
Liberal Democrat |
15,472 |
38.7 |
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Donnie Munro |
Labour |
11,453 |
28.7 |
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Margaret Paterson |
SNP |
7,821 |
19.6 |
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Mary Macleod |
Conservative |
4,368 |
10.9 |
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Les Durance |
Referendum |
535 |
1.3 |
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Alan Hopkins |
Green |
306 |
0.8 |
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Majority |
4,019 |
10.1 |
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Turnout |
39,955 |
71.6 |
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| 1999 Scottish Parliamentary Election |
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John Farquar-Munro |
Liberal Democrat |
11,652 |
32.9 |
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Donnie Munro |
Labour |
10,113 |
28.6 |
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Jim Mather |
SNP |
7,997 |
22.6 |
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John Scott |
Conservative |
3,351 |
9.5 |
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Douglas Briggs |
Independent |
2,302 |
7.0 |
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Majority |
1,539 |
4.3 |
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Turnout |
35,415 |
62.8 |
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