Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Caithness, Sutherland and Ross shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Gail Ross
Council area	Highland
Replaced by	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, Ross, Skye & Inverness West

Caithness, Sutherland and Ross is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross replaced Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and part of Ross, Skye and Inverness West.

Electoral region

The Caithness, Sutherland and Ross constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies are Argyll and Bute, Inverness and Nairn, Moray, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney, Shetland and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

The eight constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region cover most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of the Highland council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney Islands council area, all of the Shetland Islands council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The Highland (council area) is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies. These are: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

The electoral wards used to create the re-drawn Caithness, Sutherland and Ross are:

In full: North, West and Central Sutherland; Thurso; Wick; Landward Caithness; East Sutherland and Edderton; Cromarty Firth; Tain and Easter Ross
In part: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (shared with Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

As Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

	Member	Party
1999	Jamie Stone	Scottish Liberal Democrats
2003
2007

As Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Rob Gibson	Scottish National Party
	2016	Gail Ross	Scottish National Party

Election results

2016 Scottish Parliament Election

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Gail Ross	13,937	43.3	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Stone	10,024	31.1	+8.8
	Conservative	Struan Mackie	4,912	15.3	+5.0
	Labour	Leah Franchetti	3,334	10.4	-8.7
Majority			3,913	12.2
Turnout			32,207	58.4	+7.0
	SNP hold		Swing

2011 Scottish Parliament Election

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Rob Gibson	13,843	48.4	+16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Rowantree	6,385	22.3	-18.1
	Labour	John MacKay	5,438	19.0	+5.8
	Conservative	Edward Mountain	2,934	10.3	-0.8
Majority			7,458	26.1
Turnout			28,600	51.4
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	12,030	40.4
	SNP	9,480	31.9
	Labour	3,942	13.2
	Conservative	3,288	11.0
	Others	1,023	3.4
Majority		2,550	8.6
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Footnotes

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

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