Ross, Skye and Inverness West (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Ross, Skye and Inverness West
Type = County
Year = 1997
Abolition = 2005

Ross, Skye and Inverness West was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2005. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

The constituency was formed by merging together most of the former Ross, Cromarty and Skye constituency (that constituency minus an Easter Ross area) with part of the former Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber constituency.

When abolished 2005 much of the area of the constituency became part of the then new Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency. Most of the rest went to Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey while a tiny portion joined Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross .

There is also a Ross, Skye and Inverness West constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the former House of Commons constituency.

Council area

:"See also "Politics of the Highland council area

The constituency area was entirely within the Highland unitary council area. In terms of Highland Council committee areas it covered Ross and Cromarty minus an Easter Ross area, all of Skye and Lochalsh, and part of Inverness.

Member of Parliament

Charles Peter Kennedy, Liberal Democrat, was elected in 1997 and re-elected in 2001. When the constituency was abolished in 2005 Charles Kennedy was elected as the MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Charles Kennedy
votes = 18,832
percentage = 54.1
change = +15.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Donald Crichton
votes = 5,880
percentage = 16.9
change = -11.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Jean Urquhart
votes = 4,901
percentage = 14.1
change = -5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Angus Laing
votes = 3,096
percentage = 8.9
change = -2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Eleanor Scott
votes = 699
percentage = 2.0
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Stuart Topp
votes = 683
percentage = 2.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Philip Anderson
votes = 456
percentage = 1.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Countryside Party (UK)
candidate = James Crawford
votes = 265
percentage = 0.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 12,952
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 61.6
change = -10.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Charles Kennedy
votes = 15,472
percentage = 38.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Donnie Munro
votes = 11,453
percentage = 28.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Margaret Paterson
votes = 7,821
percentage = 19.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mary MacLeod
votes = 4,368
percentage = 10.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = L. Durance
votes = 535
percentage = 1.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = A. Hopkins
votes = 306
percentage = 0.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 4,019
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 71.8
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = "N/A"