Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
Type = County
Year = 1983
Abolition = 1997
members = one

Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created to cover four of the eight districts of Highland local government region: the Inverness district, the Nairn district, the Lochaber district and the Badenoch and Strathspey district. The region and districts had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, when the county and burgh system of local government was abolished. The other districts of the region were covered by the Ross, Cromarty and Skye constituency and the Caithness and Sutherland constituency.

In 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, the districts were abolished and the region became a unitary council area.

In 1997, constituency boundaries were redrawn to divide the Highland area between three new constituencies: Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Ross, Skye and Inverness West and Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. New constituency boundaries divided the areas of some of the former districts.

Member of Parliament

Throughout the 1983 to 1997 period, the constituency was represented by a Liberal, and then Liberal Democrat, MP: Sir David Russell Johnston (later Baron Russell-Johnston), who had been, previously, MP for the Inverness constituency.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sir David Russell Johnston
votes = 13,258
percentage = 26.0
change = -10.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David John Stewart
votes = 12,800
percentage = 25.2
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Fergus Stewart Ewing
votes = 12,562
percentage = 24.7
change = +9.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. Scott
votes = 11,517
percentage = 22.6
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (UK)
candidate = J. Martin
votes = 766
percentage = 1.5
change = "N/A"

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir David Russell Johnston
votes = 17,422
percentage = 36.8
change = -9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David John Stewart
votes = 11,991
percentage = 25.4
change = +11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A.T. Keswick
votes = 10,901
percentage = 23.0
change = -6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = N.P. Johnson
votes = 7,001
percentage = 14.8
change = +5.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = David Russell Johnston
votes = 20,671
percentage = 46.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = D.G. Maclean
votes = 13,373
percentage = 29.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = D. McMillan
votes = 6,448
percentage = 14.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = H.W. Vernal
votes = 4,395
percentage = 9.8
change = "N/A"