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As a geographic area the Highland council area is the largest in [[Scotland]]. Working solely on the basis of the size of its [[constituency|electorate]], however, it would qualify for just 2.3 Westminster seats. [[Boundary Commission (United Kingdom)|Boundary reviews]] have considered ways of addressing the area's apparent over representation, by reducing the number of constituencies to two, or by creating constituencies straddling boundaries with other council areas, but to date, for various geographic and cultural reasons, none of these proposals has been reflected in actual boundary changes. |
As a geographic area the Highland council area is the largest in [[Scotland]]. Working solely on the basis of the size of its [[constituency|electorate]], however, it would qualify for just 2.3 Westminster seats. [[Boundary Commission (United Kingdom)|Boundary reviews]] have considered ways of addressing the area's apparent over representation, by reducing the number of constituencies to two, or by creating constituencies straddling boundaries with other council areas, but to date, for various geographic and cultural reasons, none of these proposals has been reflected in actual boundary changes. |
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Workshop links
- User:Laurel Bush/Toolshed
- User:Laurel Bush/Workshop I
- User:Laurel Bush/Workshop II
- User:Laurel Bush/Workshop III
- User:Laurel Bush/Workshop IV
- User:Laurel Bush/Workshop V
- User:Laurel Bush/Workshop VI
Westminster and Holyrood
The council area is covered by three constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) and three constituencies of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). The Scottish Parliament constituencies are also components of that parliament's Highlands and Islands electoral region.
All the constituencies are entirely within the council area, but the Highlands and Islands electoral region includes also five other constituencies, covering the Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan Siar) council areas and most of the Argyll and Bute and Moray council areas.
Since the creation of the unitary Highland council area, in 1996, the Westminster constituencies have been altered twice, in 1997 and 2005. Neither the Holyrood constituencies nor the Holyrood electoral region have not been altered since their creation in 1999.
Westminster
55px|left As a geographic area the Highland council area is the largest in Scotland. Working solely on the basis of the size of its electorate, however, it would qualify for just 2.3 Westminster seats. Boundary reviews have considered ways of addressing the area's apparent over representation, by reducing the number of constituencies to two, or by creating constituencies straddling boundaries with other council areas, but to date, for various geographic and cultural reasons, none of these proposals has been reflected in actual boundary changes.
2005 to present
All of the council area's constituencies were altered for the 2005 general election.[1] One, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, carries forward the name of a constituency created in 1997. This new constituency is slightly larger than the earlier constituency.
List of constituencies and current MPs (members of parliament):
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1997 to 2005
Constituencies used in the 1997 general election and the 2001 general election were named as follows:
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- Ross, Skye and Inverness West
- Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
All of the council area's constituencies were altered for the 1997 general election. The same constituencies were used in the 2001 general election.
1995 to 1997
The the unitary council area was created
The boundaries of one constituency had been established since the 1918 general election, the other two since the 1983 general election. There were no parliamentary elections during the 1996 to 1997 period.
List of constituencies:
Holyrood
The Holyrood constituencies were created for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, with the names and boundaries of then existing Westminster constituencies. The same Scottish Parliament constituencies were used in the 2003 Scottish Parliament election and the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.
List of constituencies and current MSPs (members of the Scottish Parliament):
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As a whole, including MSPs elected by constituencies in the Highland council area, the Highlands and Islands electoral region is represented by:
- 6 Scottish National Party MSPs (four constituency MSPs and two additional members)
- 4 Liberal Democrat MSPs (all constituency MSPs)
- 3 Labour MSPs (all additional members)
- 2 Conservative MSPs (both additional members)
- ^ Fifth Periodical Report, Boundary Commission for Scotland website, accessed 28 February 2008
- ^ a b c Alphabetical List of Constituencies and Members of Parliament, Parliament of the United Kingdom website, accessed 29 February 2008
- ^ Jamie Stone MSP, Scottish Parliament website, accessed 29 February 2008
- ^ John Farquhar Munro MSP, Scottish Parliament website, accessed 29 February 2008
- ^ Fergus Ewing MSP, Scottish Parliament website, accessed 29 February 2008
Blue - Independent Group (25
Cream - Liberal Democrats (22)
Red - Labour (7)
Yellow - SNP (17)
Dark purple - Independent Members Group (5)
Green - Independent Alliance Group (4)
| Independent Group (Sandy Park group) | Liberal Democrats | Scottish National Party | Labour | Independent Members Group | Independence Alliance Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
