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Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
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.

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.


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