Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | |
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Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Council area | Highland |
Replaced by |
Inverness & Nairn, Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch |
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It was one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Boundaries were redrawn before the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, dividing the area between Inverness and Nairn and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region were Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Moray, Orkney, Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Shetland and the Western Isles.