Inverness and Nairn | |
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county constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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Inverness and Nairn shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Fergus Ewing |
Council area | Highland |
Created from |
Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber, Ross, Skye & Inverness West |
Inverness and Nairn is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). 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, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The Inverness and Nairn constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Moray, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney, Shetland and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of the Highland council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney Islands council area, all of the Shetland Islands council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.