Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)
| Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch | |
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| county constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Kate Forbes |
| Council area | Highland |
| Created from |
Ross, Skye & Inverness West, Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber |
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 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. Also, however, it is 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. In 2011 it replaced most of the constituency of Ross, Skye and Inverness West with Inverness being moved into a new seat called Inverness and Nairn.
The Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies of are Argyll and Bute, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Inverness and Nairn, Moray, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney and Shetland.
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