# Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Inverness and Nairn is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the Highland council area. 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 seat was first created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and covers parts of the former seats of Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber and Ross, Skye & Inverness West. Since being formed it has been held by Fergus Ewing of the Scottish National Party, who was previously the member for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber.

## Electoral region

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.

## Constituency boundaries and council area

The Highland (council area) is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies. These are: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
The electoral wards used to create the new Inverness and Nairn seat are:
* In full: Inverness West; Inverness Central; Inverness Ness-Side; Inverness Millburn; Inverness South; Culloden and Ardersier; Nairn and Cawdor
* In part: Badenoch and Strathspey

## Member of the Scottish Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2011 | Fergus Ewing | SNP |

## Election results
### 2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Fergus Ewing | 21,793 | 47.7 | 0.6 | 19,688 | 43.0 | 0.9 |
| | Conservative | Edward Mountain | 12,679 | 27.7 | 7.7 | 12,045 | 26.3 | 4.6 |
| | Labour Co-op | Rhoda Grant | 5,370 | 11.7 | 5.8 | 5,108 | 11.2 | 2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Gregg | 2,892 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 2,820 | 6.2 | 3.4 |
| | Scottish Green | Ariane Burgess | 2,636 | 5.8 | New | 3,392 | 7.4 | 0.8 |
| | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | 754 | 1.6 | New |
| | Independent | Andy Wightman | Andy Wightman | Andy Wightman | Andy Wightman | 661 | 1.4 | New |
| | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | 335 | 0.7 | New |
| | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | 279 | 0.6 | New |
| | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | 155 | 0.4 | New |
| | Restore Scotland | Andrew MacDonald | 361 | 0.8 | New | 130 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 108 | 0.2 | New |
| | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | 100 | 0.2 | New |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | 76 | 0.2 | New |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 67 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
| | TUSC | TUSC | TUSC | TUSC | TUSC | 52 | 0.1 | New |
| | Independent | Hazel Mansfield | Hazel Mansfield | Hazel Mansfield | Hazel Mansfield | 32 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,114 | 20.0 | 8.3 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 45,731 | | | 45,802 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 137 | | | 79 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,868 | 64.5 | 6.7 | 45,881 | 64.5 | 6.6 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | 4.2 | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency ↑ Grant stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote is for Scottish Labour only. ↑ Incumbent member on the list for Lothian region, having been elected as a member of the Scottish Greens in 2016 |||||||||

### 2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Fergus Ewing | 18,505 | 48.3 | 3.2 | 16,200 | 42.1 | 6.4 |
| | Conservative | Edward Mountain | 7,648 | 20.0 | 8.4 | 8,371 | 21.7 | 10.4 |
| | Labour | David Stewart | 6,719 | 17.5 | 4.3 | 5,162 | 13.4 | 4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Caddick | 5,445 | 14.2 | 2.7 | 3,688 | 9.6 | 0.1 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 3,146 | 8.2 | 3.3 |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 916 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 546 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| | Independent | James Stockan | James Stockan | James Stockan | James Stockan | 174 | 0.4 | New |
| | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | 171 | 0.4 | New |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 142 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,857 | 28.3 | 1.4 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 38,317 | | | 38,516 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 222 | | | 63 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,539 | 57.8 | 5.0 | 38,579 | 57.9 | 5.1 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | 5.8 | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency |||||||||
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Inverness and Nairn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Fergus Ewing | 16,870 | 51.5 | N/A | 15,859 | 48.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | David Stewart | 7,125 | 21.8 | N/A | 5,809 | 17.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Mary Scanlon | 3,797 | 11.6 | N/A | 3,684 | 11.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Jardine | 3,763 | 11.5 | N/A | 3,113 | 9.5 | N/A |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 1,588 | 4.9 | N/A |
| | Scottish Christian | Donald Boyd | 646 | 2.0 | N/A | 669 | 2.0 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Ross Durance | 530 | 1.6 | N/A | 448 | 1.4 | N/A |
| | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 405 | 1.2 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | 334 | 1.0 | N/A |
| | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | 162 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | 84 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 38 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Others | Others | Others | Others | Others | 522 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,745 | 29.7 | N/A | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 32,731 | | | 32,715 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 99 | | | 99 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,830 | 52.8 | N/A | 32,814 | 52.8 | N/A |
| | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) | SNP win (new seat) |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency |||||||||