An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Ross, Skye and Lochaber, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats by Ian Blackford with a majority of 5,124 - 12.3% - on a turnout of 77.2%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
BLACKFORD, Ian | SNP | 20,119 | 48.1% | 33.0% |
KENNEDY, Charles | LD | 14,995 | 35.9% | -16.8% |
MCCALLUM, Lindsay | Con | 2,598 | 6.2% | -6.0% |
CONNIFF, Chris | Lab | 2,043 | 4.9% | -10.2% |
THOMAS, Anne | Green | 1,051 | 2.5% | 0.3% |
ANDERSON, Philip | UKIP | 814 | 1.9% | 0.1% |
CAMPBELL, Ronnie | Ind | 191 | 0.5% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 54,169, having a valid vote count of 41,811 and an invalid vote count of 39.
Result declared at 05:19 on 8 May 2015.