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Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

Shows the general election results for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, which is a constituency in Highland. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 76,844 and a turnout of 68.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Drew Hendry
Majority
4,924
Electorate
76,844
Turnout
68.7%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 39.9%
Con 30.5%
Lab 16.2%
LD 12.3%
Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 1.2%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Drew Hendry  SNP 21,042 39.9 -10.2
Nicholas Tulloch  Con 16,118 30.5 24.6
Mike Robb  Lab 8,552 16.2 8.7
Ritchie Cunningham  LD 6,477 12.3 -19.0
Donald Boyd * Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 612 1.2 0.4
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Con Lab LD Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship Green UKIP TUSC JOT Oth SSP
2005 13.5% 10.3% 30.9% 40.3% 0.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% 1.0%
2010 18.7% 13.3% 22.1% 40.7% 1.8% 1.7% 1.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 50.1% 5.9% 7.5% 31.3% 0.7% 2.4% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 39.9% 30.5% 16.2% 12.3% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
488 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 9.3%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
618 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 39.9%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
338 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 68.7%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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