Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

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%

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%

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

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%

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.

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.

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.