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Highlands and Islands
electoral region
for the Scottish Parliament
Highlands and Islands shown within Scotland
Current electoral region
Created1999
MSPsScottish National Party 7
Liberal Democrats 2
Labour 2
Conservative 2
Independent 2
Council areasArgyll and Bute (part)
Highland
Moray (part)
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
ConstituenciesArgyll and Bute
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Inverness and Nairn
Moray
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Orkney
Shetland
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

The Highlands and Islands is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Eight of the parliament's first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).

The name Highlands and Islands is much older than the electoral region. The Highlands and Islands area has a large area of overlap with the Scottish Highlands, and the two names are often regarded as representing the same area.

The Highlands and Islands region is the largest of the eight electoral regions in terms of area, but the smallest in terms of population and electorate. It has boundaries with the North East Scotland, Mid Scotland and Fife and the West Scotland electoral regions.

The most high-profile MSP for the region has been Winnie Ewing, the matriarch of the Ewing political family.

Constituencies and council areas

2011–

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

Map Constituency
  1. Argyll and Bute
  2. Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
  3. Inverness and Nairn
  4. Moray
  5. Na h-Eileanan an Iar
  6. Orkney
  7. Shetland
  8. Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

1999–2011

The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing at that time.[1] They covered all of four council areas,[2] the Highland council area, Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles council area), the Orkney Isles council area and the Shetland Isles council area, and most of two others, the Argyll and Bute council area and the Moray council area:

Map Constituency
  1. Argyll and Bute
    covers most of the Argyll and Bute council area.
  2. Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
    covers a northern portion of the Highland council area.
  3. Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
    covers a southern portion of the Highland council area.
  4. Moray
    covers most of the Moray council area.
  5. Orkney
    covers the Orkney Isles council area.
  6. Ross, Skye and Inverness West
    covers a central portion of the Highland council area.
  7. Shetland
    covers the Shetland Isles council area.
  8. Western Isles
    covers Na h-Eileanan Siar.

A south-eastern portion of the Argyll and Bute area is covered by the Dumbarton constituency, which is in the West of Scotland region. An eastern portion of the Moray area is covered by the Gordon constituency, in the North East Scotland region.

Boundary changes

The Boundary Commission also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. Highlands and Islands was amended so as to contain the newly redrawn constituencies of Argyll and Bute; Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn; Moray; Na h-Eileanan an Iar; Orkney Islands; Shetland Islands; and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.[3]

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

Term Election Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland
and Easter Ross
Inverness East,
Nairn and Lochaber
Moray Ross, Skye
and Inverness West
Western Isles Orkney Shetland
1st 1999 bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" rowspan="3" | George Lyon
(LD)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" rowspan="4" | Jamie Stone
(LD)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="4" | Fergus Ewing
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="1" | Margaret Ewing
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" rowspan="4"| John Farquhar Munro
(LD)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="3"| Alasdair Morrison
(Labour)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" rowspan="4" | Jim Wallace
(LD)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" rowspan="4" | Tavish Scott
(LD)
2nd 2003 bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"|
2006 by Richard Lochhead
(SNP)
3rd 2007 bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Jim Mather
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Alasdair Allan
(SNP)
Liam McArthur
(LD)
Term Election Argyll and Bute Caithness,
Sutherland and Ross
Inverness and Nairn Moray Skye, Lochaber
and Badenoch
Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland
4th 2011 bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Michael Russell
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Rob Gibson
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Fergus Ewing
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Richard Lochhead
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | David Thompson
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Alasdair Allan
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | Liam McArthur
(LD)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | Tavish Scott
(LD)

Regional List MSPs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Parliament MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP MSP
1st
(1999-2003)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="5"| Winnie Ewing
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" rowspan="5"| Duncan Hamilton (politician)
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="4"| Peter Peacock
(Labour)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="5"| Maureen Macmillan
(Labour)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color"| Rhoda Grant
(Labour)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" rowspan="5"| Jamie McGrigor
(Conservative)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color"| Mary Scanlon
(Conservative)
2nd
(2003-07)
Rob Gibson
(SNP)
Jim Mather
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"| Eleanor Scott
(Green)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"|
Dave Petrie
(Conservative)
3rd
(2007-11)
David Thompson
(SNP)
David Stewart
(Labour)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"| Rhoda Grant
(Labour)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" rowspan="2"| Mary Scanlon
(Conservative)
4th
(2011-15)
John Finnie
(SNP)
Mike MacKenzie
(SNP)
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Jean Urquhart
(SNP)

2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:[4]

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| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Argyll and Bute | style="text-align:left;" | Michael Russell | style="width: 130px" | SNP hold |-

|-

| style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Caithness, Sutherland and Ross | style="text-align:left;" | Rob Gibson | style="width: 130px" | SNP gain from Liberal Democrats |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Inverness and Nairn | style="text-align:left;" | Fergus Ewing | style="width: 130px" | SNP hold |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Moray | style="text-align:left;" | Richard Lochhead | style="width: 130px" | SNP hold |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | style="text-align:left;" | Alasdair Allan | style="width: 130px" | SNP hold |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Orkney | style="text-align:left;" | Liam McArthur | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats hold |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Shetland | style="text-align:left;" | Tavish Scott | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats hold |-

|-

| style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch | style="text-align:left;" | Dave Thompson | style="width: 130px" | SNP gain from Liberal Democrats |-


|}

Additional member results

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | John Finnie
Jean Urquhart
Mike MacKenzie | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 85,082 | style="text-align:right;" | 47.5% | style="text-align:right;" | +13.1% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Rhoda Grant
David Stewart | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | -1 | style="text-align:right;" | 25,884 | style="text-align:right;" | 14.5% | style="text-align:right;" | -3.2% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 21,729 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.1% | style="text-align:right;" | -8.0% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Jamie McGrigor
Mary Scanlon | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 20,843 | style="text-align:right;" | 11.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.8% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 9,076 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.1% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.4% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #9966CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Christian | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 3,541 | style="text-align:right;" | 2.0% | style="text-align:right;" | -1.4% |-

|- ! style="background-color: #6D3177;" | | style="width: 130px" | UK Independence Party | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 3,372 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.9% | style="text-align:right;" | +1.2% |-

|-

! style="background-color: #BBD9DB;" | | style="width: 130px" | All Scotland Pensioners Party | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,770 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.5% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.6% |- |- ! style="background-color: #9966CC;" | | style="width: 130px" | Ban Bankers Bonuses | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,764 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.0% | style="text-align:right;" | n/a |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #EB7A43; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,969 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.9% | style="text-align:right;" | n/a |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #EE1C25; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Socialist Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,406 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.8% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.2% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #2e3b74; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | BNP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,134 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.5% |-



|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 509 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.3% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.2% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #a22f32; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Solidarity | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 204 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.1% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.9% |-


|}

2007 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

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|-

| style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Argyll and Bute | style="text-align:left;" | Jim Mather | style="width: 130px" | SNP gain from Liberal Democrats |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | style="text-align:left;" | Jamie Stone | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats hold |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | style="text-align:left;" | Fergus Ewing | style="width: 130px" | SNP hold |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Moray | style="text-align:left;" | Richard Lochhead | style="width: 130px" | SNP hold |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Orkney | style="text-align:left;" | Liam McArthur | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats hold |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | style="text-align:left;" | John Farquhar Munro | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats hold |-

|-

| style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Shetland | style="text-align:left;" | Tavish Scott | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats hold |-

|-

| style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Western Isles | style="text-align:left;" | Alasdair Allan | style="width: 130px" | SNP gain from Labour |-

|}

Additional member results

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Rob Gibson
David Thompson | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 63,979 | style="text-align:right;" | 34.4% | style="text-align:right;" | +11.0 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 37,001 | style="text-align:right;" | 19.9% | style="text-align:right;" | +1.1 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Peter Peacock
Rhoda Grant
David Stewart | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 32,952 | style="text-align:right;" | 17.7% | style="text-align:right;" | -4.6 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Mary Scanlon
Jamie McGrigor | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 23,334 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -3.4 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | -1 | style="text-align:right;" | 8,602 | style="text-align:right;" | 4.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -3.6 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #9966CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Christian | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 6,332 | style="text-align:right;" | 3.4% | style="text-align:right;" | +3.4 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #CC66CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Senior Citizens | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 3,841 | style="text-align:right;" | 2.1% | style="text-align:right;" | +2.1 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #2e3b74; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | BNP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,152 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.2% | style="text-align:right;" | +1.2 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #a22f32; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Solidarity | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,833 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.0% | style="text-align:right;" | +1.0 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #6D3177; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | UKIP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,287 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.7% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.5 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #EE1C25; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Socialist Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,027 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.6% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.4 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 973 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.5% | style="text-align:right;" | -4.8 |-

|-

! style="background-color: #008080;" | | style="width: 130px" | Publican Party | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 914 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.5% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.5 |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #813887; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | CPA | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 885 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.5% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.5 |-

|-

! style="background-color: #660099;" | | style="width: 130px" | Scottish Voice | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 450 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.2% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.2 |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333CC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Enterprise | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 211 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.1% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.1 |-


|}

2003 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

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| style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Argyll and Bute | style="text-align:left;" | George Lyon | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats |-

|-

| style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | style="text-align:left;" | Jamie Stone | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats |-

|-

| style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | style="text-align:left;" | Fergus Ewing | style="width: 130px" | SNP |-

|-

| style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Moray | style="text-align:left;" | Margaret Ewing | style="width: 130px" | SNP |-

|-

| style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Orkney | style="text-align:left;" | Jim Wallace | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats |-

|-

| style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | style="text-align:left;" | John Farquhar Munro | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats |-

|-

| style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Shetland | style="text-align:left;" | Tavish Scott | style="width: 130px" | Liberal Democrats |-

|-

| style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Western Isles | style="text-align:left;" | Alasdair Morrison | style="width: 130px" | Labour |-

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Changes:

Additional member results

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Jim Mather
Rob Gibson | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 39,497 | style="text-align:right;" | 23.43% | style="text-align:right;" | -4.3% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Peter Peacock
Maureen Macmillan | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 37,605 | style="text-align:right;" | 22.31% | style="text-align:right;" | -3.16 |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 31,655 | style="text-align:right;" | 18.78% | style="text-align:right;" | -2.65% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Jamie McGrigor
Mary Scanlon | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 26,989 | style="text-align:right;" | 16.01% | style="text-align:right;" | +1.07% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | Eleanor Scott | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 13,935 | style="text-align:right;" | 8.27% | style="text-align:right;" | +4.52% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #ff0000; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 9,000 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.34% | style="text-align:right;" | +4.46% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #6D3177; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | UKIP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,947 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.16% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

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! style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | | style="width: 130px" | Robbie the Pict (Independent) | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,822 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.08% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.51% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: olive; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Countryside | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,768 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.05% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #EE1C25; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Socialist Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,617 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.96% | style="text-align:right;" | -0.43% |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #87cefa; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish People's | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 793 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.47% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 353 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.21% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.03 |-

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! style="background-color: #808000;" | | style="width: 130px" | Rural Party | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 177 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.11% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

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Changes:

1999 Scottish Parliament election

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Constituency results

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| style="color:inherit; background-color:#FAA61A; width: 5px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Argyll and Bute | style="text-align:left;" | George Lyon | style="width: 130px" | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |-

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| style="color:inherit; background-color:#FAA61A; width: 5px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | style="text-align:left;" | Jamie Stone | style="width: 130px" | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |-

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| style="color:inherit; background-color:#FDF38E; width: 5px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | style="text-align:left;" | Fergus Ewing | style="width: 130px" | Scottish National Party win (new seat) |-

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| style="color:inherit; background-color:#FDF38E; width: 5px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Moray | style="text-align:left;" | Margaret Ewing | style="width: 130px" | Scottish National Party win (new seat) |-

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| style="color:inherit; background-color:#FAA61A; width: 5px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Orkney | style="text-align:left;" | Jim Wallace | style="width: 130px" | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |-

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| style="color:inherit; background-color:#FAA61A; width: 5px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | style="text-align:left;" | John Farquhar Munro | style="width: 130px" | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |-

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| style="color:inherit; background-color:#FAA61A; width: 5px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Shetland | style="text-align:left;" | Tavish Scott | style="width: 130px" | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |-

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| style="color:inherit; background-color:#E4003B; width: 5px;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Western Isles | style="text-align:left;" | Alasdair Morrison | style="width: 130px" | Scottish Labour Party win (new seat) |-

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Additional member results

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Winnie Ewing
Duncan Hamilton | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 55,593 | style="text-align:right;" | 27.73% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Peter Peacock
Maureen Macmillan
Rhoda Grant | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 51,371 | style="text-align:right;" | 25.47% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 43,226 | style="text-align:right;" | 21.43% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Jamie McGrigor
Mary Scanlon | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 30,122 | style="text-align:right;" | 14.94% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 7,560 | style="text-align:right;" | 3.75% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

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! style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | | style="width: 130px" | I Noble (Independent) | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 3,522 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.75% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #EE1C25; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Socialist Labour | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 2,808 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.39% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: purple; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Highlands and Islands | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 2,607 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.29% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

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! style="background-color: #ff0000;" | | style="width: 130px" | Scottish Socialist Party | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 1,770 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.88% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

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! style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | | style="width: 130px" | Robbie the Pict (Independent) | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 1,151 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.57% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 712 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.35% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #ffe4e1; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Natural Law | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 536 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.27% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-


|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | N/A | style="text-align:right;" | 354 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.18% | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |-


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Footnotes

  1. ^ Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.
  2. ^ Council areas are as defined in 1996, and were changed after the Scottish Parliament election, 2007.
  3. ^ "Politicians, elections and democracy: Elections and voting: Scottish Parliamentary". Highland Council. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Your MSPs: Highlands & Islands" (PDF). Scottish Government. May 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2014.