Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|United Kingdom parliamentary constituency}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main|name=Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey|parliament=uk|image={{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}|caption=Interactive map of boundaries from 2024|map_entity=Scotland|map_year=2024|year=2024|abolished=|type=County|previous=Moray & Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey|next=|electorate=76,237 (March 2020){{cite web |title=2023 review final recs news release |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/2023_review_final_recs_news_release.pdf |publisher=Boundary Commission for Scotland}}|mp=Graham Leadbitter|party=Scottish National Party|region=Scotland|county=Highland and Moray|european=|elects_howmany=One|towns=Elgin, Nairn, Forres|image2=258px|caption2=Boundary of Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey in Scotland}}Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.{{Cite web |title=28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/?q=resources/news/28-june-2023-2023-review-report-laid-parliament |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Boundary Commission for Scotland}} Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, and is currently represented by Graham Leadbitter of the Scottish National Party.
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the following:[https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/reviews/2023-review-uk-parliament-constituencies 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies] Boundary Commission for Scotland{{cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 3}}
- In full: the Highland Council wards of Nairn and Cawdor, Badenoch and Strathspey; and the Moray Council wards of Elgin City North, Elgin City South, Forres, Heldon and Laich, Speyside Glenlivet.
- In part: the Highland Council ward of Culloden and Ardersier (eastern areas comprising minority of electorate); and the Moray Council ward of Fochabers Lhanbryde (west of the River Spey).
The majority of the electorate, comprising the areas in Moray Council were previously part of the former Moray constituency; the areas in Highland Council were part of the abolished Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency.{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Moray%20West,%20Nairn%20and%20Strathspey |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Electoral Calculus}}
Members of Parliament
Election results
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin |title=General election 2024: Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey{{cite web |title=UK Parliamentry Election 2024 Results Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey |url=http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_156132.html |website=Moray Council |date=4 July 2024 |access-date=9 July 2024}} {{cite news |title=Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey results |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000098 |access-date=9 July 2024}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Graham Leadbitter
|votes = 14,961
|percentage = 32.1
|change=-14.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = Kathleen Robertson
|votes = 13,960
|percentage = 30.0
|change=-10.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish Labour
|candidate = James Hynam
|votes = 8,259
|percentage = 17.7
|change=+13.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Neil Alexander
|votes = 3,785
|percentage = 8.1
|change=+2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Steve Skerret
|votes = 3,490
|percentage = 7.5
|change=+6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish Greens
|candidate = Draeyk Van Der Horn
|votes = 1,676
|percentage = 3.6
|change=+2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish Family Party
|candidate = Euan Morrice
|votes = 423
|percentage = 0.9
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box majority |
|votes= 1,001
|percentage= 2.1
|change=
}}
{{Election box turnout |
|votes= 46,554
|percentage= 60.4
|change=
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Scottish National Party
|swing=
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{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 2010s =
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 2019 notional result {{efn|Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place}} {{Cite web |date= |title=Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey notional election - December 2019 |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/2359 |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}} | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}} | align=right| 25,941 | align=right| 46.1 |
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 23,035 | align=right| 40.9 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align="right" | 3,307 | align="right" | 5.9 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 2,606 | align=right| 4.6 |
| {{party color cell|Scottish Greens}} | align=right| 649 | align=right| 1.2 |
| {{party color cell|UK Independence Party}} | align="right" | 413 | align="right" | 0.7 |
| {{party color cell|Brexit Party}} | align="right" | 321 | align="right" | 0.6 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2" |Majority
| align="right" |2,906 |align="right" |5.2 | ||
| colspan="2" |Turnout
| align="right" |56,272 |align="right" |73.8 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|76,237 |
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168960.html Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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