Latest headlines
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Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
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Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
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Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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Highlands and Islands
Scottish Parliament regionResults
Party | Elected | Seats | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
CON Scottish Conservatives |
Elected Douglas Ross Edward Mountain Donald Cameron | Seats 3 | Votes 44,693 | 21.8% | Net percentage change in seats +10.1 |
Party
LAB Scottish Labour |
Elected Rhoda Grant David Stewart | Seats 2 | Votes 22,894 | 11.2% | Net percentage change in seats −3.3 |
Party
SNP Scottish National Party |
Elected Maree Todd | Seats 1 | Votes 81,600 | 39.7% | Net percentage change in seats −7.8 |
Party
GRN Scottish Green Party |
Elected John Finnie | Seats 1 | Votes 14,781 | 7.2% | Net percentage change in seats +2.1 |
Party
LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 27,223 | 13.3% | Net percentage change in seats +1.1 |
Party
UKIP UKIP |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 5,344 | 2.6% | Net percentage change in seats +0.7 |
Party
IND (Stockan) Independent - Stockan |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 3,689 | 1.8% | Net percentage change in seats +1.8 |
Party
SCHP Scottish Christian Party |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 3,407 | 1.7% | Net percentage change in seats −0.3 |
Party
RISE RISE |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 889 | 0.4% | Net percentage change in seats +0.4 |
Party
SOL Solidarity |
Elected - | Seats 0 | Votes 793 | 0.4% | Net percentage change in seats +0.3 |
Change compared with 2011 |
Turnout
Turnout
58.9%Constituencies within Highlands and Islands
Region Profile
The Highlands and Islands is the largest of the electoral regions in terms of area, but has the smallest population and electorate.
The Cairngorms National Park, which sits within this region, is one of only two national parks in Scotland. Renewable energy and water are important industries in this part of Scotland and geographically, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch is one of the biggest Scottish seats.
There are eight constituencies in Highlands and Islands - Argyll and Bute; Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn; Moray; Na-h-Eileanan and Iar; Orkney Islands; Shetland Islands, and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch. At the Holyrood election of 2011 the SNP secured three seats; Labour won two and the Conservatives also secured two.