Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in Highland, Scotland, UK, 1997 onwards
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). Covering 11,632 km2, it is both the largest UK parliamentary constituency and the most northerly constituency on the British mainland.
It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. Since the 2017 general election, the constituency has been represented by Jamie Stone of the Liberal Democrats.
Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1997 by merging Caithness and Sutherland with an area from Ross, Cromarty and Skye which was abolished.
1997–2005: Caithness District, Sutherland District, and the Ross and Cromarty District electoral divisions of Easter Ross, Invergordon, and Tain.
2005–2024: The Highland Council wards of Alness and Ardross, Brora, Caithness Central, Caithness North East, Caithness North West, Caithness South East, Dornoch Firth, Ferindonald, Golspie and Rogart, Invergordon, Pulteneytown, Rosskeen and Saltburn, Seaboard, Sutherland Central, Sutherland North West, Tain East, Tain West, Thurso Central, Thurso East, Thurso West, Tongue and Farr, Wick, and Wick West.
In 2005 the Westminster constituency was enlarged slightly, to include a small area from Ross, Skye and Inverness West. The rest of the latter was divided between two new constituencies, Ross, Skye and Lochaber and Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.
2024–present: The Highland Council wards of North, West and Central Sutherland, Thurso and Northwest Caithness, Wick and East Caithness, East Sutherland and Edderton, northern and eastern parts of Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Cromarty Firth, Tain and Easter Ross, Dingwall and Seaforth, Black Isle, and a small part of Aird and Loch Ness.
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