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Historical verified result · S14000094

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire general election result, 2024.

Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrat) won Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire in the 2024 UK general election by 2,160 votes over Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party).

Direct answer

Angus MacDonald was elected.

Angus MacDonald received 18,159 votes (37.79%). Drew Hendry received 15,999 votes (33.29%).

Winning party
Liberal Democrat
Runner-up party
Scottish National Party
Winning majority
2,160
Turnout
61.67%
Valid votes
48,056
Electorate
77,927
Complete candidate result

All 7 candidates.

PlaceCandidatePartyVotesShare
1Angus MacDonald ↗ElectedLiberal Democrat18,15937.79%
2Drew Hendry ↗Scottish National Party15,99933.29%
3Michael PereraLabour6,24613.00%
4Dillan HillReform UK2,9346.11%
5Ruraidh StewartConservative2,5025.21%
6Peter NewmanScottish Green Party2,0384.24%
7Darren PaxtonSocialist Equality Party1780.37%
Permanent constituency record

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, Scotland

Electionpedia ID
eop-result-uk-2024-commons-s14000094
Official constituency code
S14000094
Region
Scotland
Nation
Scotland
Polling date
4 July 2024
Result summary
LD gain from SNP
Invalid ballots
168
Coverage boundary

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