UK general elections › 2017 › Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey — 2017
Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party) was elected with 21,042 votes— 39.9% of 52,801 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 39.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,801
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drew Hendry | Scottish National Party | 21,042 | 39.9% | −10.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nicholas Tulloch | Conservative Party | 16,118 | 30.5% | — | |
| 3 | Mike Robb | Labour Party | 8,552 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Ritchie Cunningham | Liberal Democrats | 6,477 | 12.3% | — | |
| 5 | Donald Boyd | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 612 | 1.2% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.