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Ross, Skye and Lochaber — 2017

Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party) was elected with 15,480 votes40.3% of 38,454 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. 40.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,454

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Ian Blackford Scottish National Party 15,480−9.7 ptsElected
2Robert Mackenzie Conservative Party 9,561
3Jean Davis Liberal Democrats 8,042
4Peter O Donnghaile Labour Party 4,695
5Ronnie Campbell Independent 499
6Stick Sturrock Something New 177

Electorate 53,638 · Turnout 71.7% · Majority 5,919 · Back to 2017 overview

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.