Riding profile
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
The question
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire: a safe seat for the Lib Dems?
Editorial read
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 4-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 34% vote share, against 29% for the SNP, and the riding remains competitive.
Sitting member
Mr Angus MacDonald
Sits with Lib Dems
Current forecast
Lib Dems
Competitive
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 5.4
- P(close race)
- 21%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Lib Dems | SNP | Reform UK | Green | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereInverness, Skye and West Ross-shire | 34.3% | 28.9% | 18.5% | 5.7% |
| National averageUnited Kingdom | 11.6% +22.7 | 2.5% +26.4 | 25.3% −6.8 | 11.8% −6.1 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Previous election · UK 2024
Detailed result · UK 2024
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus MacDonald Elected | Lib Dems | 18,159 | 37.8 | — |
| Drew Hendry | SNP | 15,999 | 33.3 | — |
| Michael Perera | Labour | 6,246 | 13.0 | — |
| Dillan Hill | Reform UK | 2,934 | 6.1 | — |
| Ruraidh Stewart | Conservative | 2,502 | 5.2 | — |
| Peter Newman | Green | 2,038 | 4.2 | — |
| Darren Paxton | Other | 178 | 0.4 | — |
Demographics
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- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029