Highlands & Islands Regional List Result 2007

'The Labour Party no longer represents any Holyrood or Westminster parliamentary constituency in the Highlands and Islands following the SNP's dramatic capture of the Western Isles yesterday.'
David Ross in the Herald, 5 th May 2007.

Highlands & Islands Region

1999
	Highlands & Islands Region MSPs: 3 Labour 2 Conservatives 2 Scottish National Party
2003
	Highlands & Islands Region MSPs: 2 Scottish National Party 2 Labour 2 Conservatives 1 Green
2007
	Highlands & Islands Region MSPs: 3 Labour 2 Scottish National Party 2 Conservative

Highlands & Islands region includes the constituencies of :

Constituency	1999	2003	2007
1. Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat win (Scottish National Party majority in regional vote)	Liberal Democrat hold (Scottish National Party majority in regional vote)	Scottish National Party gain from Liberal Democrat
2. Caithness Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat win	Liberal Democrat hold (Labour majority in regional vote)	Liberal Democrat hold (Scottish National Party majority in regional vote)
3. Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber	Scottish National Party win (notional Scottish National Party gain from Labour)	Scottish National Party hold (Labour majority in regional vote)	Scottish National Party hold
4. Moray	Scottish National Party win	Scottish National Party hold	Scottish National Party hold
5. Orkney	Liberal Democrat win	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold
6. Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat win (Scottish National Party majority in regional vote)	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold (Scottish National Party majority in regional vote)
7. Shetland	Liberal Democrat win	Liberal Democrat hold	Liberal Democrat hold
8. Western Isles	Labour win	Labour hold	Scottish National Party gain from Labour

Regional results are available for all constituencies for 1999, 2003 and 2007.

MSPs elected in Highlands & Islands Region in 2007

Party	Constituency MSPs	Regional MSPs	Total MSPs
Scottish National Party	4	2	6
Liberal Democrat	4	0	4
Labour	0	3	3
Conservative & Unionist	0	2	2

Members elected from Regional lists in 2007

	Rank	1
	Peter Peacock MSP (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Labour
	Rank	2
	Mary Scanlon MSP (Also stood in Moray constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	3
	Rhoda Grant MSP (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Labour
	Rank	4
	Rob Gibson MSP (Also stood in Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	5
	Jamie McGrigor MSP (Also stood in Argyll & Bute constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	6
	David Stewart (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Labour
	Rank	7
	David Thompson (Also stood in Ross, Skye & Inverness West constituency)
	Scottish National Party

3 rd May 2007 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Party	Votes	%	% change
Scottish National Party	63,979	34.44 %	+ 11.01 %
Liberal Democrats	37,001	19.92 %	+ 1.14 %
Labour	32,952	17.74 %	- 4.56 %
Conservative & Unionist Party	23,334	12.56 %	- 3.45 %
Scottish Green Party	8,602	4.63 %	- 3.64 %
Scottish Christian Party	6,332	3.41 %	(+ 3.41 %)
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party	3,841	2.07 %	(+ 2.07 %)
British National Party	2,152	1.16 %	(+ 1.16 %)
Solidarity	1,833	0.99 %	(+ 0.99 %)
UK Independence Party	1,287	0.69 %	- 0.46 %
Socialist Labour Party	1,027	0.55 %	- 0.41 %
Scottish Socialist Party	973	0.52 %	- 4.82 %
Publican Party	914	0.49 %	(+ 0.49 %)
Christian Peoples Alliance	885	0.48 %	(+ 0.48 %)
Scottish Voice	450	0.24 %	(+ 0.24 %)
Scottish Enterprise Party	211	0.11 %	(+ 0.11 %)
Scottish National Party majority	26,978	14.52 %	+ 13.39 %

MSPs elected in Highlands & Islands Region in 2003

Party	Constituency MSPs	Regional MSPs	Total MSPs
Liberal Democrat	5	0	5
Scottish National Party	2	2	4
Labour	1	2	3
Conservative & Unionist	0	2	2
Scottish Green Party	0	1	1

Members elected from Regional lists in 2003

	Rank	1
	Jamie McGrigor MSP (Also stood in Ross, Skye & Inverness West constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	2
	Peter Peacock MSP (Also stood in Moray constituency)
	Labour
	Rank	3
	Dr Eleanor Scott (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Scottish Green Party
	Rank	4
	Mary Scanlon MSP (Also stood in Moray constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	5
	Jim Mather MSP (Also stood in Argyll & Bute constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	6
	Maureen MacMillan MSP (Also stood in Ross, Skye & Inverness West constotuency)
	Labour
	Rank	7
	Rob Gibson MSP (Also stood in Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross constituency)
	Scottish National Party

1 st May 2003 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Party	Votes	%	% change
Scottish National Party	39,497	23.43 %	- 4.30 %
Labour	37,605	22.30 %	- 3.17 %
Liberal Democrats	31,655	18.78 %	- 2.65 %
Conservative & Unionist Party	26,989	16.01 %	+ 1.07 %
Scottish Green Party	13,935	8.27 %	+ 4.52 %
Scottish Socialist Party	9,000	5.34 %	+ 4.46 %
UK Independence Party	1,947	1.15 %	(+ 1.15 %)
Robbie the Pict	1,822	1.08 %	+ 0.51 %
The Countryside Party	1,768	1.05 %	(+ 1.05 %)
Socialist Labour Party	1,617	0.96 %	- 0.43 %
Protect Rural Scotland Party	1,438	0.85 %	(+ 0.85 %)
Scottish Peoples Alliance	793	0.47 %	(+ 0.47 %)
Arthur Robertson	353	0.21 %	+ 0.03 %
The Rural Party	177	0.10 %	(+ 0.10 %)
Scottish National Party majority	1,892	1.13 %	- 1.13 %

MSPs elected in Highlands & Islands Region in 1999

Party	Constituency MSPs	Regional MSPs	Total MSPs
Liberal Democrat	5	0	5
Scottish National Party	2	2	4
Labour	1	3	4
Conservative & Unionist	0	2	2

Members elected from Regional lists in 1999

	Rank	1
	Jamie McGrigor (Also stood in Western Isles constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	2
	Cllr Peter Peacock (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Labour
	Rank	3
	Dr Winnie Ewing MEP (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	4
	Maureen MacMillan (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Labour
	Rank	5
	Mary Scanlon (Also stood in Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber constituency)
	Conservative & Unionist
	Rank	6
	Duncan Hamilton (Also stood in Argyll & Bute constituency)
	Scottish National Party
	Rank	7
	Rhoda Grant MSP (Did not stand in a constituency)
	Labour

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Party	Votes	%
Scottish National Party	55,933	27.73 %
Labour	51,371	25.47 %
Liberal Democrats	43,226	21.43 %
Conservative & Unionist Party	30,122	14.94 %
Scottish Green Party	7,560	3.75 %
Sir Iain Noble	3,522	1.75 %
Socialist Labour Party	2,808	1.39 %
Highlands & Islands Alliance	2,607	1.29 %
Scottish Socialist Party	1,770	0.88 %
Scottish People's Mission	1,151	0.57 %
International Independent	712	0.35 %
Natural Law Party	536	0.27 %
Arthur Robertson	354	0.18 %
Scottish National Party majority	4,562	2.26 %

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