Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)

United Kingdom parliamentary constituency

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	Highland and Moray
Major settlements	Elgin, Nairn
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Seats	One
Created from	Moray & Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, and is currently represented by Graham Leadbitter.

Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency comprises all or part of the following wards of the Highland council area and Moray:^[2]

Elgin City North; Elgin City South; Fochabers Lhanbryde; Forres; Heldon and Laich; and Speyside Glenlivet from the Moray constituency
Badenoch and Strathspey; a small part of the east end of Culloden and Ardersier; and Nairn and Cawdor from the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency

(The former Moray constituency coincided with the Moray council area, so the above Moray constituency list also shows which of these wards are wards of Moray council area.)

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Graham Leadbitter	SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey^[3] ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Graham Leadbitter	14,961	32.1
	Conservative	Kathleen Robertson	13,960	30.0
	Labour	James Hynam	8,259	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Alexander	3,785	8.1
	Reform UK	Steve Skerret	3,490	7.5
	Scottish Green	Draeyk Van Der Horn	1,676	3.6
	Scottish Family	Euan Morrice	423	0.9
Majority			1,001	2.1
Turnout			46,554	60.4
	SNP win (new seat)

References

^ "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
^ "New Seat Details - Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
^ "UK Parliamentry Election 2024 Results Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey". Moray Council. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

External links

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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