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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997}}
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{{More citations needed|date=December 2007}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
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|county = [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
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'''Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber''' was a [[county constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1983 to 1997. It elected one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first-past-the-post]] system of election.
 
==History==
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!colspan="2"|Event!!Member<ref>{{Rayment-hc|i|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Russell Johnston, Baron Russell-Johnston|Russell Johnston]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| 1988
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]
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|[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber]] <br />and [[Ross, Skye and Inverness West (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Skye & Inverness West]]''
''
|}
 
== Election results ==
[[File:Inverness election history.png|center|thumb|765x765px|Inverness election history]]
 
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===Elections in the 1980s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdateaccess-date=28 June 2017|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archivedatearchive-date=15 October 2011|deadurl=yes|dfurl-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Russell Johnston]]
|votes = 20,671
|percentage = 46.0
|change = ''N/A''+17.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 13,373
|percentage = 29.8
|change = ''N/A''+3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 6,448
|percentage = 14.4
|change = ''N/A''-6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Hamish William Vernal
|votes = 4,395
|percentage = 9.8
|change = ''N/A''-13.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,298
|percentage = 16.32
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 44,887
|percentage = 70.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
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{{election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin | title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdateaccess-date=28 June 2017|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archivedatearchive-date=15 October 2011|deadurl=yes|dfurl-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Russell Johnston]]
|votes = 17,422
|percentage = 36.8
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Tessa Keswick|Annabel Keswick]]
|votes = 10,901
|percentage = 23.0
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,431
|percentage = 11.54
|change = −-4.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
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===Elections in the 1990s===
In the 1992 election, the four major parties were separated by only 3.41%, the closest four-way result in an election to the UK Parliament since 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/34way.html|title=Closest Three- and Four-Way Marginals since 1918|accessdateaccess-date=May 28, 2009}}</ref>
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdateaccess-date=28 June 2017|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archivedatearchive-date=15 October 2011|deadurl=yes|dfurl-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|
url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|accessdateaccess-date=6 Dec 2010}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = [[Russell Johnston]]
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|votes = 12,800
|percentage = 25.1
|change = −0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 766
|percentage = 1.5
|change = ''N/ANew''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 458
|percentage = 0.9
|change = −10.65
}}
{{Election box turnout|
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[[Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)]]
[[Category:UnitedConstituencies Kingdomof Parliamentarythe constituenciesParliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983]]
[[Category:UnitedConstituencies Kingdomof Parliamentarythe constituenciesParliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997]]
[[Category:Highland constituencies, UK Parliament (historic)]]
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