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Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
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Sir Russell Johnston (Retiring)
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8,355
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|
16,187
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|
8,364
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|
13,848
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|
578
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|
|
|
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Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
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10,777
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10,633
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|
12,249
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|
11,513
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|
720
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|
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LibDem
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|
The result in the Scottish Highlands seat of Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber in the 1992 general election was extraordinary. It was an ultra-close four-way contest! The Conservatives finished fourth with 22.6 per cent of the vote. The SNP polled 24.7 per cent. Labour were runners-up with 25.1 per cent. The winner was the veteran Liberal Democrat Inverness MP Sir Russell Johnston - with 26.0 per cent, far and away the lowest winning proportion of any of the 651 seats contested that year. A total of 1,741 votes separated the four leading candidates.
Now, though, the situation is likely to be transformed by the retirement of Sir Russell Johnston. Politics in these vast and thinly populated far northern constituencies are very personal, and it is unlikely that the new young Liberal Democrat candidate Stephen Gallagher will be able to inherit a sufficient wedge of party support to hold the seat. So, who will win? The Conservatives are generally held to be going backwards nationally. But both the Labour and Scottish Nationalist parties are looking strong at the moment. The next battle in Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber is likely to be as interesting as the last one.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,632
|
8.90
|
9.03
|
99
|
|
|
3,629
|
8.89
|
11.17
|
80
|
|
|
2,688
|
6.59
|
11.25
|
59
|
|
|
3,951
|
9.68
|
14.70
|
66
|
|
|
1,337
|
3.28
|
10.45
|
31
|
|
|
7,375
|
18.08
|
2.81
|
642
|
|
|
2,301
|
5.64
|
8.01
|
70
|
|
|
6,818
|
16.71
|
15.25
|
110
|
|
|
4,921
|
12.06
|
7.13
|
169
|
|
|
4,150
|
10.17
|
10.17
|
100
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