Highland constituencies

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Highland constituencies are a group of UK parliamentary constituencies covering much of the sparsely populated, rural and mountainous Highland region of northern Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of UK parliamentary constituencies
administrativeOverlap Argyll and Bute council area
Highland council area
Na h-Eileanan Siar council area
border other Scottish rural constituencies
boundaryChangesBy Boundary Commission for Scotland
characteristic mountainous
rural
sparsely populated
contains Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency)
Caithness and Sutherland (historic constituency)
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverness (historic constituency)
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (historic constituency)
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)
Ross and Cromarty (historic constituency)
linked to: Ross and Cromarty

Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (UK Parliament constituency)
Western Isles (historic constituency)
country United Kingdom
demographicFeature ageing population in many areas
dispersed settlements
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateCharacteristic relatively small electorates compared to urban UK constituencies
governedBy Representation of the People Acts
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
renewable energy
tourism
hasLanguage English
Scottish Gaelic
hasMajorTown Inverness
locatedIn Highland region of Scotland
northern Scotland
notableFeature large geographic area with low population density
partOf House of Commons constituencies in Scotland
Scottish Highlands
regionType largely rural and remote
representationLevel national (UK Parliament)
timeZone BST (UTC+01:00) in summer
UTC±00:00
typicalIssues fishing and agriculture
land use and crofting
rural services
tourism and environment
transport and infrastructure
usedFor elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey partOf Highland constituencies
Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency) geographicFeature Highland constituency
linked to: Highland constituencies
Earls of Menteith playedRoleIn Scottish Highlands politics
linked to: Highland constituencies