Editing Inverness (section)

===Parliamentary representation===

There are two existing [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|parliament]]ary [[constituencies (UK)|constituencies]] with ''Inverness'' as an element in their names:
* One [[county constituency]] of the [[House of Commons (UK)|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] ([[Palace of Westminster|Westminster]]):
** Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (first established in 2024 and replacing the previous [[Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey]], which existed between 2005 and 2019) currently represented by Angus MacDonald of the Scottish Liberal Democrats <ref>{{Cite news |title=Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000094 |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* One constituency of the [[Scottish Parliament]] ([[Scottish Parliament Building|Holyrood]]), created in 2011:
** [[Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Inverness and Nairn]], currently represented by [[Scottish National Party]] [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) [[Fergus Ewing]]<ref>[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/fergus_ewing/index.htm ''Fergus Ewing MSP'', Scottish Parliament website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630023546/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/fergus_ewing/index.htm |date=30 June 2007 }}. Retrieved 10 July 2007.</ref>

These existing constituencies are effectively subdivisions of the [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] [[Council areas of Scotland|council area]], but boundaries for Westminster elections are now very different from those for Holyrood elections. The Holyrood constituencies are also subdivisions of the [[Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Highlands and Islands]] [[Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions|electoral region]].

Historically there have been six Westminster constituencies:
* One [[burgh constituency]]:
** [[Inverness Burghs]], 1708 to 1918
* Five county constituencies:
** [[Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness-shire]], 1708 to 1918
** [[Inverness (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness]], 1918 to 1983
** [[Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber]], 1983 to 1997
** [[Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber]], 1997 to 2005
** [[Ross, Skye and Inverness West (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Skye and Inverness West]], 1997 to 2005

Inverness Burghs was a [[district of burghs constituency]], covering the [[parliamentary burgh]]s of Inverness, [[Fortrose]], [[Forres]], and [[Nairn]]. Inverness-shire covered, at least nominally, the [[county of Inverness]] minus the Inverness parliamentary burgh. As created in 1918, Inverness covered the county minus [[Outer Hebrides|Outer Hebridean]] areas, which were merged into the [[Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)|Western Isles constituency]]. The Inverness constituency included the former parliamentary burgh of Inverness. As created in 1983, Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber was one of three constituencies covering the Highland [[Regions and districts of Scotland|region]], which had been created in 1975. As first used in 1997, the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, and Ross, Skye and Inverness West constituencies were effectively two of three constituencies covering the Highland [[unitary council area]], which had been created in 1996.