Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
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The Highlands and Islands is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999. Eight of the parliament's first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).
The name Highlands and Islands is much older than the electoral region. The Highlands and Islands area has a large area of overlap with the Scottish Highlands, and the two names are often regarded as representing the same area.
The Highlands and Islands region is the largest of the eight electoral regions in terms of area, but the smallest in terms of population and electorate. It has boundaries with the North East Scotland, Mid Scotland and Fife and the West Scotland electoral regions.
Constituencies and council areas
2026–present
Template:MaplinkAs a result of the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
2011–2026
As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
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1999–2011
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing at that time.<ref>Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Template:Webarchive.</ref> They covered all of four council areas,<ref>Council areas are as defined in 1996, and were changed after the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.</ref> the Highland council area, Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles council area), the Orkney Isles council area and the Shetland Isles council area, and most of two others, the Argyll and Bute council area and the Moray council area:
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A south-eastern portion of the Argyll and Bute area is covered by the Dumbarton constituency, which is in the West of Scotland region. An eastern portion of the Moray area is covered by the Gordon constituency, in the North East Scotland region.
Boundary changes
The Boundary Commission also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. Highlands and Islands was amended so as to contain the newly redrawn constituencies of Argyll and Bute; Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn; Moray; Na h-Eileanan an Iar; Orkney Islands; Shetland Islands; and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
List of MSPs
Constituency MSPs
Regional list MSPs
N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only
Election results
2026 Scottish Parliament election
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