Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross in Scotland.
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| County | Highland |
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| Created | 1997 |
| Member of parliament | Paul Monaghan (SNP) |
| Created from | Caithness & Sutherland and Ross, Cromarty & Skye |
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| European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Coordinates: 58°16′37″N 3°46′44″W / 58.277°N 3.779°W
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
The Member of Parliament since 2015 has been Paul Monaghan, of the Scottish National Party.
1997-2005: Caithness District, Sutherland District, and the Ross and Cromarty District electoral divisions of Easter Ross, Invergordon, and Tain.
2005-present: The Highland Council wards of Alness and Ardross, Brora, Caithness Central, Caithness North East, Caithness North West, Caithness South East, Dornoch Firth, Ferindonald, Golspie and Rogart, Invergordon, Pulteneytown, Rosskeen and Saltburn, Seaboard, Sutherland Central, Sutherland North West, Tain East, Tain West, Thurso Central, Thurso East, Thurso West, Tongue and Farr, Wick, and Wick West.
The constituency was created in 1997 by merging Caithness and Sutherland with an area from Ross, Cromarty and Skye which was abolished.
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