Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region)

E110616

Scottish Parliament electoral region

Highlands and Islands is a large Scottish Parliament electoral region covering Scotland’s northern mainland, island groups, and remote rural areas, represented by multiple Members of the Scottish Parliament.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Highlands and Islands	6
Highlands and Islands electoral region	4
Highland and Islands region	1
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) canonical	1
Highlands and Islands (educational region context)	1
Highlands and Islands (electoral region)	1
Shetland parliamentary constituency	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish Parliament electoral region ⓘ
borders	North East Scotland electoral region ⓘ surface form: North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament region) West Scotland (Scottish Parliament region) ⓘ
constituency	council area of Argyll and Bute ⓘ surface form: Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency) Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency) ⓘ Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency) ⓘ Moray (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ surface form: Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency) Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Scottish Parliament constituency) ⓘ Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency) ⓘ Orkney and Shetland Westminster constituency ⓘ surface form: Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency) Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency) ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
coversArea	Argyll and Bute ⓘ surface form: Argyll and Bute (council area) Highland council area ⓘ surface form: Highland (council area) Inner Hebrides ⓘ Moray, Scotland ⓘ surface form: Moray (council area) Na h-Eileanan Siar council area ⓘ surface form: Na h-Eileanan Siar (council area) Orkney Islands ⓘ Orkney Islands ⓘ surface form: Orkney Islands (council area) Outer Hebrides ⓘ Shetland ⓘ surface form: Shetland Islands Shetland ⓘ surface form: Shetland Islands (council area) northern mainland of Scotland ⓘ
created	1999 ⓘ
electoralSystem	additional member system ⓘ
electoralTier	regional list ⓘ
elects	Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
governingLaw	Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	includes remote communities ⓘ predominantly rural ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
legislativeBody	Scottish Parliament ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies	8 ⓘ
numberOfRegionalMSPs	7 ⓘ
partOf	Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ surface form: Scottish Parliament electoral system
regionType	electoral region ⓘ
startDateAsElectoralRegion	1999-05-06 ⓘ
totalMSPsReturned	15 ⓘ
usedFor	Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shetland → electoralRegion → Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) ⓘ

Gordonstoun School → region → Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Highlands and Islands (educational region context)

Inverness → region → Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) ⓘ