Constituency view

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Scotland

LD gain from SNP

Current MP

Current representation

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrats

Male

Majority10,489

Turnout61.7%

Electorate74,627

Valid votes46,048

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Lib Dem22,736 - 49.4%

SNP12,247 - 26.6%

Labour3,409 - 7.4%

Reform3,360 - 7.3%

Conservative1,860 - 4.0%

Green1,641 - 3.6%

Other795 - 1.7%

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 98.1%White British 77.4%Asian 0.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.7%Other 0.3%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011 data not available for this constituency.

2001 data not available for this constituency.

1991 data not available for this constituency.

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

Country of birth

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (2021)

UK 94.5%Other EU 2.8%Other countries 2.6%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

2011 data not available for this topic.

2001 data not available for this topic.

1991 data not available for this topic.

Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	National	Difference
% White	98.1%	83.0%	+15.0pp
% White British	77.4%	74.4%	+3.0pp
% Asian	0.8%	8.6%	-7.8pp
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.2%	3.7%	-3.5pp
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	0.7%	2.7%	-2.0pp
% Other ethnic group	0.3%	2.0%	-1.7pp
% UK-born	94.5%	84.0%	+10.5pp
% Non-UK-born	5.5%	16.0%	-10.5pp
% Other EU-born	2.8%	6.0%	-3.1pp
% Other countries-born	2.6%	10.1%	-7.4pp

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.