Ross and Cromarty was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1983. It combinerd Ross-shire and Cromartyshire in one constituency, and elected one Member of Parliament (MP). A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

In 1983, the boundary changed to bring in the Isle of Skye and Raasay, to form the new parliamentary constituency of Ross, Cromarty and Skye. An Easter Ross area was taken from the constituency in 1997 and it became Ross, Skye and Inverness West. In 2005 the constituency was abolished and the sitting MP was re-elected as MP for the new constituency of Ross, Skye and Lochaber. The Old Man of Storr, Skye The Isle of Skye, usually known simply as Skye (An t-Eilean Sgiathanach in Scottish Gaelic) is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ... Raasay is an island between the Isle of Skye and the mainland of Scotland. ... Easter Ross is a loosely defined area in the east of the administrative county of Ross and Cromarty. ... Ross, Skye and Lochaber is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

There is also a Ross, Skye and Inverness West constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the House of Commons constituency of that name. Ross, Skye and Inverness West is a constituency represented in the Scottish Parliament. ...

Member of Parliament

Ross and Cromarty

1832 James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie

1837 Thomas Mackenzie

1847 Sir James John Randoll Mackenzie

1852 Sir James Matheson James Matheson James Matheson (1796-1878) born in Lairg was the son of a Scottish baronet and a trader in India. ...

1868 Sir Alexander Matheson

1884 Ronald Crauford Munro-Ferguson, later Viscount Novar Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar of Raith, KBE, PC (6 March 1860 - 30 March 1934), sixth Governor-General of Australia, was probably the most politically influential holder of this post. ...

1885 Roderick Macdonald (Crofters' Party) The first Highland Land League emerged as a distinct political force in Scotland during the 1880s, with its power base in the countrys Highlands and Islands. ...

1892 James Galloway Weir

1911 James Ian Macpherson, later Baron Strathcarron Baron Strathcarron is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ...

1936 Malcolm John Macdonald

1945 Sir John MacLeod

1964 Alasdair Roderick Mackenzie

1970 James Hector Northey Gray, later Baron Gray of Contin

Ross, Cromarty and Skye

1983 Charles Peter Kennedy. Charles Kennedy, current leader of the UK Liberal Democrat Party The Right Honourable Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959) is a British politician, who has been leader of the Liberal Democrats (the third largest political party in the United Kingdom) since 1999. ...

Ross, Skye and Inverness West

1997 Charles Peter Kennedy. In 2005 the constituency was abolished and Charles Kennedy was elected MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber. Charles Kennedy, current leader of the UK Liberal Democrat Party The Right Honourable Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959) is a British politician, who has been leader of the Liberal Democrats (the third largest political party in the United Kingdom) since 1999. ... Ross, Skye and Lochaber is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Politics and history of the constituency