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The Highlands and Islands is one of the eight electoral areas for the Scottish Parliament through which 7 of the 56 Additional Members System MSPs are elected.

It covers an area including all of the Highland, Shetland, Orkney and Western Isles local authority areas, as well as most of the Argyll and Bute and Moray local authority areas.

It is the largest of the 8 electoral areas in terms of size, but the smallest in terms of population and electorate.

1 Scottish Parliament Vote, 1999

Political Party Votes Share of Vote (%) % Change List Seats Won
SNP 55,59327.73N/A2
Labour 51,37125.47N/A3
Lib-Dems 43,22621.43N/A0
Conservatives 30,12214.94N/A2
Greens 7,5603.75N/A0
I Noble (Independent) 3,5221.75N/A0
SLP 2,8081.39N/A0
HIA 2,6071.29N/A0
SSPThis article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998. For the party that was formed in 1987 see Scottish Socialist Party (1987-1990). The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP is a left wing party led by Tommy Sheridan and Alan MacCombes. 1,7700.88N/A0
Robbie the PictRobbie the Pict (born Brian Robertson , is a Scottish nationalist. Born in 1947, he is a renowned campaigner on a number of issues. In 1977 he renounced his citizenship of the United Kingdom and "established" the Pictish Free State a putative micronation (Independent) 1,1510.57N/A0
J Campbell (Independent) 7120.35N/A0
NLPThe Natural Law Party is a trans-national political party with national branches in over 80 countries. The party is the political arm of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation movement. The party bases its platform on the Transcendental Meditat 5360.27N/A0
A Robertson (Independent) 3540.18N/A0

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