The placeConstituency · Scotland · Electorate 77,243 · 2023 boundaries

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey.

Scottish National Party MP Graham Leadbitter holds the seat on 32.1% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentGraham Leadbitter · Scottish National Party
CouncilsMoray · Highland
Boundary set2023
ONS codeS14000098
Electorate · 2024
77.2k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
32.1%
Scottish National Party · +2.2pp over Con
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

A constituency-focused operator, Leadbitter has been most visible recently through local advocacy rather than Westminster rebellion. He has pushed for a VAT cut for the hospitality sector -- backing a petition where his constituency ranked second nationally for signatories -- challenged the Bank of Scotland over the closure of Nairn's last bank branch, and criticised the UK government for refusing to acknowledge the North of Scotland's energy price gap. In Parliament he voted to refer Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Peter Mandelson appointment, aligning with SNP colleagues rather than breaking from the party, and he has opposed both sets of asylum seeker support regulations.

His voting participation stands at 30% -- well below the Commons average -- though his 200 speech contributions across 120 debates suggest he prioritises speaking over voting. He is a 100% party-line voter with no rebel votes to date. His speeches cluster around economy and jobs, energy, defence, and cost-of-living, consistent with his role as SNP Energy Spokesperson. Stance data shows strong alignment with workers' rights and climate action, but low alignment on fiscal responsibility and progressive taxation -- partly reflecting SNP opposition to Labour's employer National Insurance increase, on which he voted against 100% of the time.

Two deviations stand out in the data: he votes considerably less often in favour of pension protection than his SNP colleagues (25% versus a party average of 72%), though the reasons are unclear from available information. He sits on no select committees. News coverage over the past 90 days skews toward economy and jobs issues, with one negative performance article; beyond that, local reporting portrays consistent constituency engagement.

32.1%
SNP vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
7
Wards · 25 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.7 wards · 25 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Badenoch Strathspey(4 seats)Lobban · Bruce · Cockburn · Jones3,869Highland IndMay 2022
Elgin City North(3 seats)Dunbar · Fernandes · Keith3,199Moray IndMay 2022
Elgin City South(3 seats)Leadbitter · Divers · Bloomfield3,676Moray IndMay 2022
Forres(4 seats)Horn · Robertson · Mcbain · Lawrence5,105Moray IndMay 2022
Heldon Laich(4 seats)Mustard · Allan · Cowe · Cameron4,329Moray IndMay 2022
Nairn Cawdor(4 seats)Jarvie · Fraser · Green · Oldham4,309Highland IndMay 2022
Speyside Glenlivet(3 seats)Gordon · Ross · Harris3,028Moray IndMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ

Ethnicity.

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.4% Female 50.5% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£26,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£33,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,575
VAT/PAYE-registered

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£248m
Taxpayers51,000
Median per taxpayer£2,560
Mean per taxpayer£4,900

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Moray and Highland. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.

§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Graham LeadbitterWONSNP14,96132.1
Kathleen RobertsonCon13,96030.0
James HynamLab8,25917.7
Neil AlexanderLD3,7858.1
Steve SkerrettRef3,4907.5
Draeyk Van der HornInd1,6763.6
Euan MorriceInd4230.9

Turnout 46,554

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission