TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE
Liberal Democrat		40.3%
Labour		30.9%
SNP		13.5%
Swing: 6.0% from LAB to LD

IN DETAIL
Name	Party	Votes	%	+/- %
Danny Alexander	Liberal Democrat	17,830	40.3	+10.8
David Stewart	Labour	13,682	30.9	-1.3
David Thompson	SNP	5,992	13.5	-9.5
Robert Rowantree	Conservative	4,579	10.3	-2.0
Donnie MacLeod	Scottish Green Party	1,065	2.4	+2.4
Donald Lawson	Publican Party - Free to Smoke	678	1.5	+1.5
George MacDonald	Scottish Socialist Party	429	1.0	-1.1
Majority		4,148	9.4
Turnout		44,255	63.6	+0.5

KEY SEAT

This seat is Liberal Democrat target number 5

POLITICAL MAKE UP OF SCOTLAND

Full details for Scotland

2001 RESULT FOR INVERNESS, NAIRN, BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY
Labour		32.2%
Liberal Democrat		29.5%
SNP		23.0%
Others		15.3%