UK Explained

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Represented in Parliament by Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Jamie Stone, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 226 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £784£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 105 areas and lower than 543.

UK 3.9%This area 2.2%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross£7842.2%
Exmouth and Exeter East£7802.1%
Wells and Mendip Hills£7772.2%
Hexham£7792.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives here

Census figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are published separately and are not on UK Explained yet.

WINNER, 2024
Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
10,489

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Jamie Stone won with 49% of the votes, and Lucy Beattie (Scottish National Party) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat49% · 22,736
Scottish National Party27% · 12,247
Labour7% · 3,409
Reform UK7% · 3,360
Conservative4% · 1,860
Scottish Green Party4% · 1,641
Everyone else2% · 795
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jamie StoneLiberal Democrat22,73649.4%
Lucy BeattieScottish National Party12,24726.6%
Eva KestnerLabour3,4097.4%
Sandra SkinnerReform UK3,3607.3%
Fiona FawcettConservative1,8604.0%
Anne ThomasScottish Green Party1,6413.6%
Steve ChisholmAlba Party7951.7%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£784 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.2%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026