Scotland · 74,627Boundary · 2023

Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross

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Apr 2026

A safe LD seat, won with 49% of the vote in 2024.

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross's MP made his most significant parliamentary break with his party over assisted dying. On 20 June 2025, Stone voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading -- bucking the Liberal Democrat majority -- and split from his party on multiple amendments throughout the day, backing tighter restrictions (Amendments 12 and 24) while opposing liberalising changes (Amendments 77 and 94). Beyond Westminster, he has been active in local press: lobbying the Prime Minister directly over Scotch whisky tariffs affecting Diageo jobs, pressing ministers on rural banking closures, campaigning for nuclear investment in the Highlands, and intervening in a constituent's 450-day hospital discharge crisis. He is also a consistent opponent of Labour's employer National Insurance rises, backing Lords amendments that sought to limit or block the increase.

Stone votes with his party 97% of the time when he does participate, but his 63% voting participation rate sits noticeably below the Commons average. His stance profile is firmly anti-tax-increase and pro-business (both 100%), while he shows almost no alignment with the government's fiscal agenda (0--7%). He deviates from Lib Dem colleagues most sharply on criminal justice reform, sitting 23 percentage points below his party's average. His speeches concentrate heavily on economy and jobs, social care, and local government -- topics that map closely onto his remote, rural constituency.

293
Commons votes
This parliament
£27k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
74.6k
Electorate
2024 GE

Current Member of Parliament

Jamie Stone

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrats

Jamie Stone is the Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

Notable Votes

Vote on whether to criminalise the buying of sex (the 'Nordic model'), making it an offence to pay for sexual activity. This would shift criminal liability from sex workers to their clients, as proposed by New Clause 88 and the related New Clause 3 on commercial sexual exploitation.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Report Stage, after proceedings had been interrupted on 13 June when an objection was raised. The debate excerpts do not reveal the substantive content of New Clause 16.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe LD seat, won with 49% of the vote in 2024.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Stone’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.322 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Stone has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
72
Economy
59
Employment
40
Welfare and Benefits
23
Crime & Policing
22
Pensions
21
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 8818 Jun 2025
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1620 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
§ 08The local picture.8 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Black IsleLyndsey Johnston1,171Scottish
Black IsleMorven-May MacCallum739Liberal
Black IsleSarah Atkin634Independ
Cromarty FirthMaxine Morley-Smith283Independ
Cromarty FirthMolly Nolan1,079Liberal
Cromarty FirthPauline Munro679Independ
Cromarty FirthTamala Collier1,127Scottish
Dingwall SeaforthAngela Maclean773Liberal
Dingwall SeaforthGraham Alexander MacKenzie1,494Scottish
Dingwall SeaforthMargaret Paterson698Independ
Dingwall SeaforthSean Edward Kennedy599Independ
East Sutherland EddertonJim McGillivray611Independ
Median income
£27,100
HMRC SPI 2024
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