Argyllshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Argyllshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Argyllshire
1708–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Argyll and Bute and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber

Argyllshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1950, when it was renamed Argyll. The constituency was replaced in 1983 with Argyll and Bute.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Local government areas

Until Scottish counties were abolished, for most purposes, in 1975, the constituency represented the county of Argyll, except that constituency boundaries may not have coincided at all times with county boundaries, and any parliamentary burgh within the county would have been outside the constituency.

In 1975 most of the county plus the Isle of Bute became the Argyll district of the Strathclyde region. A northern area of the county became part of the Highland region. Until 1975 the Isle of Bute had been part of the county of Bute.

In 1996, 13 years after the abolition of the Argyll constituency and creation of the Argyll and Bute constituency, the Argyll district, plus a portion of the Dumbarton district of Strathclyde, became the Argyll and Bute unitary council area.

Members of Parliament

Argyllshire

Election		Member ^[1]	Party
	1708	Sir James Campbell, 2nd Baronet
	1736 by-election	Charles Campbell
	1742 by-election	James Stuart-Mackenzie
	1747	Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochnell
	1754	Dugald Campbell
	1764 by-election	Lord William Campbell
	1766 by-election	Robert Campbell
	1772 by-election	Adam Livingston
	1780	Lord Frederick Campbell
	1799 by-election	Lord John Campbell	Whig
	1822 by-election	Walter Frederick Campbell	Whig
	1832	James Henry Callander	Whig
	1835	Walter Frederick Campbell	Whig
	1841	Alexander Cameron Campbell	Conservative
	1843 by-election	Duncan McNeill	Conservative
	1851 by-election	Sir Archibald Islay Campbell, 3rd Baronet	Conservative
	1857	Alexander Struthers Finlay	Liberal
	1868	Marquess of Lorne	Liberal
	1878 by-election	Lord Colin Campbell	Liberal
	1885	Donald Horne Macfarlane	Crofters' Party
	1886	John Wingfield Malcolm	Unionist
	1892	Sir Donald Horne Macfarlane	Liberal
	1895	Donald Ninian Nicol	Unionist Party
	1903 by-election	John Stirling Ainsworth	Liberal
	1918	Sir William Sutherland	Coalition Liberal
	1922		National Liberal
	1918		Liberal
	1924	Frederick Alexander Macquisten	Unionist
	1940 by-election	Sir Duncan McCallum	Unionist
1950		constituency renamed

Argyll

Election		Member ^[1]	Party
	1950	Sir Duncan McCallum	Unionist
	1958 (b)	Michael Noble	Unionist
	Feb 1974	Iain Maccormick	Scottish National Party
	1979	John Mackay	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections of the 1860s

General Election 1868: Argyllshire ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Marquess of Lorne	unopposed

Elections of the 1880s

Lord Campbell

General Election 1880: Argyllshire ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lord Colin Campbell	1,457
	Conservative	T.G. Malcolm	1,191
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Argyllshire^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Donald Horne McFarlane	3,336
	Liberal	William Mackinnon	2,852
	Independent Liberal	John Stuart McCaig	665
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

endorsed by Highland Land League

General Election 1886: Argyllshire ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wingfield Malcolm	3,658	55.6
	Liberal	Donald Horne McFarlane	3,045	45.4
Majority			613	10.2
Turnout			6,703
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections of the 1890s

General Election 1892: Argyllshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Donald Horne Macfarlane	3,666	50.6
	Conservative	John Wingfield Malcolm	3,580	49.4
Majority			86	1.2
Turnout			7246
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1895: Argyllshire^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Ninian Nicol	3,970	50.9
	Liberal	Donald Horne Macfarlane	3,835	49.1
Majority			135	1.8
Turnout			7805
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections of the 1900s

General Election 1900: Argyllshire^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Ninian Nicol	3,834	54.3
	Liberal	John Stirling Ainsworth	3,234	45.7
Majority			600
Turnout			7,068
	Conservative hold		Swing

John Ainsworth

Argyllshire by-election, 1903^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Stirling Ainsworth	4,326
	Conservative	C. Stewart	2,740
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1906: Argyllshire^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Stirling Ainsworth	4,507	59.9
	Conservative	George Aitken Clark Hutchison	3,012	40.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections of the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Argyllshire ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Stirling Ainsworth	4,443
	Conservative	George Aitken Clark Hutchison	3,617
Majority			4,689	29.8
Turnout			15,685
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Argyllshire ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Stirling Ainsworth	4,280
	Conservative	George Aitken Clark Hutchison	4,023
Majority			4,689	29.8
Turnout			15,685
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal:
Unionist: George Aitken Clark Hutchison^[10]

General Election 1918: Argyllshire ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir William Sutherland	11,970	81.4
	Labour	Lauchlin MacNeill Weir	2,733	18.6	n/a
Majority			9,237	62.8
Turnout			15,685	52.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections of the 1920s

Sir W. Sutherland

Argyll by-election, 1920^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Coalition Liberal	Sir William Sutherland	10,187	64.9
	Labour	Malcolm MacCallum	5,498	35.1
Majority			4,689	29.8
Turnout			15,685	50.2
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing

endorsed by Coalition Government

General Election 1922: Argyllshire ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir William Sutherland	9,848	58.8	-6.1
	Liberal	Henry Anderson Watt	6,897	41.2	+6.1
Majority			2,591	15.5	-12.2
Turnout			16,745	51.8	+1.6
	National Liberal hold		Swing	-6.1

General Election 1923: Argyllshire ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir William Sutherland	9,020	52.7	-6.1
	Unionist	Frederick Alexander Macquisten	8,100	47.3	n/a
Majority			920	5.4
Turnout			17,120	53.3
	Liberal gain from National Liberal		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Argyllshire^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Frederick Alexander Macquisten	9,240	46.2	−1.1
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir William Sutherland	6,211	31.1	−21.6
	Labour	Dr I.H. MacIver	4,532	22.7	N/A
Majority				15.1
Turnout			19,983	62.7
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Argyllshire^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Frederick Alexander Macquisten	11,108	44.1	−2.1
	Liberal	Basil Andrew Murray	8,089	32.1	+1.0
	Labour	James Laird Kinloch	6,001	23.8	+1.1
Majority			3,019	12.0
Turnout			25,198	62.7	0.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	-1.6

Elections of the 1930s

General Election 1931: Argyllshire^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Frederick Alexander Macquisten	unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1935: Argyllshire ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Frederick Alexander Macquisten	13,260	53.6	N/A
	Liberal	Basil Andrew Murray	11,486	46.4	N/A
Majority			1,774	7.2
Turnout			24,746	56.6	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections of the 1940s

Argyllshire by-election, 1940 ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Duncan McCallum	12,317	62.8	+9.2
	SNP	William Power	7,308	37.2	N/A
Majority			5,009	25.5
Turnout			19,625
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Argyllshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Duncan McCallum	15,791	56.6	+3.0
	Labour	A. MacNeill Weir	8,889	31.9	N/A
	Liberal	John MacDonald Bannerman	3,228	11.6	−34.8
Majority			6,902	24.7
Turnout			27,908	63.9
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections of the 1950s

General Election 1950: Argyll
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Duncan McCallum	19,259	66.5	+9.9
	Labour	I. Nicholson	9,215	31.8	−0.1
	Scottish Home Rule	M S McP Holt	490	1.7	N/A
Majority			10,044	34.7
Turnout			28,964	75.1	+11.2
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Argyll
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Duncan McCallum	21,191	68.1	+1.6
	Labour	Robert M. Young	9,925	31.9	+0.1
Majority			11,266	36.2
Turnout			28,210	67.1	−8.0
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Argyll
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Duncan McCallum	19,119	67.8	−0.3
	Labour	Robert M. Young	9,091	32.2	+0.3
Majority			10,028	35.6
Turnout			28,210	66.9	−0.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	−0.3

Argyll by-election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Michael Antony Cristobal Noble	12,541	46.8	−21.0
	Liberal	William D. McKean	7,375	27.5	N/A
	Labour	Robert M. Young	6,884	25.7	−6.5
Majority			5,166	19.3
Turnout			26,800
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Argyll ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Michael Antony Cristobal Noble	16,599	58.4	−9.4
	Labour	D. Nisbet	7,356	25.9	−6.3
	Liberal	Hon. Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel	4,469	15.7	N/A
Majority			9,243	32.5
Turnout			28,424	71.0	+4.1
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections of the 1960s

General Election 1964: Argyll
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Michael Antony Cristobal Noble	13,277	47.2	−11.2
	Labour	Duncan L. MacMillan	8,120	28.9	+3.0
	Liberal	John Jackson MacKay	6,707	23.9	+8.2
Majority			5,157	18.4
Turnout			28,104	70.3	−0.7
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Argyll
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Antony Cristobal Noble	12,178	43.2	−4.0
	Labour	John McFadden	8,486	30.1	+1.2
	Liberal	John Jackson MacKay	7,512	26.7	+2.8
Majority			3,692	13.1
Turnout			28,176	72.3	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections of the 1970s

General Election 1970: Argyll
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Antony Cristobal Noble	13,521	44.8	+1.6
	SNP	Iain Somerled MacDonald MacCormick	9,039	29.9	N/A
	Labour	John McFadden	7,633	25.3	−4.8
Majority			4,482	14.8
Turnout			30,193	73.9	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Argyll
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Iain Somerled MacDonald MacCormick	15,646	48.9	+19.0
	Conservative	Peter Craft Hutchison	12,358	38.6	−6.2
	Labour	M.J.N. MacGregor	4,027	12.6	−12.7
Majority			3,288	10.3
Turnout			32,031	77.3	+3.4
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election October 1974: Argyll ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Iain Somerled MacDonald MacCormick	14,967	49.7	+0.8
	Conservative	John Jackson MacKay	11,036	36.7	−1.9
	Labour	M.J.N. MacGregor	4,103	13.6	+1.0
Majority			3,931	13.1
Turnout			30,106	72.0	−5.3
	SNP hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Argyll
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Jackson MacKay	12,191	36.8	+0.1
	SNP	Iain Somerled MacDonald MacCormick	10,545	31.8	−17.9
	Labour	M.J.N. MacGregor	5,283	16.0	+2.4
	Liberal	Janet Ray Michie	5,113	15.4	N/A
Majority			1,646	5.0
Turnout			33,132	76.1	+4.1
	Conservative gain from SNP		Swing

References

1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
↑ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
↑ The Times,29 April 1880
1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ The Times, 29 August 1903
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Edinburgh Evening News 19 Sep 1914
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ The Times, 11 December 1923
↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
↑ The Times, 3 June 1929
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1977

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