Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 55°55′59″N 5°20′56″W / 55.933°N 5.349°W / 55.933; -5.349

Argyll and Bute
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Argyll and Bute in Scotland.
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of parliament Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Created from Argyll
Bute and Northern Ayrshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Scotland

Argyll and Bute is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election, merging most of Argyll with some of Bute and Northern Ayrshire. A similar constituency, also called Argyll and Bute, is used by the Scottish Parliament.

Boundaries

When created in 1983, the constituency covered the area of the Argyll district of the Strathclyde region. In 2005 it was enlarged to cover the Argyll and Bute council area, which had been created in 1996. Thus Helensburgh, already included within the new council area, was included in the constituency.

Helensburgh had been within the Dunbarton district until 1996, and within the Dumbarton constituency until 2005.

Politics

Argyll and Bute was one of the few four-way marginal constituencies in Britain. The Liberal Democrats held the seat from 1987, when they took it from the Conservatives, until 2015 when the SNP won the seat. The equivalent seat to Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Parliament was lost to the SNP in 2007, and was again taken by the SNP in 2011 and 2016.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[1] Party
1983 John MacKay Conservative
1987 Ray Michie Liberal
1992 Liberal Democrat
2001 Alan Reid Liberal Democrat
2005
2010
2015 Brendan O'Hara SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Argyll and Bute[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SNP Brendan O'Hara 22,959 44.3 +25.3
Liberal Democrat Alan Reid 14,486 27.9 −3.7
Conservative Alastair Redman 7,733 14.9 −9.1
Labour Mary Galbraith 5,394 10.4 −12.3
UKIP Caroline Santos[4] 1,311 2.5 N/A
Majority 8,473 16.3 N/A
Turnout 51,883 75.3 +8.0
SNP gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +14.5
General Election 2010: Argyll and Bute[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Alan Reid 14,292 31.6 −4.9
Conservative Gary Mulvaney 10,861 24.0 +0.5
Labour David Graham 10,274 22.7 +0.3
SNP Mike MacKenzie 8,563 18.9 +3.4
Scottish Green Elaine Morrison 789 1.7 N/A
Independent George Doyle 272 0.6 N/A
Scottish Jacobite John Black 156 0.3 N/A
Majority 3,431 7.6
Turnout 45,207 67.3 +3.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing −2.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Argyll and Bute[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Alan Reid 15,786 36.5 +3.7
Conservative Jamie McGrigor 10,150 23.5 −0.2
Labour Carolyn Manson 9,696 22.4 −0.3
SNP Isobel Strong 6,716 15.5 −2.0
Scottish Socialist Deirdre Henderson 881 2.0 −1.4
Majority 5,636 13.0
Turnout 43,229 64.2 +4.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing +2.0
General Election 2001: Argyll and Bute[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Alan Reid 9,245 29.9 −10.3
Labour Hugh J.E. Raven 7,592 24.5 +8.9
Conservative Dave Petrie 6,436 20.8 +1.8
SNP Ms. Agnes Carmichael Samuel 6,433 20.8 −2.4
Scottish Socialist Des Divers 1,251 4.0 N/A
Majority 1,653 5.4
Turnout 30,957 63.0 −10.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing −9.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Argyll and Bute[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Janet Ray Michie 14,359 40.2 +5.3
SNP Prof Neil MacCormick 8,278 23.2 −0.6
Conservative Ralph McIlroy Leishman 6,774 18.9 −8.8
Labour Dr Ali A. Syed 5,596 15.7 +2.1
Referendum Michael Anthony Spalding Gould Stewart 713 2.0 N/A
Majority 6,081 17.0
Turnout 35,720 72.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
General Election 1992: Argyll and Bute[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Janet Ray Michie 12,739 34.9 −2.4
Conservative John Corrie 10,117 27.7 −5.8
SNP Prof. Neil MacCormick 8,689 23.8 +6.7
Labour Des Browne 4,946 13.6 +1.5
Majority 2,622 7.2 +3.4
Turnout 36,491 76.1 +0.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing +1.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Argyll and Bute[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Janet Ray Michie 13,726 37.3 +9.8
Conservative John Jackson MacKay 12,332 33.5 −5.1
SNP Robert Richard Shaw 6,297 17.1 −7.5
Labour Desmond Tierney 4,437 12.1 +2.8
Majority 1,394 3.8
Turnout 36,792 75.5
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +7.5
General Election 1983: Argyll and Bute[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Jackson MacKay 13,380 38.6 N/A
Liberal Janet Ray Michie 9,536 27.5 N/A
SNP Ian Smith 8,514 24.6 N/A
Labour Charles McCafferty 3,204 9.3 N/A
Majority 3,844 11.1 N/A
Turnout 34,634 72.9 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
  2. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/uk-parliamentary-election-results-thursday-7-may-2015
  4. ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/argyllandbute/
  5. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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