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Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983-2024

Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency)
Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983-2024

FieldValue
nameArgyll and Bute
parliamentuk
map1ArgyllBute
map_size250px
map_entityScotland
year1983
abolished2024
typeCounty
previousArgyll
Bute and Northern Ayrshire
nextArgyll, Bute and South Lochaber
townsCampbeltown, Dunoon, Helensburgh, Lochgilphead, Rothesay, Oban
regionScotland
europeanScotland

Bute and Northern Ayrshire Argyll and Bute was 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It was created for the 1983 general election, merging most of Argyll with some of Bute and Northern Ayrshire, and then superseded by Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber in the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies.

Under the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency now comprises the vast majority of the new Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber constituency, first contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

1983–2005: Argyll and Bute District.

2005–2024: The area of the Argyll and Bute Council.

When created in 1983, the constituency covered the area of the Argyll and Bute 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 the UK. 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, with Labour representing the overlapping constituency of Dumbarton to the southeast covering Helensburgh and Lomond. Since 2017, the Scottish Conservatives have been the main challengers in the seat.

Members of Parliament

Electiona2date=March 2012}}Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1983John MacKay
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1987Ray Michie
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"1988Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"2001Alan Reid
Scottish National Party}}"2015Brendan O'Hara

Election results

Argyllshire (1900–1918) / Argyll (1918–1983) / Argyll & Bute (1983–2019) Election Results

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

References

References

  1. [https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/bcs_2023_review_report_web_version.pdf Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report]
  2. (6 July 2023). "Argyll & Bute to welcome Lochaber communities to fold in boundary change". The Oban Times.
  3. {{Rayment-hc. a. 2. (March 2012)
  4. (8 November 2019). "UK Parliamentary Election - 12th December 2019".
  5. "Argyll & Bute parliamentary constituency - Election 2019".
  6. (22 April 2017). "General Election: SNP reselects 54 MPs".
  7. "Election Data 2015". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  8. Council, Argyll and Bute. (22 January 2015). "UK Parliamentary Election - Results - Thursday 7 May 2015".
  9. "UK Polling Report".
  10. "Election Data 2010". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  11. "Election Data 2005". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  12. "Election Data 2001". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  13. "Election Data 1997". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  14. "Election Data 1992". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  15. "Election Data 1987". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  16. "Election Data 1983". [[Electoral Calculus]].
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