Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Argyll and Bute shown within the
Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: Jim Mather
Party: Scottish National Party
Council area: Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament region

The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region are Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Moray, Orkney, Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Shetland and the Western Isles.

The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of the Highland council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney council area, all of the Shetland council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.

[edit] Constituency boundaries

The Argyll and Bute constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was enlarged slightly.[1].

[edit] Council area

The Holyrood constituency covers most of the Argyll and Bute council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumbarton constrituency, which is in the West of Scotland electoral region. The Argyll and Bute Westminster constituency has covered the whole of the council area since 2005.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 George Lyon Liberal Democrats
2003
2007 Jim Mather Scottish National Party

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Argyll and Bute
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Scottish National Party Jim Mather 9,994 34.5 +14.9
Liberal Democrats George Lyon 9,129 31.7 -3.4
Conservative Jamie McGrigor 5,571 19.4 -0.8
Labour Mary Galbraith 4,148 14.4 -3.9
Majority 815 2.8
Turnout 28,792 58.9 +1.1
Scottish National Party gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 9.2
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Argyll and Bute
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats George Lyon 9,817 35.13 +0.24
Conservative David Petrie 5,621 20.11 +4.01
Scottish National Party Jim Mather 5,485 19.63 −8.87
Labour Hugh Raven 5,107 18.27 −1.84
Scottish Socialist Des Divers 1,667 5.96 +5.96
Scottish Peoples Alliance David Walker 251 0.90 +0.90
Majority 4,196 15.01 +8.62
Turnout 27,948, 57.83 −7.04
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Argyll and Bute
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats George Lyon 11,226 34.89 N/A
Scottish National Party Duncan Hamilton 9,169 28.50 N/A
Labour Hugh Raven 6,470 20.11 N/A
Conservative David Petrie 5,312 16.51 N/A
Majority 2,057 6.39 N/A
Turnout

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

[edit] See also


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