Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Argyll and Bute
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Argyll and Bute shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Mike Russell
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. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

The Argyll and Bute constituency is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region; the other seven constituencies are Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Inverness and Nairn, Moray, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney, Shetland and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

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 Islands council area, all of the Shetland Islands council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Constituency boundaries and council area

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]

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 Scotland electoral region. The Argyll and Bute Westminster constituency has covered the whole of the council area since 2005.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, boundary changes altered the existing Argyll and Bute constituency. All but three electoral wards of the Argyll and Bute council area were used in the creation of the new seat, namely:

South Kintyre, Kintyre and the Islands, Mid Argyll, Oban South and the Isles, Oban North and Lorn, Cowal, Dunoon, Isle of Bute

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	George Lyon	Liberal Democrats
2003	George Lyon	Liberal Democrats
2007	Jim Mather	Scottish National Party
2011	Mike Russell
2016	Mike Russell

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Argyll and Bute
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Michael Russell	13,561	46.0	-4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Reid	7,583	25.7	+13.6
	Conservative	Donald Cameron	5,840	19.8	+1.5
	Labour	Mick Rice	2,492	8.5	-6.8
Majority			5,978	20.3	-12.0
Turnout			29,476	60.4	+6.7
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Argyll and Bute
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Michael Russell	13,390	50.6	+16.0
	Conservative	Jamie McGrigor	4,847	18.3	-1.0
	Labour	Mick Rice	4,041	15.3	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Hay	3,220	12.2	-19.6
	Independent	George Doyle	542	2.0	+2.0
	Liberal	George White	436	1.6	+1.6
Majority			8,543	32.3
Turnout			26,476	53.7
	SNP hold		Swing	8.5

The Liberal and the Independent both gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Argyll and Bute
Party		Votes	%
	SNP	9,914	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	9,107	31.7
	Conservative	5,544	19.3
	Labour	4,143	14.4
Majority		807	2.8
	SNP hold	Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Argyll and Bute
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Jim Mather	9,944	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
	SNP 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	Dave Petrie	5,621	20.11	+4.01
	SNP	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
	SNP	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
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Notes

↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–
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Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles
Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian
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North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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