Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)

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Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland Argyll and Bute and Highland
Electorate 71,707 (March 2020) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
SeatsOne
Created from Argyll and Bute (majority) & Ross, Skye and Lochaber (minority)

Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, since when it has been held by Brendan O'Hara of the Scottish National Party, who had been MP for the predecessor seat of Argyll and Bute from 2015 to 2024.

Contents

Boundaries

The vast majority of the new constituency comprises the area of the abolished constituency of Argyll and Bute, which was coterminous with Argyll and Bute Council, and comprises the following wards: [3]

In order to meet the electorate size requirements, the following area of the Highland Council has been added from the abolished constituency of Ross, Skye and Lochaber:

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Brendan O'Hara SNP

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Brendan O'Hara 15,582 34.7 −9.5
Conservative Amanda Hampsey9,35020.8−13.7
Labour Hamish Maxwell8,58519.1+12.0
Liberal Democrats Alan Reid 7,35916.4+2.3
Reform UK Melanie Hurst3,0456.8+6.7
Independent Tommy Macpherson9412.1N/A
Majority6,23213.9
Turnout 44,86262.5
SNP hold Swing -4.2

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [7]
PartyVote %
Scottish National Party 22,40344.2
Conservative 17,50634.5
Liberal Democrats 7,17214.1
Labour 3,5927.1
Brexit Party 540.1
Majority4,8979.7
Turnout50,72770.7
Electorate71,707

Notes

  1. ↑ Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place

References

  1. ↑ "2023 review final recs news release" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland.
  2. ↑ "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  3. ↑ "New Seat Details - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  4. ↑ "Argyll & Bute to welcome Lochaber communities to fold in boundary change". The Oban Times. 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2023-07-29– via PressReader.
  5. ↑ "Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber - General election results 2024". BBC News.
  6. ↑ Council, Argyll and Bute (July 5, 2024). "Brendan O'Hara is elected MP for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber". www.argyll-bute.gov.uk.
  7. ↑ "Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber notional election - December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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