Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency)

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Argyll and Bute

County constituency
Image:ArgyllButeUKParliamentConstituency.png
Argyll and Bute shown within Scotland
Created:	1983
MP:	Alan Reid
Party:	Liberal Democrats
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	Argyll and Bute
EP constituency:	Scotland

Argyll and Bute is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election, largely replacing Argyll. A similar constituency, also called Argyll and Bute, is used by the Scottish Parliament.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 Politics and history of the constituency 5 See also

Boundaries

The constituency covers the Argyll and Bute council area. Until the 2005 general election, it excluded the Helensburgh and Lomond ward.

Member of Parliament

• Alan Reid, Liberal Democrat (2001–present)
• Ray Michie, Liberal Democrat (1987–2001)
• John MacKay, Conservative (1983–1987)

Election results

General Election 2005: Argyll and Bute
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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
	Scottish National Party	Isobel Strong	6,716	15.5	−2.0
	Scottish Socialist Party	Deirdre Henderson	881	2.0	−1.4
Majority			5,636	13.0
Turnout			43,229	64.2	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.0

General Election 2001: Argyll and Bute
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Reid	9,245	29.9	−10.3
	Labour	Hugh Raven	7,592	24.5	+8.9
	Conservative	Dave Petrie	6,436	20.8	+1.8
	Scottish National Party	Agnes Samuel	6,433	20.8	−2.4
	Scottish Socialist Party	Des Divers	1,251	4.0	N/A
Majority			1,653	5.4
Turnout			30,957	63.0	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−9.6

Politics and history of the constituency

See also

• List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

Constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North | Aberdeen South | Airdrie and Shotts | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Central Ayrshire | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Dumfries and Galloway | Dunbartonshire West | Dundee West | Dunfermline and West Fife | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | East Lothian | Renfrewshire East | Edinburgh East | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh South | Edinburgh South West | Falkirk | Glasgow Central | Glasgow East | Glasgow North | Glasgow North West | Glasgow South | Glasgow South West | Glenrothes | Inverclyde | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lanark and Hamilton East | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Livingston | Midlothian | Motherwell and Wishaw | North Ayrshire and Arran | Ochil and South Perthshire | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Stirling
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Dunbartonshire East | Edinburgh West | Gordon | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | North East Fife | Orkney and Shetland | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus | Banff and Buchan | Dundee East | Moray | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) | SNP (2) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)