Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] 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.
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:[2]
- Cowal
- Dunoon
- Helensburgh Central
- Helensburgh and Lomond South
- Kintyre and the Islands
- Isle of Bute
- Lomond North
- Mid Argyll
- Oban South and the Isles
- Oban North and Lorn
- South Kintyre
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:
- The south and west of the Fort William and Ardnamurchan ward.[3]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Brendan O'Hara | SNP | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Brendan O'Hara | 15,582 | 34.7 | −9.5 | |
| Conservative | Amanda Hampsey | 9,350 | 20.8 | −13.7 | |
| Labour | Hamish Maxwell | 8,585 | 19.1 | +12.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Reid | 7,359 | 16.4 | +2.3 | |
| Reform UK | Melanie Hurst | 3,045 | 6.8 | +6.7 | |
| Independent | Tommy Macpherson | 941 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,232 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,862 | 62.5 | |||
| SNP hold | Swing | -4.2 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Scottish National Party | 22,403 | 44.2 | |
| Conservative | 17,506 | 34.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7,172 | 14.1 | |
| Labour | 3,592 | 7.1 | |
| Brexit Party | 54 | 0.1 | |
| Majority | 4,897 | 9.7 | |
| Turnout | 50,727 | 70.7 | |
| Electorate | 71,707 | ||
References
- ^ "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ "Argyll & Bute to welcome Lochaber communities to fold in boundary change". The Oban Times. 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2023-07-29 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber - General election results 2024". BBC News.
- ^ Council, Argyll and Bute (July 5, 2024). "Brendan O'Hara is elected MP for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber". www.argyll-bute.gov.uk.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
External links
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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