Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards
Argyll and Bute is a
county constituency of the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom . It was created for the
1983 general election , merging most of
Argyll with some of
Bute and Northern Ayrshire . A similar constituency, also called
Argyll and Bute , is used by the
Scottish Parliament .
Under the
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , the constituency will comprise the vast majority of the new
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber constituency ., to be first contested at the
next general election.
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Boundaries
Map of current boundaries
1983–2005 : Argyll and Bute District.
2005–present : The area of the Argyll and Bute Council.
When created in 1983, the constituency covered the area of the
Argyll and Bute district of the
Strathclyde region . In 2005 it was enlarged to cover the
Argyll and Bute council area , which had been created in 1996. Thus
Helensburgh , already included within the new council area, was included in the constituency. Helensburgh had been within the
Dunbarton district until 1996, and within the
Dumbarton constituency until 2005.
Politics
Argyll and Bute was one of the few four-way marginal constituencies in the UK. The
Liberal Democrats held the seat from
1987 , when they took it from the
Conservatives , until
2015 when the
SNP won the seat. The
equivalent seat to Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Parliament was lost to the SNP in 2007, with Labour representing the overlapping constituency of
Dumbarton to the southeast covering
Helensburgh and
Lomond . Since 2017, the Scottish Conservatives have been the main challengers in the seat.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Argyll election results
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
References
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