Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Argyll and Bute Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Argyll and Bute shown within the Highlands and Islands electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Jim Mather |
| Party: | Scottish National Party |
| 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. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Electoral region
The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region are Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Moray, Orkney, Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Shetland and the Western Isles.
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 council area, all of the Shetland council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.
[edit] Constituency boundaries
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].
[edit] Council area
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 of Scotland electoral region. The Argyll and Bute Westminster constituency has covered the whole of the council area since 2005.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | George Lyon | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | Jim Mather | Scottish National Party | |
[edit] Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Argyll and Bute | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Scottish National Party | Jim Mather | 9,994 | 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 | ||
| Scottish National Party gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 9.2 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Argyll and Bute | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Lyon | 9,817 | 35.13 | +0.24 | |
| Conservative | David Petrie | 5,621 | 20.11 | +4.01 | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Lyon | 11,226 | 34.89 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 | ||
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