Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)
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Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Argyll and Bute |
Current constituency | |
Created | Next United Kingdom general election |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Argyll and Bute (majority) & Ross, Skye and Lochaber (minority) |
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election.
Contents
The constituency will comprise the following wards of Argyll and Bute:[2]
The vast majority of the constituency comes from Argyll and Bute.[3]
- 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
It will also contain the following from Highland council area:
- The south and west of Fort William and Ardnamurchan from Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Amanda Hampsey[4] | ||||
Labour | Hamish Maxwell[5] | ||||
Scottish National | Brendan O'Hara[6] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Reid | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
win (new seat) |
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.
- ^ "Amanda Hampsey for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber". Argyll & Bute Conservatives. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Labour selections: parliamentary candidates selected so far for the general election". LabourList. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Just a third of general election candidates selected so far are women". The Herald. Retrieved 23 April 2024.