| Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundary of Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber inScotland | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Argyll and Bute andHighland |
| Electorate | 71,707 (March 2020)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Brendan O'Hara (SNP) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Argyll and Bute (majority) &Ross, Skye and Lochaber (minority) |
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons in theUK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the2024 general election, since when it has been held byBrendan O'Hara of theScottish National Party, who had been MP for the predecessor seat ofArgyll and Bute from 2015 to 2024.
The vast majority of the new constituency comprises the area of the abolished constituency ofArgyll and Bute, which was coterminous withArgyll and Bute Council, and comprises the following wards:[3]
In order to meet the electorate size requirements, the following area of theHighland Council has been added from the abolished constituency ofRoss, Skye and Lochaber:
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Brendan O'Hara | SNP | |
| 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 | |||
| SNPhold | Swing | -4.2 | |||
| 2019 notional result[a][7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||