Argyllshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Argyllshire
County constituency
Created: 1708 (1708)
Abolished: 1983 (1983)
Type: House of Commons
Members: One

Argyllshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1950, when it was renamed Argyll. The constituency was replaced in 1983 with Argyll and Bute.

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[edit] Local government areas

Until Scottish counties were abolished, for most purposes, in 1975, the constituency represented the county of Argyll, except that constituency boundaries may not have coincided at all times with county boundaries, and any parliamentary burgh within the county would have been outside the constituency.

In 1975 most of the county plus the Isle of Bute became the Argyll district of the Strathclyde region. A northern area of the county became part of the Highland region. Until 1975 the Isle of Bute had been part of the county of Bute.

In 1996, 13 years after the abolition of the Argyll constituency and creation of the Argyll and Bute constituency, the Argyll district, plus a portion of the Dumbarton district of Strathclyde, became the Argyll and Bute unitary council area.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Argyllshire

Election Member Party
1708 Sir James Campbell, 2nd Baronet
1736 Charles Campbell
1742 James Stuart-Mackenzie
1747 Sir Duncan Campbell
1754 Dugald Campbell
1764 Lord William Campbell
1766 Robert Campbell
1772 Adam Livingston
1780 Lord Frederick Campbell
1799 Lord John Campbell, later Duke of Argyll
1822 Walter Frederick Campbell
1832 James Henry Callander
1835 Walter Frederick Campbell
1841 Alexander Cameron Campbell
1843 Duncan McNeill
1851 Sir Archibald Islay Campbell, 3rd Baronet
1857 Alexander Struthers Finlay
1868 John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, later Duke of Argyll
1878 Lord Colin Campbell
1885 Donald Horne Macfarlane Crofters' Party
1886 John Wingfield Malcolm, later Baron Malcolm Conservative
1892 Sir Donald Horne Macfarlane Liberal
1895 Donald Ninian Nicol Conservative
1903 John Stirling Ainsworth Liberal
1918 Sir William Sutherland Coalition Liberal
1924 Frederick Alexander Macquisten Conservative
1940 Sir Duncan McCallum Conservative
1950 constituency renamed

[edit] Argyll

Election Member Party
1950 Sir Duncan McCallum Conservative
1958 Michael Noble Conservative
Feb 1974 Iain Maccormick Scottish National Party
1979 John Mackay Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

General Election Oct 1974: Argyll [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Iain MacCormick 14,967
Conservative John MacKay 11,036
Labour M.J.N. MacGregor 4,103
Majority 3,931
SNP hold Swing
General Election 1959: Argyll [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rt Hon Michael Noble 16,599
Labour D. Nisbet 7,356
Liberal Hon. G.E.W. Noel 4,469
Majority 9,243
Conservative hold Swing
By-election 1940: Argyllshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maj Duncan McCallum 12,317
SNP William Power 7,308
General Election 1935: Argyllshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Alexander Macquisten KC 13,260
Liberal B.A. Murray 11,486
General Election 1931: Argyllshire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Alexander Macquisten KC unopposed
General Election 1924: Argyllshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Alexander Macquisten KC 9,240
Liberal Rt Hon Sir William Sutherland 6,211
Labour I.H. MacIver 4,532
General Election 1918: Argyllshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Liberal Sir William Sutherland 11,970
Labour Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 2,733
General Election Dec 1910: Argyllshire [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Stirling Ainsworth 4,280
Conservative George Aitken Clark Hutchinson 4,023
General Election Jan 1910: Argyllshire [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Stirling Ainsworth 4,443
Conservative George Aitken Clark Hutchinson 3,617
General Election 1906: Argyllshire[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Stirling Ainsworth 4,507 59.9
Conservative George Aitken Clark Hutchinson 3,012 40.1
General Election 1900: Argyllshire[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Ninian Nicol 3,834
Liberal John Stirling Ainsworth 3,234
General Election 1895: Argyllshire[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Ninian Nicol 3,970
Liberal Donald Horne Macfarlane 3,835
General Election 1892: Argyllshire[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Donald Horne Macfarlane 3,666
Conservative Col John Wingfield Malcolm 3,580
General Election 1886: Argyllshire [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Wingfield Malcolm 3,658
Liberal Donald Horne McFarlane 3,045
General Election 1885: Argyllshire[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Donald Horne McFarlane 3,336
Liberal William Mackinnon 2,852
Liberal John Stuart McCaig 665

[edit] See also

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Westminster constituencies of Scotland Flag of Scotland.svg
Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Airdrie & Shotts · Angus · Argyll & Bute · Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock · Banff & Buchan · Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk · Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross · Central Ayrshire · Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill · Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East · Dumfries & Galloway · Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale · Dundee East · Dundee West · Dunfermline & West Fife · East Dunbartonshire · East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow · East Lothian · East Renfrewshire · Edinburgh East · Edinburgh North & Leith · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh South West · Edinburgh West · Falkirk · Glasgow Central · Glasgow East · Glasgow North · Glasgow North East · Glasgow North West · Glasgow South · Glasgow South West · Glenrothes · Gordon · Inverclyde · Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey · Kilmarnock & Loudoun · Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath · Lanark & Hamilton East · Linlithgow & East Falkirk · Livingston · Midlothian · Moray · Motherwell & Wishaw · Na h-Eileanan an Iar · North Ayrshire & Arran · North East Fife · Ochil & South Perthshire · Orkney & Shetland · Paisley & Renfrewshire North · Paisley & Renfrewshire South · Perth & North Perthshire · Ross, Skye & Lochaber · Rutherglen & Hamilton West · Stirling · West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine · West Dunbartonshire

[edit] References

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1977
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
  4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  6. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  7. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  8. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  9. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  10. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  11. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  12. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  13. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  14. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  15. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
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