UK general elections › 2015 › Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute — 2015
Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party) was elected with 22,959 votes— 44.3% of 51,883 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 44.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,883
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendan O'Hara | Scottish National Party | 22,959 | 44.3% | −5.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alan Reid | Liberal Democrats | 14,486 | 27.9% | — | |
| 3 | Alastair Redman | Conservative Party | 7,733 | 14.9% | — | |
| 4 | Mary Galbraith | Labour Party | 5,394 | 10.4% | — | |
| 5 | Caroline Santos | UK Independence Party | 1,311 | 2.5% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.