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Argyll and Bute — 2015

Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party) was elected with 22,959 votes44.3% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Brendan O'Hara Scottish National Party 22,95944.3%−5.7 ptsElected
2Alan Reid Liberal Democrats 14,48627.9%
3Alastair Redman Conservative Party 7,73314.9%
4Mary Galbraith Labour Party 5,39410.4%
5Caroline Santos UK Independence Party 1,3112.5%

Electorate 68,875 · Turnout 75.3% · Majority 8,473 · Back to 2015 overview

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.