UK general elections › 2017 › Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute — 2017
Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party) was elected with 17,304 votes— 36.0% of 48,069 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. 36.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,069
| 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 | 17,304 | 36.0% | −14.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gary Mulvaney | Conservative Party | 15,976 | 33.2% | — | |
| 3 | Alan Reid | Liberal Democrats | 8,745 | 18.2% | — | |
| 4 | Michael Kelly | Labour Party | 6,044 | 12.6% | — |
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.