UK general elections › 2024 › Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber — 2024
Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party) was elected with 15,582 votes— 34.7% of 44,862 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. 34.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −15.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,862
| 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 | 15,582 | 34.7% | −15.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Amanda Hampsey | Conservative Party | 9,350 | 20.8% | — | |
| 3 | Hamish Maxwell | Labour Party | 8,585 | 19.1% | — | |
| 4 | Alan Reid | Liberal Democrats | 7,359 | 16.4% | — | |
| 5 | Melanie Hurst | Reform UK | 3,045 | 6.8% | — | |
| 6 | Tommy MacPherson | Independent | 941 | 2.1% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.