Argyllshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1983. The constituency was named Argyll from 1950. The constituency was replaced in 1983 with Argyll and Bute.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Argyllshire .
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.
Members of Parliament Argyllshire
Election Member Party1708 Sir James Campbell, 2nd Baronet 1736 by-election Charles Campbell 1742 by-election James Stuart-Mackenzie 1747 Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochnell 1754 Dugald Campbell 1764 by-election Lord William Campbell 1766 by-election Robert Campbell 1772 by-election Adam Livingston 1780 Lord Frederick Campbell 1799 by-election Lord John Campbell Whig1822 by-electionWalter Frederick Campbell Whig1832 James Henry Callander Whig1835 Walter Frederick Campbell Whig1841 Alexander Campbell Conservative1843 by-election Duncan McNeill Conservative1851 by-election Sir Archibald Campbell, 3rd Baronet Conservative1857 Alexander Struthers Finlay Whig1859 Liberal1868 by-election Marquess of Lorne Liberal1878 by-election Lord Colin Campbell Liberal1885 Donald Horne Macfarlane Crofters' Party1886 John Malcolm Unionist1892 Sir Donald Horne Macfarlane Liberal1895 Donald Nicol Unionist Party1903 by-election John Ainsworth Liberal1918 Sir William Sutherland Coalition Liberal Jan 1922 National Liberal1923 Liberal1924 Frederick Alexander Macquisten Unionist1940 by-election Sir Duncan McCallum Unionist 1950 constituency renamed
Argyll Election Member Party1950 Sir Duncan McCallum Unionist1958 (b) Michael Noble UnionistFeb 1974 Iain MacCormick Scottish National Party1979John Mackay Conservative 1983 constituency abolished
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Campbell resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s McNeill resigned after being appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, becoming Lord Colonsay and causing a by-election.
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Elections in the 1860s
Finlay resigned, causing a by-election.
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Elections in the 1870s
Campbell resigned after being appointed Governor General of Canada.
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Elections in the 1880s
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Elections in the 1890s
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Elections in the 1900s
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Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: Unionist: George HutchisonEdinburgh Evening News 19 Sep 1914
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Elections in the 1920s
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Elections in the 1930s
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Elections in the 1940s
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Elections in the 1950s
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Elections in the 1960s
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Elections in the 1970s
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See also 1920 Argyll by-election
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