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'Argyll and Bute' is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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Electoral region

Constituency boundaries

Council area

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Notes

See also

Electoral region

:''See also ''Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament region
The other seven constituencies of the Highlands and Islands electoral region are Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Moray, Orkney, Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Shetland and the Western Isles.
The region covers most of Argyll and Bute council area, all of the Highland council area, most of the Moray council area, all of the Orkney council area, all of the Shetland council area and all of Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Constituency boundaries

The Argyll and Bute constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was enlarged slightly.^[1].

Council area

The Holyrood constituency covers most of the Argyll and Bute council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumbarton constrituency, which is in the West of Scotland electoral region. The Argyll and Bute Westminster constituency has covered the whole of the council area since 2005.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	George Lyon	Liberal Democrats
	2003
	2007	Jim Mather	Scottish National Party

Election results

Notes

1. See ''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''

See also