Local Election Results 2003
Argyll and Bute
Whole council up for election. One Liberal Democrat and two Independent councillors were elected unopposed.
Other results for Argyll and Bute:
2007
2012
2017
2022
By-elections for Argyll and Bute (may be incomplete): 4th October 2007 (Helensburgh & Lomond S.)
— 3rd November 2011 (Oban N. & Lorn)
— 22nd May 2014 (Oban S. & the Isles)
— 17th July 2014 (Oban N. & Lorn)
— 23rd October 2014 (Oban N. & Lorn)
— 11th December 2014 (South Kintyre)
— 18th February 2016 (Oban N. & Lorn)
— 2nd June 2016 (Oban N. & Lorn)
— 18th March 2021 (Helensburgh & Lomond S.; Isle of Bute)
— 16th December 2021 (Lomond N.)
— 29th September 2022 (Kintyre & the Islands)
— 2nd November 2023 (South Kintyre)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Independent |
18705 |
51.1% |
22 |
| Scottish National Party |
6264 |
17.1% |
3 |
| Liberal Democrat |
5381 |
14.7% |
8 |
| Conservative |
4829 |
13.2% |
3 |
| Labour |
1004 |
2.7% |
0 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
439 |
1.2% |
0 |
| Duncan Macintyre |
Ind |
696 |
58.3% |
| George Berry |
SNP |
249 |
20.9% |
| Michael MacKenzie |
Ind |
248 |
20.8% |
| James McQueen |
Ind |
633 |
58.0% |
| Alister MacAlister |
SNP |
199 |
18.2% |
| Philip Norris |
LD |
146 |
13.4% |
| Desmond Divers |
SSP |
114 |
10.4% |
| Billy Petrie |
Ind |
634 |
64.4% |
| Thomas McCormick |
SNP |
184 |
18.7% |
| Peter Ramsay |
C |
167 |
17.0% |
| Dick Walsh |
Ind |
740 |
61.1% |
| Alan Clayton |
SNP |
244 |
20.1% |
| Linda Pursley |
C |
227 |
18.7% |
| Allan Macaskill |
Ind |
590 |
55.5% |
| Alexander MacKinnon |
SNP |
339 |
31.9% |
| Ray Norris |
C |
135 |
12.7% |
| Isobel Strong |
SNP |
752 |
70.4% |
| Fraser Gillies |
Ind |
316 |
29.6% |
| Robert Macintyre |
SNP |
777 |
74.5% |
| Robert Colquhoun |
Ind |
184 |
17.6% |
| Roberta McPherson |
SSP |
82 |
7.9% |
| Len Scoullar |
Ind |
888 |
88.0% |
| Anthony Edwards |
SSP |
121 |
12.0% |
| Alastair McKinlay |
Ind |
414 |
40.0% |
| Morris McIntyre |
LD |
320 |
30.9% |
| John Sloey |
Ind |
106 |
10.2% |
| Anne Baird |
SNP |
99 |
9.6% |
| David Card |
Ind |
96 |
9.3% |
| Ronald Kinloch |
Ind |
803 |
76.0% |
| Ian Smith |
C |
253 |
24.0% |
| Alison Hay |
LD |
645 |
54.8% |
| David Litster |
Ind |
449 |
38.1% |
| Miranda Van Lynden |
C |
84 |
7.1% |
| Moyra Stewart |
LD |
591 |
61.6% |
| Tony Dance |
Ind |
238 |
24.8% |
| David McEwan |
C |
130 |
13.6% |
| Rory Colville |
LD |
505 |
43.2% |
| George McMillan |
Lab |
272 |
23.2% |
| Johnny Durnan |
Ind |
238 |
20.3% |
| John MacLellan |
SNP |
155 |
13.2% |
| Douglas Currie |
Ind |
468 |
34.4% |
| Alexander McNaughton |
Ind |
453 |
33.3% |
| Gordon Neish |
SNP |
251 |
18.4% |
| John Geary |
C |
190 |
14.0% |
| George Freeman |
Ind |
705 |
80.8% |
| Jacqueline Findlay |
C |
84 |
9.6% |
| Eric Routley |
LD |
84 |
9.6% |
| John Tacchi |
LD |
323 |
34.4% |
| Sheila Wilson |
C |
322 |
34.3% |
| Gordon Hanning |
Ind |
294 |
31.3% |
| Eric Thompson |
LD |
625 |
63.3% |
| Jeanette Scobie |
Ind |
153 |
15.5% |
| Brett Weintz |
Lab |
145 |
14.7% |
| Sharon Spruce |
C |
65 |
6.6% |
| Ellen Morton |
LD |
417 |
39.2% |
| Nigel Spruce |
C |
210 |
19.7% |
| Wilma Hanlon |
Ind |
205 |
19.2% |
| Caroline Weintz |
Lab |
161 |
15.1% |
| Elizabeth Buist |
SNP |
72 |
6.8% |
| Al Reay |
LD |
529 |
42.0% |
| John Stirling |
C |
426 |
33.8% |
| David Sinclair |
Ind |
306 |
24.3% |
| Bruce Marshall |
C |
735 |
61.0% |
| Andrew MacNicol |
SNP |
469 |
39.0% |
| Brian Chennell |
Ind |
764 |
71.7% |
| Roy Rees |
SNP |
301 |
28.3% |
| Bruce Robertson |
Ind |
595 |
52.9% |
| Sandy Cameron |
Ind |
437 |
38.8% |
| Hew Service |
C |
93 |
8.3% |
| Donnie MacMillan |
Ind |
663 |
56.5% |
| Douglas Philand |
Lab |
426 |
36.3% |
| Trevor Oxborrow |
LD |
84 |
7.2% |
| Gordon McKinven |
Ind |
588 |
55.8% |
| Marco Pellicci |
LD |
211 |
20.0% |
| David Hill |
SNP |
133 |
12.6% |
| John Dysart |
SSP |
122 |
11.6% |
| Alistair Macdougall |
Ind |
716 |
54.6% |
| Gordon Chalmers |
SNP |
595 |
45.4% |
| John McAlpine |
Ind |
338 |
27.8% |
| Mary Smith |
Ind |
252 |
20.8% |
| Douglas Robertson |
LD |
214 |
17.6% |
| Dugie Mackinnon |
Ind |
198 |
16.3% |
| Alexander Horn |
SNP |
136 |
11.2% |
| Arthur McFarlane |
Ind |
76 |
6.3% |
| Elaine Robertson |
Ind |
853 |
62.1% |
| Campbell Cameron |
SNP |
520 |
37.9% |
| Robin Banks |
Ind |
563 |
54.2% |
| Donald MacDonald |
SNP |
238 |
22.9% |
| Roy Rutherford |
C |
238 |
22.9% |
| Sidney MacDougall |
Ind |
390 |
37.3% |
| David Webster |
Ind |
267 |
25.5% |
| Neil MacKay |
Ind |
256 |
24.5% |
| David Petrie |
C |
133 |
12.7% |
| Donald McIntosh |
SNP |
551 |
52.1% |
| Frederick MacKenzie |
Ind |
364 |
34.4% |
| Allan McKie |
Ind |
142 |
13.4% |
| Daniel Kelly |
Ind |
543 |
43.5% |
| Robert MacIntyre |
Ind |
379 |
30.4% |
| Alison Cameron |
LD |
179 |
14.3% |
| William Reaney |
Ind |
96 |
7.7% |
| Cyril Skrastin |
C |
51 |
4.1% |
| Donald Kelly |
C |
900 |
83.0% |
| Joyce Oxborrow |
LD |
184 |
17.0% |
| Gary Mulvaney |
C |
386 |
35.8% |
| Stanley Latimer |
Ind |
368 |
34.1% |
| Nigel Millar |
LD |
324 |
30.1% |
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