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Bute and North Ayrshire — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bute and North Ayrshire was won by Conservative at the 1979 general election, with a majority of 4,313 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Bute and North Ayrshire from 1918 to 1979.

Full Election History, 1918–1979

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston (Unionist) 12,638 61.5% Robert Smith (Labour) 6,790 (33.1 pts) 55.3%
1922 Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston (Unionist) 14,368 60.6% John Paton (Labour) 5,045 (21.3 pts) 59.5%
1923 Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston (Unionist) 12,320 55.6% Peter Campbell Stephen (Labour) 2,465 (11.1 pts) 55.9%
1924 Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston (Unionist) 16,203 61.7% Peter Campbell Stephen (Labour) 6,128 (23.3 pts) 65.6%
1929 Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston (Unionist) 18,331 56.2% Alexander Sloan (Labour) 4,037 (12.4 pts) 65.2%
1931 Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston (Unionist) 24,467 70.5% Alexander Sloan (Independent Labour) 14,240 (41.0 pts) 67.9%
1935 Charles Glen MacAndrew (Unionist) 22,391 62.6% Maurice Shinwell (Labour) 9,033 (25.3 pts) 66.7%
1945 Charles Glen MacAndrew (Unionist) 21,652 53.0% John Thomas Wheatley (Labour) 2,443 (6.0 pts) 68.5%
1950 Charles Glen MacAndrew (Unionist) 22,019 64.3% George Aitken (Labour) 9,776 (28.5 pts) 79.1%
1951 Charles Glen MacAndrew (Unionist) 22,361 64.2% Jesse Dickson Mabon (Labour) 9,869 (28.3 pts) 77.3%
1955 Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew (Unionist) 20,338 64.5% David Lambie (Labour) 9,155 (29.0 pts) 71.5%
1959 Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean (Unionist) 20,270 62.4% David Lambie (Labour) 8,052 (24.8 pts) 73.4%
1964 Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean (Unionist) 16,497 49.8% David Lambie (Labour) 4,563 (13.8 pts) 74.6%
1966 Sir Fitzroy Maclean (Conservative) 16,138 48.7% David Lambie (Labour) 2,656 (8.0 pts) 76.0%
1970 Sir Fitzroy Maclean (Conservative) 18,853 53.6% Hugh Millar (Labour) 6,394 (18.2 pts) 73.6%
Feb 1974 John Corrie (Conservative) 17,166 45.7% Raymond Donnelly (Labour) 6,730 (17.9 pts) 77.0%
Oct 1974 John Corrie (Conservative) 13,599 38.9% John Nisbet Carson (Labour) 3,506 (10.0 pts) 71.3%
1979 John Corrie (Conservative) 17,317 45.7% Matthew Smith (Labour) 4,313 (11.4 pts) 75.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston Unionist 12,63861.5% Yes
Robert Smith Labour 5,84828.5% No
Hugh Fraser Campbell Liberal 2,05910.0% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston Unionist 14,36860.6% Yes
John Paton Labour 9,32339.4% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston Unionist 12,32055.6% Yes
Peter Campbell Stephen Labour 9,85544.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston Unionist 16,20361.7% Yes
Peter Campbell Stephen Labour 10,07538.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston Unionist 18,33156.2% Yes
Alexander Sloan Labour 14,29443.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston Unionist 24,46770.5% Yes
Alexander Sloan Independent Labour 10,22729.5% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Glen MacAndrew Unionist 22,39162.6% Yes
Maurice Shinwell Labour 13,35837.4% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Glen MacAndrew Unionist 21,65253.0% Yes
John Thomas Wheatley Labour 19,20947.0% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Glen MacAndrew Unionist 22,01964.3% Yes
George Aitken Labour 12,24335.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Glen MacAndrew Unionist 22,36164.2% Yes
Jesse Dickson Mabon Labour 12,49235.8% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew Unionist 20,33864.5% Yes
David Lambie Labour 11,18335.5% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean Unionist 20,27062.4% Yes
David Lambie Labour 12,21837.6% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean Unionist 16,49749.8% Yes
David Lambie Labour 11,93436.1% No
Richard J Gammon Liberal 4,67114.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Fitzroy Maclean Conservative 16,13848.7% Yes
David Lambie Labour 13,48240.7% No
Robert Cochrane Liberal 3,53910.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Fitzroy Maclean Conservative 18,85353.6% Yes
Hugh Millar Labour 12,45935.4% No
Peggy Macrae SNP 3,85211.0% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Corrie Conservative 17,16645.7% Yes
Raymond Donnelly Labour 10,43627.8% No
John Murphy SNP 6,10416.3% No
Robert Stevenson Liberal 3,83210.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Corrie Conservative 13,59938.9% Yes
John Nisbet Carson Labour 10,09328.9% No
John Murphy SNP 9,05525.9% No
Robert Stevenson Liberal 2,2246.4% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Corrie Conservative 17,31745.7% Yes
Matthew Smith Labour 13,00434.3% No
Matthew Brown SNP 5,27213.9% No
Patrick Giffney Liberal 2,2806.0% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Unionist margin 33.1 pts 1922: Unionist margin 21.3 pts 1923: Unionist margin 11.1 pts 1924: Unionist margin 23.3 pts 1929: Unionist margin 12.4 pts 1931: Unionist margin 41.0 pts 1935: Unionist margin 25.3 pts 1945: Unionist margin 6.0 pts 1950: Unionist margin 28.5 pts 1951: Unionist margin 28.3 pts 1955: Unionist margin 29.0 pts 1959: Unionist margin 24.8 pts 1964: Unionist margin 13.8 pts 1966: Conservative margin 8.0 pts 1970: Conservative margin 18.2 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 17.9 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 10.0 pts 1979: Conservative margin 11.4 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979

Trend

Bute and North Ayrshire has been contested at 18 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bute and North Ayrshire in the 1979 general election?

Conservative won Bute and North Ayrshire in 1979 with 17,317 votes (45.7%), a majority of 4,313 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Bute and North Ayrshire since 1918?

Since 1918, Bute and North Ayrshire has been won by: Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Bute and North Ayrshire?

The closest result on record for Bute and North Ayrshire was 1945, when Unionist beat Labour by just 2,443 votes (6.0 percentage points).

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