NO FUNDING FOR A83 CANOPY
This year’s SNP Budget once again contains no funding for the canopy over the A83 Rest and Be Thankful until at least 2030.
19 Jan 2026
Our Campaign
Projections by the independent polling website ElectionMapsUK show there are just a handful of votes separating the SNP and Lib Dems here in Argyll & Bute.
With the Holyrood seat only ever having been won by the Lib Dems or SNP since its creation, independent experts are expecting a photo finish on 7th May in Argyll and Bute SNP 33%, LIB DEM 29%, REF 17%, CON 10%, GRN 7%.
After 18 years of SNP failure in Government, more and more people are backing the Lib Dems to beat them in Argyll & Bute.
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Campaign Updates
HEAT THE WEST HIGHLAND TRAINS
Alan Reid has called on ScotRail to fix the heating system on the trains that run from Glasgow to Oban and Mallaig.
15 Jan 2026
TELECARE UNDER THREAT FROM BUDGET CUTS
Alan Reid has called on the Argyll & Bute Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) not to cut the Emergency Responder Service, known as Telecare.
6 Jan 2026
Independent polling website shows Lib Dems close to SNP in Argyll & Bute
Projections by the independent polling website ElectionMapsUK show there are just a handful of votes separating the SNP and Lib Dem Alan Reid here in Argyll & Bute.
5 Jan 2026
16,000 ferry journeys cancelled for technical faults since 2023
Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed shocking figures that 16,000 CalMac ferry journeys have been cancelled for technical faults in the last three years.
29 Dec 2025
Lib Dems welcome Family Farm Tax threshold increase
Responding to the news that the farm tax inheritance threshold will increase from £1 million to £2.5 million, Alan Reid said, “I welcome the news that the Labour Government have made this change following the Lib Dem campaign against this unfair tax.”
23 Dec 2025