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Argyll and Bute Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007. Council elections [ edit ]
The main railway line in Argyll and Bute is the West Highland Line, which links Oban to Glasgow, passing through much of the eastern and northern parts of the area. From the south the line enters Argyll and Bute just to the west of Dumbarton, continuing north via Helensburgh Upper to the eastern shores of the Gare Loch and Loch Long.
Helensburgh and Lomond South By-election (18th March 2021) - 1 Seat [7]; Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Conservative: Gemma Penfold: 50.7 1,206: SNP: Math Campbell-Sturgess
Argyll and Bute Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Earra Ghàidheal is Bhòid) is one of the 32 local authorities of Scotland, covering the Argyll and Bute council area. Thirty-six representative members make up the council, elected, since 2007, by single transferable vote and, before that, by the first-past-the-post system .
A local government district called Argyll and Bute was formed in the Strathclyde region, including most of Argyll and the adjacent Isle of Bute (the former County of Bute was more extensive). The Ardnamurchan , Ardgour , Ballachulish , Duror, Glencoe , Kinlochleven , and Morvern areas of Argyll were detached to become parts of Lochaber District ...
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.
Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute is an administrative division of Scotland, used for electoral registration and property valuation; and for the administration of criminal justice social work services. It consists of Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, and West Dunbartonshire
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. [2] The Holyrood constituency covers most of the Argyll and Bute council area.