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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.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 39 relations: Argyll and Bute, Censorship in the United Kingdom, Chief executive officer, Cowal (ward), Dunoon (ward), Executive arrangements, First-past-the-post voting, Helensburgh and Lomond South (ward), Helensburgh Central (ward), Independent politician, Isle of Bute (ward), Jamie Oliver, Kilmory Castle, Kintyre and the Islands (ward), Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, Lochgilphead, Lomond North (ward), Mid Argyll (ward), NeverSeconds, No overall control, Oban North and Lorn (ward), Oban South and the Isles (ward), Provost (civil), Roddy McCuish, Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Greens, Scottish Labour, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish National Party, Single transferable vote, South Kintyre (ward), 1995 Argyll and Bute Council election, 1999 Argyll and Bute Council election, 2003 Argyll and Bute Council election, 2007 Argyll and Bute Council election, 2012 Argyll and Bute Council election, 2017 Argyll and Bute Council election, 2022 Argyll and Bute Council election.

  2. Local authorities of Scotland
  3. Lochgilphead
  4. Organisations based in Argyll and Bute
  5. Politics of Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute (Argyll an Buit; Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.

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Censorship in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, censorship has been applied to various forms of expression such as the media, cinema, entertainment venues, literature, theatre and criticism of the monarchy.

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Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.

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Cowal (ward)

Cowal is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council.

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Dunoon (ward)

Dunoon is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council.

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Executive arrangements

In England, local authorities are required to adopt one of three types of executive arrangements, having an "elected mayor and cabinet", a "leader and cabinet", or a "committee system".

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First-past-the-post voting

First-preference plurality (FPP)—often shortened simply to plurality—is a single-winner system of positional voting where voters mark one candidate as their favorite, and the candidate with the largest number of points (a '''''plurality''''' of points) is elected.

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Helensburgh and Lomond South (ward)

Helensburgh and Lomond South is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council, with three Councillors been elected from this ward.

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Helensburgh Central (ward)

Helensburgh Central is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council.

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Independent politician

An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.

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Isle of Bute (ward)

Isle of Bute is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council.

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Jamie Oliver

Jamie Trevor Oliver MBE OSI (born 27 May 1975) is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.

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Kilmory Castle

Kilmory Castle, also known as Kilmory House, is a large 19th century house located just to the south of Lochgilphead, in old county Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. Argyll and Bute Council and Kilmory Castle are Lochgilphead.

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Kintyre and the Islands (ward)

Kintyre and the Islands is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council in the west of Scotland.

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Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, amongst other things, for the election of councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the single transferable vote system.

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Lochgilphead

Lochgilphead (Ceann Loch Gilb) is a town and former burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, with a population of around 2,300 people.

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Lomond North (ward)

Lomond North is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council.

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Mid Argyll (ward)

Mid Argyll is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council in Scotland. Argyll and Bute Council and Mid Argyll (ward) are Lochgilphead.

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NeverSeconds

NeverSeconds is a blog created and run by Scottish schoolgirl Martha Payne in 2012. Argyll and Bute Council and NeverSeconds are Lochgilphead.

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No overall control

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, no overall control (abbreviated to NOC) is a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats, comparably to a hung parliament.

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Oban North and Lorn (ward)

Oban North and Lorn is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council.

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Oban South and the Isles (ward)

Oban South and the Isles is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council.

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Provost (civil)

Provost is a title held by the civic heads of local governments in Scotland.

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Roddy McCuish

Roderick William "Roddy" McCuish is a Scottish former politician who was an Argyll and Bute Councillor for the Oban South and the Isles ward from 2007 to 2022, having formerly been the leader twice, both with the Scottish National Party (SNP) and later as an independent.

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Scottish Conservatives

The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, Scots: Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty, often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories) is part of the UK Conservative Party active in Scotland.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Scottish Greens

The Scottish Greens (also known as the Scottish Green Party; Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba) are a green political party in Scotland.

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Scottish Labour

Scottish Labour (Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba; Scots Labour Pairty), officially the Scottish Labour Party, is the part of the UK Labour Party active in Scotland.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats

The Scottish Liberal Democrats (Pàrtaidh Libearal Deamocratach na h-Alba; Scots Leeberal Democrats) is a liberal, federalist political party in Scotland, part of UK Liberal Democrats.

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Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scots National Pairty, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic party.

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV), sometimes mistakenly conflated with proportional ranked choice voting (P-RCV), is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot.

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South Kintyre (ward)

South Kintyre is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council.

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1995 Argyll and Bute Council election

The 1995 elections to Argyll and Bute Council were held on 6 April 1995 and were the first for the newly formed unitary authority, which was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 and replaced the previous two-tier system of local government under Strathclyde Regional Council and Dumbarton and Argyll & Bute District Councils.

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1999 Argyll and Bute Council election

The 1999 elections to Argyll and Bute Council were held on the 6 May 1999 and were the second for the unitary authority, which was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 and replaced the previous two-tier system of local government under Strathclyde Regional Council and Dumbarton and Argyll & Bute District Councils.

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2003 Argyll and Bute Council election

The 2003 elections to Argyll and Bute Council were held on the 1 May 2003 and were the third for the unitary authority, which was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 and replaced the previous two-tier system of local government under Strathclyde Regional Council and Dumbarton and Argyll & Bute District Councils.

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2007 Argyll and Bute Council election

Elections to Argyll and Bute Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.

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2012 Argyll and Bute Council election

Elections to Argyll and Bute Council were held on 3 May 2012 on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland.

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2017 Argyll and Bute Council election

The 2017 Argyll and Bute Council elections took place on 4 May 2017 alongside local elections across Scotland.

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2022 Argyll and Bute Council election

Elections to Argyll and Bute Council took place on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.

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See also

Lochgilphead

Organisations based in Argyll and Bute

Politics of Argyll and Bute

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_and_Bute_Council

Also known as Wards of Argyll and Bute.