Editing Argyll and Bute (section)

==History==
The County of [[County of Bute|Bute]] and the County of [[Argyll]] were two of the [[shires of Scotland|historic counties]] of Scotland.  They were both "''shires''" (context; the area controlled by a [[sheriff principal|sheriff]]) in the [[Middle Ages]]. From 1890 until 1975 both counties had individual separate elected county councils.<ref>[[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889]] (52 & 53 Vict. c. 50)</ref>

In 1975, under the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973]], Scotland's counties, [[burgh]]s and [[List of local government areas in Scotland (1930–1975)|landward districts]] were abolished and replaced with upper-tier [[Local government areas of Scotland (1975–1996)|regions]] and lower-tier [[Districts of Scotland|districts]]. The [[Strathclyde]] region was created covering a large part of western Scotland. Strathclyde was divided into nineteen districts, one of which the 1973 Act called "Argyll", covering most of the former county of Argyll, but also including the [[Isle of Bute]] from the County of Bute. The shadow authority elected in 1974 requested a change of name to "Argyll and Bute", which was agreed by the government before the new district came into being on 16 May 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical information from 1973 onwards |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ordnancesurvey.co.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fboundary-legislation-changes-from-1973.xls&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |website=Boundary-Line support |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>

As created in 1975 the Argyll and Bute district covered the whole area of fourteen of Argyll's sixteen districts and part of a fifteenth, plus two from the County of Bute's five districts, which were all abolished at the same time:<ref name=1973act>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973|year=1973|chapter=65|accessdate=26 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=14911|page=920|date=8 November 1932|city=e}}</ref>

''From the County of Argyll:''
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*[[Campbeltown]] Burgh
*[[Cowal]] District
*[[Dunoon]] Burgh
*[[Inveraray]] Burgh
*[[Islay]] District
*[[Jura, Scotland|Jura]] and [[Colonsay]] District
*[[Kintyre]] District
*[[Lochgilphead]] Burgh
*Mid Argyll District
*[[Isle of Mull|Mull]] District
*North [[Lorne, Scotland|Lorn]] District: the [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]] and [[Appin]], and [[Ardchattan and Muckairn|Ardchattan]] [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral divisions]] only, rest ([[Ballachulish]] and [[Kinlochleven]] electoral divisions) went to [[Lochaber]] district of [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
*[[Oban]] Burgh
*South Lorn District
*[[Tiree]] and [[Coll]] District
*[[Tobermory, Mull|Tobermory]] Burgh
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''From the County of Bute:''
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*[[Isle of Bute|Bute]] District
*[[Rothesay]] Burgh
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The two County of Bute districts together corresponded to the whole [[Isle of Bute]]. The rest County of Bute, being the [[Isle of Arran]] and [[the Cumbraes]], went to [[Cunninghame]] district. The [[Ardnamurchan]] district from Argyll went to the Lochaber district of Highland.<ref name=1973act/> The new district was made a single [[Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute|Argyll and Bute lieutenancy area]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1975|year=1975|number=428|accessdate=26 February 2023}}</ref>

Local government was reformed again in 1996 under the [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]], which abolished the regions and districts which had been created in 1975, replacing them with unitary [[council area]]s. Argyll and Bute became one of the new council areas, but had its territory enlarged to include the town of [[Helensburgh]] and surrounding rural areas which had been in the [[Dumbarton (district)|Dumbarton district]] prior to 1996, and had formed part of the county of [[Dunbartonshire]] prior to 1975. The Helensburgh area had voted in a referendum in 1994 to join Argyll and Bute rather than stay with Dumbarton.<ref>{{cite news |title=Was Argyll and Bute move right decision? |url=https://www.helensburghadvertiser.co.uk/news/13979842.was-argyll-and-bute-move-right-decision/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=Helensburgh Advertiser |date=15 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|year=1994|chapter=39|accessdate=21 February 2023}}</ref>