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The County of Bute (''Siorrachd Bhòid'' in Gaelic ) is one of the Registration Counties of Scotland . In 2001 its usually resident population was 13,720. LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNTY Bute, also known as ''Buteshire'', was a Local Government County of Scotland with its own elected County Council from 1890 to 1975. The council area comprised a number of islands in the Firth Of Clyde , between the local government counties of Argyll and Ayrshire , the principal islands being the Isle Of Bute , the Isle Of Arran , Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae . The county town was Rothesay , located on the Isle of Bute. In 1975 the county area was divided between the Argyll and Cunninghame Districts of the Strathclyde Region . The Isle of Bute became part of Argyll while the Isle of Arran and the Cumbraes became part of Cunninghame. As a result of local government reorganisation in 1996, when Unitary Council Area s were created, the Isle of Bute is now part of Argyll And Bute , and the other islands are within North Ayrshire . BUTESHIRE CONSTITUENCY There was a (MP) to one parliament then the other elected an MP to the next. Between 1832 and 1918 it was a separate constituency, electing an MP to every parliament. In 1918 the constituency was combined with the Ayrshire North Constituency to form the Bute And Northern Ayrshire Constituency , a constituency which straddled the boundary between the Local Government Counties of Bute and Ayrshire. In 1983 , eight years after Scottish local government counties had been abolished, the Bute and Northern Ayrshire constituency was divided between the Argyll And Bute Constituency and the Cunninghame North Constituency . |
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