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2017 Argyll And Bute Council Election
The 2017 Argyll and Bute Council election took place on 4 May 2017 alongside local elections across Scotland. This was the third local election to take place using the Single Transferable Vote electoral system. Background At the previous election in 2012, Independent councillors were the largest grouping on the council, with a total of 15 councillors, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) had 13 councillors. Following that election, an administration was formed between the SNP and the Argyll First group of independent councillors. However, this coalition broke down in 2013, after the SNP National Executive prevented the SNP group forming a coalition with the Scottish Conservatives and the Scottish Liberal Democrats The Scottish Liberal Democrats ( gd, Pàrtaidh Libearal Deamocratach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Leeberal Democrats) is a liberal, federalist political party in Scotland, a part of the United Kingdom Liberal Democrats. The party currently holds 4 o .... Four member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyll And Bute Council
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas of Scotland, council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020). The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead at Kilmory Castle, a 19th-century Gothic Revival building and estate. The current council leader is Robin Currie, a councillor for Kintyre and the Islands (ward), Kintyre and the Islands. Description Argyll and Bute covers the second-largest administrative area of any Scottish council. The council area adjoins those of Highland (council area), Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling (council area), Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. Its border runs through Loch Lomond. The present council area was created in 1996, when it was carved out of the Strathclyde Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996, region, which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kintyre And The Islands (ward)
Kintyre and the Islands is one of the eleven Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Argyll and Bute Council election 2017 Election 2017 Argyll and Bute Council election 2012 Election 2012 Argyll and Bute Council election 2007 Election 2007 Argyll and Bute Council electionhttps://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Argyll%20and%20Bute%20Council%20Results%202007.pdf References {{Wards of Argyll and Bute Wards of Argyll and Bute Islay Jura, Scotland Colonsay Knapdale Isle of Gigha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election results 2022 Election 2022 Argyll and Bute Council election 2021 by-election Councillor Ellen Morton died on 3 October 2020 at the age of 76. A by-election was held on 18 March 2021. There were 6 candidates. 2017 election 2017 Argyll and Bute Council election 2012 election 2012 Argyll and Bute Council election 2007 election 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. The election was the first one using 11 new wards created as a result of the ...https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Argyll%20and%20Bute%20Council%20Results%202007.pdf References {{Wards of Argyll and Bute Wards of Argyll and Bute F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lomond North (ward)
Lomond North is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Argyll and Bute Council election 2017 Election 2017 Argyll and Bute Council election 2012 Election 2012 Argyll and Bute Council election 2007 Election 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. The election was the first one using 11 new wards created as a result of the ...https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Argyll%20and%20Bute%20Council%20Results%202007.pdf References {{Wards of Argyll and Bute Wards of Argyll and Bute Firth of Clyde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Bute (ward)
Isle of Bute is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Argyll and Bute Council election 2021 by-election Councillor Len Scoullar died on 15 November 2020 following a battle with illness. The by-election took place on 18 March 2021. 2017 Election 2017 Argyll and Bute Council election 2012 Election 2012 Argyll and Bute Council election 2007 Election 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. The election was the first one using 11 new wards created as a result of the ...https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Argyll%20and%20Bute%20Council%20Results%202007.pdf References {{Wards of Argyll and Bute Wards of Argyll and Bute Isle of Bute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Reid (politician)
Alan Reid (born 7 August 1954, Ayr, Scotland) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been a councillor in the East Dunbartonshire ward of Bearsden North since 2022. He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Argyll and Bute from 2001 to 2015, when he lost his seat to the Scottish National Party (SNP) at the 2015 general election. He was first elected at the 2001 general election. Background Reid was educated at Ayr Academy and the University of Strathclyde where he gained a BSc in Mathematics. Prior to his election to the House of Commons he worked for the University of Glasgow as a computer project manager. He remains a member of the AUT (Association of University Teachers). He was a councillor on Renfrewshire District Council from 1988 to 1996. Parliamentary career Reid contested Paisley South in a 1990 by-election and the 1992 general election and Dumbarton in 1997, before being elected for Argyll and Bute in 2001. In the 2010 Parliament, he s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowal (ward)
Cowal is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Argyll and Bute Council election 2017 Election 2017 Argyll and Bute Council election 2012 Election 2012 Argyll and Bute Council election 2007 Election 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. The election was the first one using 11 new wards created as a result of the ... References {{Wards of Argyll and Bute Wards of Argyll and Bute Firth of Clyde Cowal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election results 2022 Election 2022 Argyll and Bute Council election 2017 Election 2017 Argyll and Bute Council election 2012 Election 2012 Argyll and Bute Council election 2007 Election 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. The election was the first one using 11 new wards created as a result of the ... References {{Wards of Argyll and Bute Wards of Argyll and Bute Oban Lismore, Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie McGrigor
Sir James Angus Rhoderick Neil McGrigor, 6th Baronet (born 19 October 1949) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician, who is a councillor in Argyll and Bute. He had previously been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region from 1999 until 2016. Early life and career McGrigor was born in London in 1949 and educated at Cladich Primary School in Argyll and privately at Eton College. He studied Commercial French at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. After graduating, he worked in finance in the City of London and in the shipping sector in Glasgow. He also farmed sheep and cattle, and started a trout farm in Argyll in the early 1970s. Political career McGrigor stood unsuccessfully for the Western Isles in the 1997 general election. He fought Argyll and Bute in 2005, finishing second, and fought the equivalent seat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, finishing third. He served as Scottish Conservative spokesperson for fisher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roddy McCuish
Roderick William "Roddy" McCuish is a Scottish politician who was an independent member of the Argyll and Bute Council, having formerly been the leader twice, both with the Scottish National Party (SNP) and later as an independent. On 8 January 2021, it was announced that he had joined the Independence for Scotland Party (ISP), becoming their first representative holding political office until the 2022 Council election, when he did not seek re-election. Political career McCuish first stood for election for the Oban South and the Isles ward in the 2007 Scottish Local Elections, polling 955 first preferences and topping the polling in the ward and taking the first seat out of four. In advance of the 2012 Scottish Local Elections he was elected to replace his party colleague, Cllr Robert MacIntyre, as SNP Group Leader and Director of Elections. At the 2012 Local Government election, McCuish polled 767 first preferences and was re-elected for the ward of Oban South and the Isle, tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Argyll and Bute Council election 2017 Election 2017 Argyll and Bute Council election The 2017 Argyll and Bute Council election took place on 4 May 2017 alongside local elections across Scotland. This was the third local election to take place using the Single Transferable Vote electoral system. Background At the previous elect ... 2012 Election 2012 Argyll and Bute Council election 2007 Election 2007 Argyll and Bute Council election References {{Wards of Argyll and Bute Wards of Argyll and Bute Oban Isle of Mull Coll Tiree Kerrera Slate Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of an official, office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-election or not. In some situations, there may not be an incumbent at time of an election for that office or position (ex; when a new electoral division is created), in which case the office or position is regarded as vacant or open. In the United States, an election without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat or open contest. Etymology The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb ''incumbere'', literally meaning "to lean or lay upon" with the present participle stem ''incumbent-'', "leaning a variant of ''encumber,''''OED'' (1989), p. 834 while encumber is derived from the root ''cumber'', most appropriately defined: "To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders freedom of motion or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
