Bute
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Categories: Traditional counties of Scotland | Argyll and Bute geography stubs
- This article is about the county in Scotland. For other uses, see Bute (disambiguation).
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| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 30th 143,997 acres (583 km²) ? % |
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| County town | Rothesay |
| Chapman code | BUT |
Bute, sometimes known as Buteshire (Siorrachd Bhòid in Gaelic), is a small traditional county of Scotland. It comprises a number of islands in the Firth of Clyde, the principal ones being the Isle of Bute, the Isle of Arran, and Great Cumbrae. In 2001 its usually resident population was 13,720.
Currently the Isle of Bute is also part of the unitary authority of Argyll and Bute, and the Isle of Arran and Great Cumbrae are administratively also in North Ayrshire.
The traditional county town is Rothesay, located on the Isle of Bute.
Buteshire constituency
Buteshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918. Between 1708 and 1832 it was one of the Buteshire and Caithness alternating constituencies: one constituency elected a Member of Parliament (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 Ayrshire North to form the Bute and Northern Ayrshire constituency, which in turn was replaced in 1983 with Argyll and Bute.
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