Clydebank (district)

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Clydebank
District
West Dunbartonshire Council offices, Clydebank - geograph.org.uk - 626813.jpg
Council Offices, Clydebank
Population
 • 1991 [1] 45,717
History
 • Created16 May 1975
 • Abolished31 March 1996
 • Succeeded by(Part of) West Dunbartonshire
GovernmentClydebank District Council
 •  HQ Clydebank

Clydebank (Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Chluaidh) was, from 1975 to 1996, one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, covering the town of Clydebank and adjoining areas to the north-west of the city of Glasgow. [2]

History

The district was created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Clydebank was one of nineteen districts created within the region of Strathclyde. The district covered parts of two former districts from the historic county of Dunbartonshire, which were abolished at the same time: [3]

Clydebank was one of the smallest districts by area. The main urban area was Clydebank, but the district also included the settlements of Duntocher, Faifley, Hardgate and Old Kilpatrick, along with the Kilpatrick Hills rising steeply to the north, The River Clyde was the district's southern boundary. The urban area of Glasgow lay to the south-east, and there was a tract of farmland to the north-east on the border with Bearsden and Milngavie. To the west was the Dumbarton district.

The district was abolished in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 which replaced regions and districts with unitary council areas. The Clydebank area merged with much of neighbouring Dumbarton district to become the West Dunbartonshire council area. The 1994 act originally named the new district "Dumbarton and Clydebank", but the shadow authority elected in 1995 requested a change of name to "West Dunbartonshire", which was agreed by the government before the new council area came into force. [4] [5] [6]

Political control

The first election to the district council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until it came into its powers on 16 May 1975. Political control of the council from 1975 was as follows: [7]

Party in controlYears
No overall control 1975–1980
Labour 1980–1996

Elections

Elections were held as follows: [7]

YearSeats Labour SNP Conservative Independent / Other Notes
1974 105410
1977 103511
1980 108011
1984 1211010
1988 1211010
1992 128211

Premises

The council was initially based at Clydebank Town Hall, which had been built in 1902 for the former Clydebank Town Council. Shortly after the new district's creation it built a new headquarters called Council Offices at the junction of Rosebery Place and Kilbowie Road, which was completed in 1979. [8] [9] After the council's abolition the Council Offices initially served as additional office space for West Dunbartonshire Council, which had its headquarters in Dumbarton. The Clydebank Council Offices were subsequently demolished in 2017. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ The Statesman's Year-Book 1997-8, page 1294; B. Hunter (ed); Springer, 2016; ISBN   9780230271265
  2. ↑ "Clydebank". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 1973 c. 65, retrieved 18 February 2023
  4. ↑ "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 1994 c. 39, retrieved 17 February 2023
  5. ↑ "Historical information from 1973 onwards". Boundary-Line support. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Watson, Carrick. "Clydebank - Politics and Local Government". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Clydebank, 89 Kilbowie Road, Clydebank District Council Offices". Canmore. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "West Dunbartonshire Council Offices". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Former West Dunbartonshire Council offices". Alamy. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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