West Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The area lies to the north-west of the Glasgow City council area and contains many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages. West Dunbartonshire also borders Argyll and Bute,East Dunbartonshire,Renfrewshire and Stirling.
East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders Glasgow City Council Area to the south,North Lanarkshire to the east,Stirling to the north,and West Dunbartonshire to the west. East Dunbartonshire contains many of the suburbs in the north of Greater Glasgow,including Bearsden,Milngavie,Bishopbriggs,Kirkintilloch,Lenzie,Twechar,Milton of Campsie,Balmore,and Torrance,as well as some other of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages. The council area covers parts of the historic counties of Dunbartonshire,Lanarkshire,and Stirlingshire.
Local government in Scotland comprises thirty-two local authorities,commonly referred to as councils. Each council provides public services,including education,social care,waste management,libraries and planning. Councils receive the majority of their funding from the Scottish Government,but operate independently and are accountable to their local electorates. Councils raise additional income via the Council Tax,a locally variable domestic property tax,and Business rates,a non-domestic property tax.
Alan Reid is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been a councillor in the East Dunbartonshire ward of Bearsden North since 2022.
Bearsden is a town in East Dunbartonshire,Scotland,on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow,approximately six miles from the city centre.
West Dunbartonshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election and covers the same area as the county of West Dunbartonshire.
South Lanarkshire Council is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton,has 16,000 employees,and an annual budget of almost £1bn. The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas,market towns such as Lanark,Strathaven and Carluke,the urban burghs of Rutherglen,Cambuslang,and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town. The area was formed in 1996 from the areas of Clydesdale,Hamilton and East Kilbride districts,and some outer areas of Glasgow district;all were previously within the Strathclyde region from 1975 but in historic Lanarkshire prior to that.
Clydebank and Milngavie is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Eastwood is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of East Renfrewshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Dumbarton is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering parts of the council areas of Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Greenock and Inverclyde is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering most of the council area of Inverclyde. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Strathkelvin and Bearsden is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also,however,it is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The 2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election was 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 six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,each elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the plurality system of election.
Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2007,the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. This election was the first to use eight new multi-member wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward returned three councillors elected under the single transferable vote form of proportional representation,replacing the previous 24 single-member wards,which had used the plurality system of election.
Martin John Docherty-Hughes is a Scottish National Party politician. He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dunbartonshire from 2015 until his defeat in 2024. He has also served as SNP Defence Spokesperson from 2023 to 2024.
2017 Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on Thursday 4 May,the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,a reduction of one from 2012,with 22 Councillors being elected,2 fewer overall. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members,using the STV electoral system.
Meghan Gallacher is a British politician who has served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives from 2022 to 2024. She has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region since 2021. Gallacher was a councillor for the Motherwell West ward from 2017 to 2022,serving as the Conservatives party's group leader in the North Lanarkshire Council.
The 2022 Scottish local elections were held on 5 May 2022,as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All 1,226 seats across all 32 Scottish local authorities were up for election and voter turnout was 44.8%.
The 2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on 5 May 2022,on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members,using the STV electoral system - a form of proportional representation.
The East Dunbartonshire Council election of 2022 was held on 5 May 2022,the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system,a form of proportional representation used since the 2007 election and according to the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.
