Dundee City Council | |
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Full council election every 5 years | |
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History | |
Preceded by | City of Dundee District Council |
Leadership | |
Greg Colgan since 9 October 2020 | |
Structure | |
Seats | 29 |
Political groups |
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Elections | |
Single transferable vote | |
Last election | 5 May 2022 |
Next election | 6 May 2027 |
Meeting place | |
City Chambers, 21 City Square, Dundee, DD1 3BY | |
Website | |
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Dundee City Council is the local government authority for the Dundee City council area. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
Dundee City became a single-tier council in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, [1] with the boundaries of the City of Dundee district of the Tayside region, minus a Monifieth area and part of a Sidlaw area, which were transferred from the city area to the new council area of Angus. The city district was also the administrative centre for the region.
The new city council area was named City of Dundee in the legislation of 1994, but this was changed to Dundee City by a council resolution on 29 June 1995, under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65). [2] In terms of area, it is the smallest of Scotland's council areas.
The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to include: the former county of city of Dundee; a Monifieth area, including the burgh of Monifieth (but not Newtyle and Kettins areas), previously within the county of Angus; and a Longforgan area previously within the county of Perth.
The county of city was created in 1894. It was enlarged in 1913 to incorporate Broughty Ferry, which was a separate burgh prior to 1913. Dundee has been a royal burgh since 1191.
Elections to the council are held on a five-year cycle. Councillors are elected from subdivisions of the city area called wards. They were previously elected from 29 single-member wards by the plurality (first past the post) voting system. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, eight new wards were introduced for the 2007 election, each electing three or four members by the single transferable vote system of election, to produce a form of proportional representation. The total number of councillors remained the same.
The last election to take place was on 5 May 2022 which resulted in the SNP gaining a majority for the first time since 2019 after gaining a seat from Labour in the West End ward.
The election saw the Liberal Democrats replace the Conservatives as the third largest party whilst Labour remained in opposition.
Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats won seats at the expense of the Conservatives who lost two of their three seats in the West End and The Ferry wards.
Election | Result | SNP | Lab | Con | LD | Ind | Grn | Oth |
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City of Dundee District Council | ||||||||
1988 | Labour majority | 4 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | Labour majority | 6 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dundee City Council | ||||||||
1995 | Labour majority | 3 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | Labour minority | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 |
2003 | SNP minority | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | SNP minority | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | SNP majority | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | SNP minority | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | SNP majority | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ward number | Ward name [3] | Location | Seats |
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1 | Strathmartine | 4 | |
2 | Lochee | 4 | |
3 | West End | 4 | |
4 | Coldside | 4 | |
5 | Maryfield | 3 | |
6 | North East | 3 | |
7 | East End | 3 | |
8 | The Ferry | 4 | |
Total | 29 | ||
Council meetings are held at Dundee City Chambers in City Square, built in 1933, although most meetings have been held remotely since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020. [4] The council's main offices are at Dundee House at 50 North Lindsay Street. The front part of the building was built as a factory in 1911 and was later used as a printing works for DC Thomson. A modern office extension was built behind the 1911 frontage, opening as the council's main offices in 2011 to replace Tayside House which the council had inherited from the Tayside Regional Council on local government reorganisation in 1996. [5]
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