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.
The Labour Party of Scotland was a minor Scottish nationalist political party that was active in the early 1970s. Formed as a left-wing breakaway from Dundee's branch of the Scottish National Party (SNP),it is perhaps best known for standing in the Dundee East by-election of 1973,where its interference split the nationalist vote and probably cost the SNP a parliamentary seat as a result. The party contested elections to Dundee City Council two months later but was ultimately unsuccessful. It folded soon after,and by early 1974 most of its membership had returned to the SNP,whose campaigns on North Sea oil were proving popular with Scotland's urban electorate. It never had any official political representation.
Lesley Hinds is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh,Scotland from 2003 to 2007.
Provost is a title held by the civic heads of local governments in Scotland. It is similar in use to the title of mayor in other parts of the English-speaking world.
Politics in the Dundee Citycouncil area are evident in the deliberations and decisions of Dundee City Council,in elections to the council,and in elections to the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).
William Hughes,Baron Hughes CBE PC,was a Labour party politician in the United Kingdom.
Robert Rickaby Winter is a Scottish former politician who was Lord Provost of Glasgow from 2007 until 2012.
Anne Margaret McTaggart is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician,and a Glasgow city councillor. She was previously a Scottish Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region from 2011 to 2016.
The politics of Glasgow,Scotland's largest city by population,are expressed in the deliberations and decisions of Glasgow City Council,in elections to the council,the Scottish Parliament and the UK Parliament.
The 2017 Scottish local elections were held on Thursday 4 May,in all 32 local authorities. The SNP retained its position as the largest party in terms of votes and councillors,despite suffering minor losses. The Conservatives made gains and displaced Labour as the second largest party,while the Liberal Democrats suffered a net loss of councillors despite increasing their share of the vote. Minor parties and independents polled well;and independent councillors retained majority control over the three island councils. For the first time since the local government reforms in 1995,all mainland councils fell under no overall control.
Ian Borthwick is a former independent politician —initially a member of the Labour Party —who served in local government starting in 1963,and was Lord Provost of Dundee between 2017 and 2022.
Elections for the City of Glasgow District Council took place on 3 May 1977,alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. These were the second elections to the City of Glasgow District Council,and saw Labour losing their control of the council,losing nearly half of their councillors. Among the losing councillors was Dick Dynes,the Labour group leader. Dynes was replaced as leader by Jean McFadden.
Agnes Johnston Dollan MBE,also known as Agnes,Lady Dollan,was a Scottish suffragette and political activist. She was a leading campaigner during the Glasgow Rent Strikes,and a founding organiser of the Women's Peace Crusade. In 1919,she was the first woman selected by the Labour party to stand for election to Glasgow Town Council,and later became Lady Provost of Glasgow.
The Glasgow City Council election of 2017 was held on 4 May 2017,the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election was the first to use 23 new wards,created as a result of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's 5th Review. 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.
Elections to Dundee City Council were held on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the eight wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system. A total of 29 Councillors were elected.
The 1980 City of Glasgow District Council election took place on 1 May 1980,alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. This was the third election to the City of Glasgow District Council.
Helen W. Wright was the first female Lord Provost of Dundee when elected in 1999. She was one of five city Bailies and also became the first Lord Provost in the city to be voted to be removed from office.
The 2022 Dundee City Council election took place 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.
Dundee City Council controls Dundee City council area,which is one of Scotland's 32 council areas. The council area is divided into eight wards,used to elect members to the council to provide local government services to the council area.
