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 affluent areas north of 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.
Alan Reid is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been a councillor in the East Dunbartonshire ward of Bearsden North since 2022.
Douglas Academy is a non-denominational,co-educational,comprehensive secondary school in the town of Milngavie,East Dunbartonshire,serving the Milngavie,Craigton and Baldernock areas. In 2007,Douglas Academy was ranked as Scotland's top performing state school,and with every year the school continues to place among the highest in Scotland.
East Dunbartonshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The seat is possibly best known for formerly being the constituency of Jo Swinson,the former Leader of the Liberal Democrats who was defeated at the 2019 general election.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats is a liberal,federalist political party in Scotland,part of UK Liberal Democrats. The party holds 4 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 6 of the 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons.
Susan Ann Sulley,formerly known as Susanne Sulley and Susan Ann Gayle,is an English singer. She is one of the two female vocalists in the synth-pop band The Human League,contributing co-lead vocals on the conflicting duet "Don't You Want Me" with the band's founding member and lead singer Philip Oakey.
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.
John MacKenzie Nicolson is a Scottish journalist,broadcaster and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician.
Sheryll Murray is a British Conservative Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Cornwall from the 2010 general election until 2024.
Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2012,the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,with 24 Councillors being elected. Each ward elected 3 members,using the STV electoral system.
Drumchapel/Anniesland is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Since its creation in 2007 it has retained the same boundaries and returned four council members,using the single transferable vote system.
The West Dunbartonshire Community Party is a minor political party involved in local government elections in West Dunbartonshire,Scotland. The party was formed in 2016 to contest the 2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election.
Susan Mary Hall is a British politician who has served as a Member of the London Assembly since 2017 and a councillor on Harrow London Borough Council since 2006. She was leader of the London Conservatives on the London Assembly from December 2019 until May 2023. Hall was the Conservative Party candidate for the 2024 London mayoral election,finishing in second place behind incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan.
Amy Callaghan is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the member of parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire from 2019 until 2024 when the seat was abolished and she came second placed in the newly established seat. She unseated the then Liberal Democrat leader,Jo Swinson,with a narrow majority of 149 votes or 0.3%,overturning her majority of 5,339 votes two years earlier. She was SNP Health spokesperson since and sat on the Health and Social Care Select Committee during her time in Parliament.
Emer Higgins is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency since the 2020 general election.
Meghan Gallacher is a British politician who has served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives since 2022. 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.
Paul Francis O'Kane is a Scottish Labour politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region since 2021.
The 2022 Newham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 66 members of Newham London Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
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.
