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   <TD>[[Aberdeen City]]</TD>
   <TD>[[Aberdeen City Council|Aberdeen City]]</TD>
   <TD align="right">202090</TD>
   <TD align="right">202090</TD>
   <TD    >182</TD>
   <TD    >182</TD>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
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   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Aberdeen</td>
   <td>[[Aberdeen]]</td>
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   <TD >[[Dumfries &amp; Galloway]]</TD>
   <TD >[[Dumfries &amp; Galloway Council|Dumfries &amp; Galloway]]</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >148030</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >148030</TD>
   <TD  >6446</TD>
   <TD  >6446</TD>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Dumfries</td>
   <td>[[Dumfries]]</td>
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   <TD >[[Dundee City]]</TD>
   <TD >[[Dundee City Council|Dundee City]]</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >142160</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >142160</TD>
   <TD  >55</TD>
   <TD  >55</TD>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
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   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Dundee</td>
   <td>[[Dundee]]</td>
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     Labour lose to No Overall Control</td>
     Labour lose to No Overall Control</td>
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   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Kilmarnock</td>
   <td>[[Kilmarnock]]</td>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
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   <td>Bearsden</td>
   <td>[[Bearsden]]</td>
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   <TD >[[Edinburgh, City of]]</TD>
   <TD >[[City of Edinburgh Council|Edinburgh, City of]]</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >463510</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >463510</TD>
   <TD  >260</TD>
   <TD  >260</TD>
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     Labour lose to No Overall Control</td>
     Labour lose to No Overall Control</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Edinburgh</td>
   <td>[[Edinburgh]]</td>
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   <TD >[[Western Isles|Eilean Siar (Western Isles)]]</TD>
   <TD >[[Western Isles council|Eilean Siar (Western Isles)]]</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >26350</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >26350</TD>
   <TD  >3070</TD>
   <TD  >3070</TD>
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   <TD >[[Falkirk]]</TD>
   <TD >[[Falkirk Council| Falkirk]]</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >149680</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >149680</TD>
   <TD  >293</TD>
   <TD  >293</TD>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Falkirk</td>
   <td>[[Falkirk]]</td>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Dunfermline Glenrothes<br>
   <td>[[Dunfermline]]<br />[[Glenrothes]]<br />
     Kirkcaldy</td>
     [[Kirkcaldy]]</td>
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   <TD >[[Glasgow City]]</TD>
   <TD >[[Glasgow City Council|Glasgow City]]</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >580690</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >580690</TD>
   <TD  >175</TD>
   <TD  >175</TD>
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     Labour hold</td>
     Labour hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Glasgow</td>
   <td>[[Glasgow]]</td>
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     Others lose to No Overall Control</td>
     Others lose to No Overall Control</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Inverness</td>
   <td>[[Inverness]]</td>
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     LD lose to No Overall Control</td>
     LD lose to No Overall Control</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Greenock</td>
   <td>[[Greenock]]</td>
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     Labour lose to No Overall Control</td>
     Labour lose to No Overall Control</td>
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   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Irvine</td>
   <td>[[Irvine]]</td>
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     Labour hold</td>
     Labour hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Wishaw<br />Cumbernauld<br />Motherwell<br />Airdrie<br />Coatbridge</td>
   <td>[[Wishaw]]<br />[[Cumbernauld]]<br />[[Motherwell]]<br />[[Airdrie]]<br />[[Coatbridge]]</td>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Perth</td>
   <td>[[Perth]]</td>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
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   <td>Paisley</td>
   <td>[[Paisley]]</td>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
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   <td>Ayr</td>
   <td>[[Ayr]]</td>
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   <TD >[[South Lanarkshire]]</TD>
   <TD >[[South Lanarkshire council|South Lanarkshire]]</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >307670</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >307670</TD>
   <TD   >1778</TD>
   <TD>1778</TD>
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   <td><div style="border-left:10px; border-left-color:#000000; border-left-style:solid; width:5px; float:left;">&nbsp;</div>Labour our lose to No Overall Control</td>
    Labour our lose to No Overall Control</td>
   <td>convener</td>
   <td>convener</td>
   <td>Rutherglen<br />Hamilton<br />East Kilbride</td>
   <td>[[Rutherglen]]<br />[[Hamilton]]<br />[[East Kilbride]]</td>
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   <TD >[[Stirling]]</TD>
   <TD >[[Stirling council|Stirling]]</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >87810</TD>
   <TD align="right"  >87810</TD>
   <TD  >2243</TD>
   <TD  >2243</TD>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Stiring</td>
   <td>[[Stiring]]</td>
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     No Overall Control hold</td>
     No Overall Control hold</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Clydebank</td>
   <td>[[Clydebank]]</td>
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     Labour lose to No Overall Control</td>
     Labour lose to No Overall Control</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
   <td>Livingston</td>
   <td>[[Livingston]]</td>
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Revision as of 10:49, 15 May 2007

Scotland is divided into 32 Council areas. These divisions were set through the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 and took effect on April 1, 1996 . The Council areas replaced the multi tier system which had been used since 1974 that consisted of 9 Regions containing 53 District which could be further subdivided into over 1,000 Community Areas. Prior to 1974, a system of 33 counties had been used. The Council areas are in part based on, and reuse some of the names of, the older system of Counties that predated the Regions.

Local Councils are unitary authorities formed of a body of Councilors. Each councilor represents a ward within the Council Area. The boundaries and number of wards is set by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Councilors are elected by popular ballot, on a first past the post system, and sit for 4 year terms. Ordinary elections area held on the first Thursday of the month of May.

The councilors then elect one of their number to be the convener and also a deputy convener. The convener is the Chair of the council meetings. In the four city areas of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, the convener is given the title "Lord Provost". In other areas, each council may decide the title of the convener themselves (excluding the title "Lord Provost".) Currently, 16 councils use the title "Provost" for their convener. Each Councillor is paid a part-time salary for conducting their duties.

Each council receives the majority of their funding, in the form of grants, form the Scottish Executive. They also Levy a Council Tax which is a form of property tax. Another minority source of funds is though the issue of licenses and permits.

Catalog of Council Areas

Council Area Name Population[1] Land Area
(sqr km) 		Controlling Party
(Post May 6, 2007 Election)[2]		 Convener,

Provist or

Lord Provist 		Setlements
(Cities and Towns)[3]
Aberdeen City 202090 182
 
No Overall Control hold		   Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire 238770 6317
 
No Overall Control hold		    
Angus 109930 2184
 
Scottish National Party lose to No Overall Control		    
Argyll & Bute 91390 7023
 
Others lose to No Overall Control		    
Clackmannanshire 48900 158
 
Labour lose to No Overall Control		    
Dumfries & Galloway 148030 6446
 
No Overall Control hold		   Dumfries
Dundee City 142160 55
 
No Overall Control hold		   Dundee
East Ayrshire 119290 1275
 
Labour lose to No Overall Control		   Kilmarnock
East Dunbartonshire 105460 176
 
No Overall Control hold		   Bearsden
East Lothian 92830 666
 
Labour lose to No Overall Control		    
East Renfrewshire 89290 168
 
No Overall Control hold		    
Edinburgh, City of 463510 260
 
Labour lose to No Overall Control		   Edinburgh
Eilean Siar (Western Isles) 26350 3070
 
Others hold		    
Falkirk 149680 293
 
No Overall Control hold		   Falkirk
Fife 358930 1340
 
No Overall Control hold		   Dunfermline
Glenrothes
Kirkcaldy
Glasgow City 580690 175
 
Labour hold		   Glasgow
Highland 215310 26119
 
Others lose to No Overall Control		   Inverness
Inverclyde 81540 167
 
LD lose to No Overall Control		   Greenock
Midlothian 79290 350
 
Labour lose to No Overall Control		    
Moray 89030 2237
 
Others lose to No Overall Control		    
North Ayrshire 135490 888
 
Labour lose to No Overall Control		   Irvine
North Lanarkshire 323780 476
 
Labour hold		   Wishaw
Cumbernauld
Motherwell
Airdrie
Coatbridge
Orkney Islands 19770 5395
 
Others hold		    
Perth & Kinross 139590 1025
 
No Overall Control hold		   Perth
Renfrewshire 169590 263
 
No Overall Control hold		   Paisley
Scottish Borders 110240 4727
 
No Overall Control hold		    
Shetland Islands 21880 1471
 
Others hold		    
South Ayrshire 111670 1230
 
No Overall Control hold		   Ayr
South Lanarkshire 307670 1778
 
Labour our lose to No Overall Control		 convener Rutherglen
Hamilton
East Kilbride
Stirling 87810 2243
 
No Overall Control hold		   Stiring
West Dunbartonshire 91240 176
 
No Overall Control hold		   Clydebank
West Lothian 165700 427
 
Labour lose to No Overall Control		   Livingston

Key to Parties Colours

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SNP

References

  1. ↑ Mid-2006 Population Estimates Scotland. National Statistics (April 26, 2007). Retrieved on May 13, 2007.
  2. ↑ BBC NEWS ¦ Election 2007 ¦ Seat-by-seat ¦ Results: Scotland councils (HTML). BBC News (May 8, 2007). Retrieved on May 13, 2007.
  3. ↑ Mid-2004 Population Estimates for Localities in Scotland (PDF). General Register Office for Scotland (November 9, 2006). Retrieved on May 13, 2007.
    This list of towns and cities currently only includes localities with a population of over 25,000.
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