This page contains links to Directions by the Secretary of State for Scotland in November 1973 which defined the electoral arrangements for the Region, Islands Area and District local authorities on their formation. These local authorities were introduced by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
The region electoral divisions were used between 1974 and 1982. The district wards were used between 1974 and 1980 for some districts and 1984 for the rest. The islands area electoral divisions were used between 1974 and 1978.
The Secretary of State issued a number of clarifications to these electoral areas: these are included in the PDF copies of the Directions below. A small number of amendments to these electoral areas took place as a result of reviews of administrative areas which we carried out prior to our Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements. This page also includes links to those amendments. Detailed verbal descriptions of each ward boundary are contained in the reports listed below.
Borders Region
Central Region
- Amendment at Strathblane. Stirling District. LGBCS report no 9, 1977
Dumfries and Galloway Region
Fife Region
Grampian Region
Highland Region
- Amendment at Glenelg and Arnisdale. Lochaber District, Skye and Lochalsh District. LGBCS report no 1, 1976
- Amendment at Glencoe, Glen Etive and Duror. Lochaber District. LGBCS report no 8, 1977
- Amendment at Tongue and Farr. Caithness District, Sutherland District. LGBCS report no 11, 1977
Lothian Region
- Amendment at Inchgarvie and Drumshoreland. City of Edinburgh District, West Lothian District. LGBCS report no 4, 1977
Orkney Islands Area
Shetland Islands Area
Strathclyde Region
- Amendment at Strathclyde Park. Hamilton District, Motherwell District. LGBCS report no 2, 1977
- Amendment at Stonehouse and Sandford. East Kilbride District, Hamilton District. LGBCS report no 3, 1977
- Amendment at Coylton and Dalrymple. Cumnock and Doon Valley District, Kyle and Carrick District. LGBCS report no 5, 1977
- Amendment at Chapelhall. Monklands District, Motherwell District. LGBCS report no 7, 1977
- Amendment at Glencoe, Glen Etive and Duror. Argyll and Bute District. LGBCS report no 8, 1977
- Amendment at Strathblane. Bearsden and Milngavie District, Strathkelvin District. LGBCS report no 9, 1977
Tayside Region
Western Isles Islands Area