Formation Electoral Arrangements in 1995

The Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 created 32 single-tier local government areas.

Prior to 1995 there was a different structure of local government – Regions, Island Areas and Districts.

The Directions by the Secretary of State for Scotland, listed below, defined the 1,245 electoral wards used between 1995 and 1999. The Directions refer to our Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Reports which were completed shortly before the restructuring.

For the 3 unitary councils covering the island areas of Orkney, Shetland and Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles), the Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements had been completed and implemented, and the councils used the wards defined in those reports on their formation.

Directions

Aberdeen City – 1994 Direction

Aberdeenshire – 1994 Direction

Angus – 1994 Direction

Argyll and Bute – 1994 Direction

Borders – 1994 Direction

Clackmannanshire – 1994 Direction

Dumbarton and Clydebank – 1994 Direction

Dumfries and Galloway – 1994 Direction

Dundee City – 1994 Direction

East Ayrshire – 1994 Direction

East Dunbartonshire – 1994 Direction

East Lothian – 1994 Direction

City of Edinburgh – 1994 Direction

Falkirk – 1994 Direction

Fife – 1994 Direction

Glasgow City – 1994 Direction

Highland – 1994 Direction

Inverclyde – 1994 Direction

Midlothian – 1994 Direction

Moray – 1994 Direction

North Ayrshire – 1994 Direction

North Lanarkshire – 1994 Direction

Orkney Islands – 1992 Direction

Perthshire and Kinross – 1994 Direction

Renfrewshire – 1994 Direction

Shetland Islands – 1992 Direction

South Ayrshire – 1994 Direction 

South Lanarkshire – 1994 Direction

Stirling – 1994 Direction

West Lothian – 1994 Direction

Western Isles – 1992 Direction

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