Glasgow City Council
Politics in Glasgow, Scotland, is evident in the deliberations and decisions of the city council of Glasgow (Glaschu in Gaelic, Glesga in Scots), in elections to the council at Glasgow City Chambers, and in elections to the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).
In the European Parliament, the city area is within the Scotland constituency, which covers all of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Glasgow City became one of the newly created single tier local authorities in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with boundaries somewhat different from those of the City of Glasgow district of the Strathclyde region: a Rutherglen and Fernhill area, a Cambuslang and Halfway area, were transferred from the city area to the new South Lanarkshire council area.
The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to include: the former county of city of Glasgow and a number of areas previously within county of Lanark: Cambuslang (Central and North, and South lying outwith East Kilbride), Rutherglen (including the burgh of Rutherglen), part of a Carmunnock area (that lying outwith East Kilbride), and Baillieston, Garrowhill, Mount Vernon and Carmyle, and Springboig areas.
Read more about Glasgow City Council: Scottish Parliament, Parliament of The United Kingdom
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