West Dunbartonshire - Governance and Politics

Governance and Politics

The council is run by 22 councillors elected from 6 wards. All Scottish local authorities were last elected in 2012; in West Dunbartonshire, the following parties were elected:

  • Scottish Labour Party 12
  • Scottish National Party 6
  • Independent 3
  • Scottish Socialist Party 1

The Labour Party regained control of the council from the SNP/independent coalition at the 2012 local election.

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