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Aberdeen City Council is the local authority for Aberdeen City, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. In its modern form it was created in 1996. In its modern form it was created in 1996. Aberdeen was formerly governed by a corporation from when it was made a burgh in the twelfth century until 1975.
Elections to Aberdeen City Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.
The Lord Provost of Aberdeen is the convener of the Aberdeen City Council in Scotland. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. They are equivalent in many ways to the institution of mayor that exists in many other countries.
Aberdeen City Council currently comprises forty-five councillors, who represent the city's thirteen multi-member wards, and is chaired by the Lord Provost. The council area was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. However, a sense of Aberdeen as a city, with its own city council, can be traced back to 1900, when ...
The Aberdeen City Council has approved the first reading of an ordinance aimed at addressing chronic nuisances and public nuisances dealing with criminal activity.
George Street/Harbour – 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SNP: Dell Henrickson: 20.8% 753 SNP: Michael Hutchison () : 17.4%
Bridge of Don is a ward represented in the Aberdeen City Council since 2017 by Sarah Cross of the Conservative Party, Alison Alphonse and Jessica Mennie, both of the Scottish National Party, and Nurul Hoque Ali of the Labour Party. [n 1]
Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone is a ward represented in the Aberdeen City Council. As with all Scottish councils, the council elects its councillors by the Single transferable vote system of election every five years. The ward elects four councillors.