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Glasgow City Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Baile Ghlaschu) is the local government authority for Glasgow City council area, Scotland. In its modern form it was created in 1996. Glasgow was formerly governed by a corporation, also known as the town council, from the granting of its first burgh charter in the 1170s until 1975.
The city council sits at the Glasgow City Chambers on George Square, built in the 1880s and one of the city landmarks. [2] A Glasgow Town Council operated under the historic county of Lanarkshire, with Glasgow serving as the capital of its 'lower ward'; it was originally based at the Glasgow Tolbooth at Glasgow Cross.
Govan (Ward 5) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. [2] Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system. [ 3 ] The ward's size became smaller for the 2017 Glasgow City Council election , but it continued to return four councillors.
In February 2024, Burke, then a Glasgow City Councillor missed a sitting of Full Council, where the City's £3 billion budget for 2024/27 was debated and set. This was as a result of Councillor Burke being on a luxury cruise. Although there was an option to call in remotely Councillor Burke refused to do this while away.
Glasgow City Council appealed against the decision in the Inner House of the Court of Session - Scotland's highest civil court. The council told appeal court judges that the parliamentarians who ...
Southside Central (Ward 8) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. [2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election , the boundaries were changed, the ward population decreased but it continued to return four members.
Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections.The election was the second using 21 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation.
Partick East/Kelvindale (Ward 23) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council; [2] used since the 2017 local election, it is one of two created from the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's 5th Review. [3] The ward returns four council members.