Identification info

Alternative title

Multi-member Wards

Alternative title

MMW

Metadata Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Dataset Reference Date (Creation)

1994-11-11

Dataset Reference Date (Revision)

2019-04-01

Identifier

OS_BL_ScottishElectoralWards

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Administrative units

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

• local government

• local authority

Limitations on Public Access

Other restrictions

Other constraints

No limitations to public access

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Open Government Licence

Other constraints

The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year)

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

10000

Topic category

• Boundaries

Extent

GB-SCT

ISO3166-2 2007-12-13

 

Code

EPSG:4258

Code

EPSG:27700

Distribution Information

 

Data quality info

Quality Scope

Dataset

Statement

Boundaries Scotland is responsible for reviewing and making recommendations to Scottish Ministers for local authority boundaries and electoral arrangements in Scotland. Electoral reviews make recommendations on the overall number of councillors in each local authority and number of councillors in each ward (each Mainland ward must elect either 3 or 4 councillors, Island wards may have between 1 and 4 councillors depending on their size); the number of wards for local government elections and their boundaries; and the extent of council areas. Electoral reviews are undertaken roughly every 8 to 12 years. Recommendations that are accepted by Ministers are enacted by statutory instrument and passed to Ordnance Survey for inclusion in their BoundaryLine product.

Following the reorganisation of councils into the 32 unitary local authorities, 1,245 electoral boundaries were defined following direction from the Secretary of State in accordance with Schedule 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. Since then, a number of formal reviews of electoral arrangements and administrative areas have taken place. A summary of the reviews and their impact on electoral ward boundaries is as follows:

3rd Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements:

• First review following the introduction of 32 local authorities, resulting in 1,222 wards

4th Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements:

• Resulted in the introduction of 353 multi-member wards

Effective 2002-06-01 (SSI 2002/155-157):

• Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire at Ardoch Sewage Works

• Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire at Blackburn

• Glasgow City and Renfrewshire at Braehead

• City of Edinburgh and West Lothian at West Farm, Broxburn

Effective 2010-04-01 (SSI 2009/368, 442):

• Glasgow City and North Lanarkshire at Cardowan, by Stepps

• Angus and Dundee City at Fithiebank

Effective 2011-04-01 (SSI 2010/353):

• East Dunbartonshire and Glasgow City at Princes Gate and Greenacres, by Robroyston

Effective 2012/05/03 (SSI 2011/332):

• West Lothian at Bathgate

5th Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements:

• Amendments to wards in 25 of the 32 local authorities (no amendments to Argyll and Bute, Dundee City, Scottish Borders, Orkney, Shetland and Na h-Eileanan an Iar)

Effective 2018-02-02 (SSI 2017/430):

• Keltybridge and Fife Envirnonmental Energy Park at Westfield

Effective 2019-04-01 (SSI 2018/308):

• Glasgow City and North Lanarkshire at Cardowan, by Stepps

Effective 2021-10-27 (SSI2021/369)

•The Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 2021. New ward boundaries introduced following Review.

Effective 2021-10-27 (SSI2021/370)

•The North Ayrshire (Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 2021. New ward boundaries introduced following Review.

Effective 2021-10-27 (SSI2021/371)

•The Orkney Islands (Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 2021, SSI 2021/371. New ward boundaries introduced following Review.

Effective 2021-10-27 (SSI2021/372)

•The Shetland Islands (Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 2021, SSI 2021/372. New ward boundaries introduced following Review.

With regards to the seaward extent of boundaries, this normally ends at the low water mark. In a small number of cases, a local government area has been extended by legislation around a port or harbour into the surrounding sea beyond the low water mark. The largest of these is Yell Sound in the Shetland Islands, and there are also substantial extensions at Aberdeen and Greenock.

 

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Metadata Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Resource type

Dataset

Metadata Date

2023-06-20T12:15:13

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3