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Dundee City Council
Full council election every 5 years
Chief Executive
Greg Colgan
since 9 October 2020
Structure
Seats29
Dundee City Council composition
Political groups
Administration (15)
  SNP (15)
Other parties (14)
 
Labour
(9)
  Liberal Democrat (4)
  Conservative (1)
Elections
Single transferable vote
Last election
5 May 2022
Next election
6 May 2027
Meeting place
Dundee City Chambers
City Chambers, 21 City Square, Dundee, DD1 3BY
Website
www.dundeecity.gov.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Dundee City Council is the

Dundee City council area. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
.

History

Dundee City became a single-tier

region, minus a Monifieth area and part of a Sidlaw area, which were transferred from the city area to the new council area of Angus
. The city district was also the administrative centre for the region.

The new city council area was named City of Dundee in the legislation of 1994, but this was changed to Dundee City by a council resolution on 29 June 1995, under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65).[2] In terms of area, it is the smallest of Scotland's council areas.

The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to include: the former

county of Perth
.

The county of city was created in 1894. It was enlarged in 1913 to incorporate Broughty Ferry, which was a separate burgh prior to 1913. Dundee has been a royal burgh since 1191.

Elections

Main article: 2022 Dundee City Council election

Elections to the council are held on a five-year cycle. Councillors are elected from subdivisions of the city area called

first past the post) voting system. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, eight new wards were introduced for the 2007 election, each electing three or four members by the single transferable vote system of election, to produce a form of proportional representation
. The total number of councillors remained the same.

The last election to take place was on 5 May 2022 which resulted in the SNP gaining a majority for the first time since 2019 after gaining a seat from Labour in the West End ward.

The election saw the Liberal Democrats replace the Conservatives as the third largest party whilst Labour remained in opposition.

Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats won seats at the expense of the Conservatives who lost two of their three seats in the West End and The Ferry wards.

Election Result SNP Lab Con LD Ind Grn Oth
City of Dundee District Council
1988 Labour majority 4 30 10 0 0 0 0
1992 Labour majority 6 26 12 0 0 0 0
Dundee City Council
1995 Labour majority 3 28 4 0 1 0 0
1999 Labour minority 10 14 4 0 1[a] 0 0
2003 SNP minority 11 10 5 2 1 0 0
2007 SNP minority 13 10 3 2 1 0 0
2012 SNP majority 16 10 1 1 1 0 0
2017 SNP minority 14 9 3 2 1 0 0
2022 SNP majority 15 9 1 4 0 0 0

Wards

Main article: Wards of Dundee
Map of the eight wards of Dundee.
Ward
number 		Ward name[3] Location Seats
1 Strathmartine 4
2 Lochee 4
3 West End 4
4 Coldside 4
5 Maryfield 3
6 North East 3
7 East End 3
8 The Ferry 4
Total 29

Premises

Dundee House, 50 North Lindsay Street: Modern part of building to rear.

Council meetings are held at

Tayside Regional Council on local government reorganisation in 1996.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Independent Labour

References

  1. ^ Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, full text, Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website
    OPSI home page
  2. ^ Edinburgh Gazette, 7 July 1995
  3. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Committee minutes". Dundee City Council. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Dundee, 50 North Lindsay Street, Dundee House". Canmore. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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