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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.
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Until 2017 municipal councils collectively governed 2,765,533 people within a 698 square kilometer area. There were 445 Councillors in total, ranging from 53 to 9 per council. [4] [5] The last council to be created was Polonnaruwa Municipal Council on 30 June 2017, bifurcated from Thamankaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha. [6]
The City of Glasgow is divided into a number of wards. [3] These electoral districts, as they are also known, are used to elect councillors to Glasgow City Council . The council, composed of the elected members from each ward, provides local government services to the City of Glasgow.
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.
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.
Hillhead (Ward 11) 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. [ 3 ] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election , the boundaries were changed substantially, the ward slightly decreased in population and returned three members.
Pollokshields (Ward 6) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. [2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the single transferable vote system. [ 3 ] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election , the boundaries were changed, the ward increased in size and returned four members.