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Further local government reform in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 saw the area's four districts abolished, with the Dumfries and Galloway Council taking over the functions they had previously performed. [39] The council continues to use the areas of the four abolished districts as committee areas.
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On the Dumfries and Galloway Council, Dumfries is covered by four 4-seat wards: Abbey, Lochar, Nith and North West Dumfries. North West Dumfries is the only ward that solely covers areas within the town itself, with the others incorporating outlying areas. In the 2017 council election, these wards elected 6 Labour, 5 Conservative and 4 SNP ...
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Stranraer and the Rhins ward within Dumfries and Galloway [1] Stranraer and the Rhins (Ward 1 ) is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of Dumfries and Galloway Council in Scotland . It elects four Councillors under the Single Transferable Vote system.
SWestrans covers the Dumfries & Galloway council area. Effectively part of Dumfries and Galloway Council, SWestrans is officially labelled as a Statutory regional transport partnership. It makes plans, through its Regional Transport Strategy then lobbies the various government departments that are responsible for the Scottish Transport network ...
However, a silver gun which had been presented by King James VI of Scotland to the Seven Incorporated Trades of Dumfries in 1598 survived the fire. [4] [7] In the 1920s civic leaders decided to demolish the old building in Buccleuch Street and to replace it with a new structure on the same site. [8]
The Dumfries and Galloway constituency was created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, and covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area. . The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, which also covers part of the Scottish Borders council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council ar