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The most recent election was the 2022 Scottish local elections and the next election will be the 2027 Scottish local elections. Council administrations typically comprise a group of councillors within the council who are able to command majority support. [6] Minority administrations and majority administrations may be formed. [7]
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Only two mainland councils are controlled by majority administrations: Dundee and West Dumbartonshire, which are controlled by Scottish Labour and the Scottish National Party, respectively. The three island councils (Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles) are each controlled by local independents.
Scottish Conservative councillors (38 P) G. Scottish Green councillors (5 P) L. Scottish Labour councillors (153 P) Scottish Liberal Democrat councillors (19 P)
The main role of these bodies is to channel and reflect local opinion to other bodies; they otherwise have very limited powers. There are around 1,200 communities in Scotland. Not all communities have councils; some have joint councils. Scottish communities are the nearest equivalent to civil parishes in England.
However, this election was different. The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 and the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 have given Boundaries Scotland increased flexibility to vary the size of wards. Mainland wards may now have between 2 and 5 councillors, and single councillor wards are permitted where such a ward includes an inhabited island. [7]
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies for the fifty-ninth Parliament of the United Kingdom (2024–present). It includes MPs elected at the 2024 general election, held on 4 July 2024. The number of constituences in Scotland reduced from 59 to 57 at this ...