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Internally, the principal room was the council chamber at the rear of the building. [ 1 ] Following the abolition of Dumfriesshire County Council, the complex became the headquarters of Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council in 1975, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and then, after the introduction of unitary authorities , it became the headquarters of Dumfries and ...
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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 ...
However, it ceased to be the local seat of government when Dumfries and Galloway Council became the new unitary authority for the area, with its offices at County Buildings in English Street, in 1996. [11] The municipal buildings instead became the local provost's office [8] and also the local registration office. [12]
The dominant settlement is Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway’s second largest town. Other settlements include the ferry port of Cairnryan and villages in the Rhins of Galloway peninsula including Ardwell, Drummore, Kirkcolm, Leswalt, Port Logan, Portpatrick, Sandhead, and Stoneykirk.
Dumfries and Galloway is represented in the Scottish Parliament by two constituencies: Dumfriesshire and Galloway and West Dumfries. Dumfriesshire covers the eastern part of the council area. The town of Dumfries is divided between the two constituencies. The electoral wards in the Dumfriesshire constituency are listed below.
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 ...
The term Dumfries and Galloway has been used since at least the 19th century – by 1911 the three counties had a united sheriffdom under that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the western area of the Southern Uplands, [3] it also hosts Scotland's most Southerly point, at the Mull of Galloway [4] in the west of the region.