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The 2022 Scotland bin strike was a labour strike by bin workers across Scotland. The workers, represented by the GMB were striking for a pay rise to match that being given to local government workers in the rest of the UK. [1] The strikes began in Edinburgh but spread to other parts of Scotland, affecting 20 of Scotland's 32 council areas. [2] [3]
Elections to Fife Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.
A Provost of Fife is elected from among the councillors every five years, who chairs the full council meetings and acts as ceremonial head of the council. [4] The current Provost is former football manager Jim Leishman MBE , who was first elected to the post in May 2012 and subsequently re-elected in 2017 and 2022. [ 5 ]
Waste management is handled by the local authority, Fife Council. There is a kerbside recycling scheme in operation in the town. A four-bin collection is in place for the majority of residents living within Fife. [158] Dunfermline has one recycling centre and several recycling points, all operated by the local authority, Fife Council.
Fife (/ f aɪ f / FYFE, Scottish English:; Scottish Gaelic: Fìobha; Scots: Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i.e., the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire) and Clackmannanshire.
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. [2] The Holyrood constituencies cover all of three council areas, [3] the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area and the Stirling council area, most of the Perth and Kinross council area and part of the Angus council area.
Dunfermline Central By-election (14 November 2019) [4] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 SNP: Derek Glen: 33.16 1,526 1,528 1,628 1,761 1,798 2,297: Conservative
Internally, the principal room was the council chamber on the first floor: it incorporated an oak hammerbeam roof. [1] There were police cells in the basement of the building. [6] The building was the headquarters of the royal burgh of Dunfermline until it was replaced by Dunfermline District under the wider Fife Regional Council in May 1975.