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Also, as Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh is host to the Scottish Parliament and the main offices of the Scottish Government. The City of Edinburgh became a unitary council area in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Edinburgh district of the Lothian region.
Elections to the City of Edinburgh 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.
The first election to the City of Edinburgh District Council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 16 May 1975. A shadow authority was again elected in 1995 ahead of the reforms which came into force on 1 April 1996.
Lionel Aron Peña, Sr., the representative's father, served as an Edinburg City Commissioner and City Attorney in the early seventies. Adrienne Peña Garza, Peña's daughter, is the Chairwoman of the Hidalgo County Republican Party. She was sworn in June 2018, becoming the first woman to assume that role in the county's history.
The Edinburgh Central constituency is situated in the central-north of the City of Edinburgh. The constituency is a major tourist, financial and retail centre, covering Edinburgh's Old and New Towns, Princes Street , Haymarket , Edinburgh Castle , Holyrood Castle and the Scottish Parliament building itself.
City Centre is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. [2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it elects four Councillors. As its name suggests, the ward's territory is based around a compact area in the centre of Edinburgh , including Calton Hill , the Canongate , Haymarket , Lauriston ...
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies at the 2019 United Kingdom general election for the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019–2024). The list is sorted by the name of the MP. Changes of affiliation are noted at the bottom of the page.
List of lords provost in Edinburgh City Chambers. The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is the convener of the City of Edinburgh Council. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. They are also ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh.