Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The council took on its current form in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, replacing the City of Edinburgh District Council of the Lothian region, which had been created in 1975. The history of local government in Edinburgh, however, stretches back much further.
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.
21 August – Aberdeen City Council announces that several hundred properties in Aberdeen affected by Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete are to be demolished and rebuilt at a cost of £150m. [243] 22 August – Edinburgh City Council votes to introduce a tourist tax that it hopes will raise around £50m a year. [244]
The City of Edinburgh council area had an estimated population of 514,990 in 2022, [2] and includes outlying towns and villages which are not part of Edinburgh proper. The city is in the Lothian region and was historically part of the shire of Midlothian (also called Edinburghshire).
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 ...
Leith Walk 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 currently elects four councillors. Its territory spans the area between Edinburgh city centre and the port of Leith to its north-east, centred around Leith Walk, the primary thoroughfare between ...
Over 280 of Edinburgh council's vehicles will face fines under new LEZ rules next year.
Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election.The election was the first one using 17 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. [1]