Political Composition
As a result of the 2007 election, the Scottish Liberal Democrats lost control of East Dunbartonshire Council, with one of the primary grievances amongst the electorate being fortnightly waste collection, after the introduction of kerbside collections for recycling plastics, glass, metals and paper.
The 2007 council was controlled by a Labour/Conservative coalition due to no single party having overall control. The leader of the council was Labour councillor Rhondda Geekie and the position of provost (initially Labour councillor Alex Hannah) was subsequently held by Lib Dem councillor Eric Gotts. The deputy leader and deputy provost were the Conservative councillors Billy Hendry and Anne Jarvis.
The 2012 council is controlled by a three-way Labour/Lib-Dem/Conservative coalition due to no single party having overall control. The leader of the council remains Rhondda Geekie, but Labour councillor Una Walker is now the provost. The deputy leader and deputy provost are the Lib Dem councillor Ashay Ghai and the Conservative councillor Anne Jarvis.
EDIA councillor Charles Kennedy, of the Campsie and Kirkintilloch North ward, died on 13 July 2012. The subsequent by-election took place on 13 September, where Gemma Welsh (Scottish Labour) was elected. Thereafter the EDIA was voluntarily deregistered, its remaining councillor, Jack Young, continuing as an independent.
| Party | Councillors | |||||||||
| April 1995 |
May 1999 |
May 2003 |
June 2004 |
May 2007 |
Dec 2009 |
June 2011 |
May 2012 |
Sept 2012 |
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| Scottish National Party | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Labour | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | |
| Conservative | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| ED Independent Alliance | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | |
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