East Renfrewshire Council
The leader of East Renfrewshire Council is Cllr Jim Fletcher (Labour - Giffnock & Thornliebank) and the Civic Leader is Provost Alastair Carmichael (SNP). A 2001 survey showed that about half of Scotland's Jewish population lives in East Renfrewshire.
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