Local Government Etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 - New Local Government Areas

New Local Government Areas

Schedule I of the Act defined the new local government areas in terms of the existing districts and regions. Islands council areas had been unitary council areas since implementation of the 1973 Act, and Section 3 of the 1994 Act provided that the existing islands areas were to continue to be local government areas.

Areas established by the Act (Names for some of the council areas have changed since the Act was passed.)
Region or islands council area New unitary council area or areas District or districts incorporated or partly incorporated
Borders Borders
Became Scottish Borders
Berwickshire, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Roxburgh and Tweeddale
Central Clackmannan
Became Clackmannanshire
Clackmannan
Falkirk Falkirk
Stirling Stirling
Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, Stewartry and Wigtown
Fife Fife Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and North East Fife
Grampian Aberdeenshire Banff and Buchan, Gordon and Kincardine and Deeside
City of Aberdeen
Became Aberdeen City
City of Aberdeen
Moray Moray
Highland Highland Badenoch and Strathspey, Caithness, Inverness, Lochaber, Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, Skye and Lochalsh and Sutherland
Lothian East Lothian East Lothian
City of Edinburgh City of Edinburgh
Midlothian Midlothian
West Lothian West Lothian
Orkney Orkney Islands Not applicable
Shetland Shetland Islands Not applicable
Strathclyde Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute and part of Dumbarton (Helensburgh (7) regional electoral division and part of Vale of Leven (8) regional electoral division)
Dumbarton and Clydebank
Became West Dunbartonshire
Clydebank and part of Dumbarton (Dumbarton (6) regional electoral division and part of Vale of Leven (8) regional electoral division)
East Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Cumnock and Doon Valley
East Dunbartonshire Bearsden and Milngavie and part of Strathkelvin (Kirkintilloch (43), Strathkelvin North (44) and Bishopbriggs (45) regional electoral divisions and South Lenzie/Waterside district ward)
East Renfrewshire Eastwood and part of Renfrew (Barrhead (79) regional electoral division)
City of Glasgow
Became Glasgow City
Part of City of Glasgow (all except Rutherglen/Fernhill (37) and Cambuslang/Halfway (38), Glasgow/Halfway regional electoral divisions and part of King's Park/Toryglen (35) regional electoral division)
Inverclyde Inverclyde
North Ayrshire Cunninghame
North Lanarkshire Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Monklands, Motherwell and part of Strathkelvin (part of Chryston (46) regional electoral division (all except South Lenzie/Waterside district ward))
Renfrewshire Part of Renfrew (all except Barrhead (79) regional electoral division)
South Ayrshire Kyle and Carrick
South Lanarkshire Clydesdale, East Kilbride, Hamilton and part of City of Glasgow (Rutherglen/Fernhill (37) and Cambuslang/Halfway (38), Glasgow/Halfway regional electoral divisions and part of King's Park/Toryglen (35) regional electoral division)
Tayside Angus Angus and part of City of Dundee (Monifieth (30) regional electoral division and part of Sidlaw (31) regional electoral division)
City of Dundee
Became Dundee City
Part of City of Dundee (all except Monifieth (30) regional electoral division and part of Sidlaw (31) regional electoral division)
Perth and Kinross Perth and Kinross and part of City of Dundee (part of Sidlaw (31) regional electoral division)
Western Isles Western Isles
Became Na h-Eileanan Siar
Not applicable

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