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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