Councils and Council Wards

The introduction of Single Transferable Vote (STV) necessitates significant changes to council ward boundaries.

The new wards will be larger than current single-member wards and will be represented by either three or four members. They are now known as multi-member wards.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland (LGBCS) recently carried out a review of ward boundaries in all 32 council areas in Scotland.

These reviews have been considered by Scottish Ministers and, with a small number of changes, have been put into force for the elections on 3rd May 2007.

More information regarding the new ward boundaries can be found on the LGBCS website: Link opens in new windowwww.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk