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SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
(as introduced)
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 to make
provision for the election of councillors by the mixed-member proportional system; and for
connected purposes.
PART 1
MIXED-MEMBER PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM
(2) In an election in an electoral ward, the voter is to mark on the ballot paper the
candidate who is the voter’s preference from among the candidates to be councillor.
(3) In an election in an electoral region, the voter is to mark on the ballot paper—
(a) a registered political party which has submitted a regional list, or
(b) an individual candidate to be a councillor for the region.
(4) A regional list is a list of at least one and not more than twelve persons who are to
be the registered political party’s candidates in that region.”
PART 2
GENERAL
5 Saving
Nothing in Part 1 has effect for the purposes of any election to be held on or before 4 May
2022 under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.
6 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after Royal Assent.
7 Short title
The short title of this Act is the Local Governance (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2019.
Local Governance (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2019 3
SCHEDULE
“SCHEDULE 2
NUMBERS OF ELECTORAL WARDS AND REGIONS
Notes
1. The table in this schedule is to be interpreted in accordance with these notes.
2. For the purposes of section 1(1) and (2), a local government area is to be divided into—
(a) the number of electoral wards specified in column 2, and
(b) the number of electoral regions specified in column 3.
3. For the purposes of section 1(6), the aggregate number of councillors to be returned in
the electoral regions in a local government area is the number specified in column 4.
Table
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Local government area Wards Regions Councillors
Aberdeen City 20 4 25
Angus 15 3 15
Argyll and Bute 20 2 16
Banffshire and Gordon 15 2 10
Caithness and Sutherland 15 2 10
Clackmannanshire 10 2 10
Clydeside 15 2 20
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 20 1 20
Dumfries and Galloway 20 4 20
Dundee City 20 1 10
Dunfermline 10 1 5
East Ayrshire 15 3 15
East Dunbartonshire 10 2 10
East Kilbride 10 1 10
East Lothian 12 2 12
East Renfrewshire 10 1 8
City of Edinburgh 30 6 30
Na h-Eileanan an Iar 15 3 15
Falkirk 15 3 15
Glasgow City 50 4 40
4 Local Governance (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2019