| East Dunbartonshire Aest Dunbartonshire Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear |
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| Geography | |
| Area | Ranked 26th |
| - Total | 175 km2 (68 sq mi) |
| - % Water | ? |
| Admin HQ | Kirkintilloch |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-EDU |
| ONS code | 00QL |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Ranked 20th |
| - Total (2008) | 104,700 |
| - Density | 598 /km2 (1,549 /sq mi) |
| Politics | |
East Dunbartonshire Council http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/ |
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| Control | Labour/Conservative (minority control) |
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East Dunbartonshire (Scots: Cooncil o Aest Dunbartonshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Breatainn an Ear, pronounced [ʃir̴əxɡ̊ ɣunˈb̊ɾʲɛhd̪̊ɪɲ ə ɲɛɾ]) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the North-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of the city's commuter towns and villages. East Dunbartonshire also shares a border with West Dunbartonshire, Stirling, and North Lanarkshire. The council area covers part of the former county of Stirlingshire as well as parts of the former counties of Dunbartonshire and Lanarkshire.
The council area was formed in 1996, as a result of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, from part of the former Bearsden and Milngavie and Strathkelvin districts of the wider Strathclyde region.
In a 2007 Reader's Digest poll, East Dunbartonshire was voted the best place in the UK to raise a family. [1]
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Composition
As a result of the 2007 election, the Scottish Liberal Democrats lost control of East Dunbartonshire Council, with one of the primary grievances amongst the electorate being fortnightly Waste collection, after the introduction of Kerbside collections. It is currently controlled by a Labour/Conservative coalition due to no single party having overall control. The current leader of East Dunbartonshire Council is Labour's Councillor Rhondda Geekie[1] and the position of Provost is currently vacant after the death on 12 April 2009 of Labour Councillor Alex Hannah.[2] The current deputy leader and deputy provost are the Conservative councillors Billy Hendry and Anne Jarvis.
| Party | Councillors | |
| Scottish National Party | 8 | |
| Labour | 6 | |
| Conservative | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3 | |
| East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance | 2 |
Towns and villages
- Auchenhowie
- Auchinairn
- Auchinreoch
- Baldernock
- Baljaffray
- Balmore
- Bardowie
- Bearsden
- Birdston
- Cadder
- Clachan of Campsie
- Bishopbriggs
- Kirkintilloch
- Lennoxtown
- Lenzie
- Milngavie
- Milton of Campsie
- Torrance
- Twechar
- Waterside
The new 2007 Council is under a Labour/Conservative Administration from No Overall Control (NOC)
Places of interest
- Campsie Fells
- West Highland Way
- Forth and Clyde Canal
- Antonine Wall
- Mugdock Country Park
- Tom Johnston House
- Milngavie water treatment works
- River Kelvin
- Lillie Art Gallery
- Auld Kirk Museum
- Huntershill Village
 Thomas Muir Cairn at Huntershill Village |
 Scottish Political Martyrs Gate at Huntershill Village |
Education
Secondary Schools
| School | School roll | Opened | Area Served | notes |
| Bearsden Academy | 1186 | 1911 | Northern Bearsden and Baljaffray | |
| Bishopbriggs Academy | 1229 | 2006 | Bishopbriggs and Auchinairn | |
| Boclair Academy | 943 | 1976 | Southern Bearsden and Torrance | |
| Douglas Academy | 1062 | 1967 | Milngavie, Craigton and Baldernock | |
| Kirkintilloch High School | 639 | 1971 | Kirkintilloch and Twechar | |
| Lenzie Academy | 1362 | 1886 | Lenzie, South Kirkintilloch and Auchinloch | |
| St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch | 760 | 1874 | Kirkintilloch, Milngavie and Lenzie | |
| Turnbull High School | 673 | 1974 | Bishopbriggs and Lennoxtown |
Closed Schools
Bishopbriggs High School
Thomas Muir High School
References
- ^ "New coalition moves to bring back weekly bin collections". The Herald. http://www.theherald.co.uk/misc/print.php?artid=1411270. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
- ^ "Tributes after provost loses fight with cancer". Edinburgh: The Scotsman. 2009-04-15. http://www.scotsman.com/scotland/Tributes---after-provost.5169913.jp. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
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