Past Reviews
Electoral reviews
Since 1995, Scotland has been divided into 32 unitary local government areas.
| 1995 onwards: unitary authorities | ||
|---|---|---|
| wards effective from 4 May 2017 | Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements | |
| wards 2007 to 2017 | Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements | maps |
| Interim Reviews of Electoral Arrangements 2010 | ||
| wards 1999 to 2007 | Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements | maps |
| wards 1995 to 1999 | Formation electoral arrangements in 1995 | maps |
Between 1974 and 1995, mainland Scotland was divided into 9 local government regions, each of which was divided into a number of districts. The islands areas each had a single-tier local authority. For the regions and islands areas, there were 3 successive sets of electoral divisions. For the districts, there were 2 sets of district wards.
| 1974 to 1995: regions, districts and islands areas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| regions | districts | islands areas |
reviews |
| 1994-95 | not used | 1994-95 | Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements |
| 1982-94 | 1980/84 to 1995 |
1978-94 | Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements |
| 1974-82 | 1974 to 1980/84 |
1974-78 | Formation electoral arrangements in 1974 |
Administrative area reviews
In addition to our reviews of local government electoral areas, we have also carried out a number of reviews of the external boundaries of local government areas.
| Unitary authorities | |
|---|---|
| since our Fourth Statutory Reviews | 2007 onwards |
| between our Third and Fourth Statutory Reviews | 1995 to 2006 |
| Regions, districts and islands areas | |
| between our Initial and Second Statutory Reviews | 1977 to 1994 |
| before our Initial Statutory Reviews | 1973 to 1976 |
We have also produced a summary list of all our review reports which you can download as a PDF file.