Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements
This page contains links to the reports from our Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements which took place between 1976 and 1985, and to the interim reviews of electoral arrangements that took place during the period 1976-1989. The Initial Statutory Reviews were the first reviews after the introduction of Region, Islands Area and District local authorities in Scotland by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. These local authority areas were subsequently abolished after the introduction of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.
The recommendations from the reports were brought into force by the Statutory Instruments listed below and defined electoral divisions for Regions and Island Areas (abbreviated to EDs) and wards for Districts (abbreviated to DWs). These electoral areas replaced those defined by Secretary of State's Direction on the formation of these local authorities. These electoral areas were replaced by those resulting from our Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements which began in 1989.
During the same period, we also conducted a series of administrative area reviews of sections of the boundaries of local authority areas. Where these reviews resulted in changes to local authority boundaries, then there were also corresponding changes to EDs and DWs.
Detailed verbal descriptions of each ward boundary are contained in the reports listed below.
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| Local authority | LGBCS report | Implementation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Report no | Modifications | Statutory Instrument | |||
| Borders Region | 11 July 1977 | 16 |  (3.7 MB) |
|
SI 1977 No 1985 | |
| Berwickshire District | 8 May 1979 | 40 | (1.8 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1201 | ||
| Ettrick and Lauderdale District | 11 Sep 1978 | 25 | (1.9 MB) |
SI 1979 No 83 | ||
| Roxburgh District | 10 Dec 1979 | 54 | (2.1 MB) |
SI 1980 No 258 | ||
| Tweeddale District | 9 Oct 1978 | 27 | (0.6 MB) |
SI 1979 No 84 | ||
| Central Region | 13 June 1977 | 14 | (2.2 MB) |
SI 1977 No 1984 | ||
| Clackmannan District | 15 Mar 1979 | 34 | (1.0 MB) |
SI 1979 No 821 | ||
| Falkirk District | 24 Aug 1979 | 42 | (2.7 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1462 | ||
| Stirling District | 15 Mar 1979 | 36 | (2.0 MB) |
SI 1979 No 822 | ||
| Dumfries and Galloway Region
interim - EDs 18, 19 |
25 July 1977
9 Sep 1983 |
17
89 |
(2.7 MB) (0.4 MB) |
SI 1977 No 1986 SI 1984 No 448 |
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| Annandale and Eskdale District | 24 Sep 1979 | 44 | (1.5 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1696 | ||
| Merrick District | renamed as Wigtown District | |||||
| Nithsdale District: initial
interim - DWs 9, 12 |
31 May 1979
9 Sep 1983 |
41
89 |
(1.7 MB) (0.4 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1202 SI 1984 No 448 |
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| Stewartry District | 17 July 1978 | 23 | (0.6 MB) |
SI 1978 No 1641 | ||
| Wigtown District | 14 Aug 1978 | 24 | (0.7 MB) |
SI 1978 No 1642 | ||
| Fife Region | 22 Aug 1977 | 19 | (4.4 MB) |
SI 1977 No 1983 | ||
| Fife : interim - EDs 2, 3 Kirkcaldy | 28 Sep 1981 | 76 | (0.3 MB) |
SI 1981 No 1866 | ||
| Fife : interim - EDs 14, 46 Leslie | 21 Nov 1983 | 93 | (0.4 MB) |
SI 1984 No 382 | ||
| Dunfermline District: initial
interim - DWs 1, 2 |
28 Feb 1979
Mar 1986 |
31
99 |
(0.9 MB) (0.3 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1345 | ||
| Kirkcaldy District: initial
interim - DWs 3, 6 interim - DWs 27, 28, 39, 40 |
5 Nov 1979
28 Sep 1981 21 Nov 1983 |
45
76 93 |
(2.9 MB) (0.3 MB) (0.4 MB) |
SI 1980 No 210 SI 1981 No 1866 SI 1984 No 382 |
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| North East Fife District | 9 Oct 1978 | 26 | (1.9 MB) |
SI 1979 No 158 | ||
| Grampian Region | 13 Mar 1978 | 22 | (7.3 MB) |
SI 1978 No 882 | ||
| Grampian: interim - splitting ED 49, City of Aberdeen | 18 June 1984 | 95 | (0.4 MB) |
SI 1985 No 1127 | ||
| Grampian: interim - EDs in Gordon District | 29 Apr 1985 | 98 | (0.5 MB) |
SI 1985 No 1235 | ||
| City of Aberdeen District: initial
interim - splitting DWs 49, 50 |
26 Nov 1979
18 June 1984 |
49
95 |
(1.4 MB) (0.4 MB) |
SI 1980 No 209 SI 1985 No 1127 |
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| Banff and Buchan District | 31 Oct 1979 | 48 | (2.4 MB) |
SI 1985 No 232 | ||
| Gordon District | 14 Jan 1980 29 Apr 1985 |
56 98 |
(2.0 MB) (0.5 MB) |
SI 1985 No 1236 | ||
| Kincardine and Deeside District | 3 Sep 1979 | 47 | (2.1 MB) |
SI 1980 No 42 | ||
| Moray District: initial
interim - DWs 5, 6, 7, 8 |
28 Jan 1980
10 Oct 1983 |
55
90 |
(1.6 MB) (0.4 MB) |
SI 1980 No 599 SI 1984 No 425 |
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| Highland Region | 30 Sep 1977 | 20 | (4.0 MB) |
SI 1978 No 59 | ||
| Badenoch and Strathspey District: initial
interim - splitting of DW 6 interim - DWs 8, 9 |
2 Apr 1979
9 Sep 1983 14 Dec 1989 |
37
88 145 |
(2.1 MB) (0.3 MB) (0.4 MB) |
SI 1979 No 943 SI 1984 No 68 |
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| Caithness District | 13 Nov 1978 | 28 | (1.4 MB) |
SI 1979 No 159 | ||
| Inverness District | 5 Feb 1979 | 32 | (1.1 MB) |
SI 1979 No 698 | ||
| Lochaber District | 19 May 1980 | 64 | (2.9 MB) |
SI 1980 No 1827 | ||
| Nairn District | 15 Mar 1979 | 35 | (0.5 MB) |
SI 1979 No 699 | ||
| Ross and Cromarty District | 31 Mar 1980 | 57 | (2.4 MB) |
SI 1980 No 1318 | ||
| Skye and Lochalsh District | 11 Dec 1978 | 30 | (1.2 MB) |
SI 1979 No 312 | ||
| Sutherland District | 29 Jan 1979 | 33 | (0.4 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1096 | ||
| Lothian Region | 29 Nov 1977 | 21 | (8.5 MB) |
SI 1978 No 418 | ||
| Lothian: initial - ED names in City of Edinburgh | 29 Sep 1980 | 67 | (0.7 MB) |
SI 1982 No 625 | ||
| East Lothian District | 16 July 1979 | 46 | (1.4 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1402 | ||
| City of Edinburgh District | 9 July 1979 | 39 | (2.7 MB) |
|
SI 1979 No 1291 | |
| Midlothian District | 2 Apr 1979 | 38 | (2.3 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1097 | ||
| West Lothian District: initial
interim - DWs 13, 14 |
24 Sep 1979
20 Oct 1986 |
50
102 |
(1.2 MB) (0.3 MB) |
SI 1980 No 99
- |
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| Orkney Islands Area | 27 June 1977 | 15 | (1.1 MB) |
SI 1977 No 1697 | ||
| Shetland Islands Area | 11 Oct 1976 | 12 | (0.5 MB) |
SI 1977 No 196 | ||
| Strathclyde Region | 11 Dec 1978 | 29 | (19.9 MB) |
SI 1979 No 673 part 1 SI 1979 No 673 part 2 |
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| Strathclyde: interim - EDs 6, 8 | 10 Sep 1979 | 52 | (1.1 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1757 | ||
| Strathclyde: interim - EDs 72, 73 | 4 July 1983 | 85 | (0.4 MB) |
SI 1984 No 449 | ||
| Argyll and Bute District | 27 July 1981 | 75 | (2.3 MB) |
SI 1983 No 1198 | ||
| Bearsden and Milngavie District | 11 Aug 1980 | 65 | (0.7 MB) |
SI 1981 No 68 | ||
| Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch District | renamed as Strathkelvin District | |||||
| Clydebank District | 23 Nov 1981 | 79 | (2.2 MB) |
SI 1983 No 1059 | ||
| Clydesdale District: initial
interim - DWs 1, 11 |
23 Mar 1981
4 July 1983 |
73
85 |
(1.5 MB) (0.4 MB) |
SI 1983 No 1197
SI 1984 No 449 |
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| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District | 19 May 1980 10 Oct 1983 |
63 91 |
(2.6 MB) (0.9 MB) |
- SI 1984 No 69 |
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| Cumnock and Doon Valley District | 19 Jan 1981 | 70 | (2.3 MB) |
SI 1981 No 1490 | ||
| Cunninghame District | 4 Oct 1979 | 51 | (2.7 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1640 | ||
| Dumbarton District | 14 July 1980 | 60 | (3.0 MB) |
SI 1983 No 1574 | ||
| East Kilbride District | 11 Aug 1980 | 66 | (2.4 MB) |
SI 1981 No 489 | ||
| Eastwood District | 28 Apr 1980 | 62 | (4.8 MB) |
SI 1980 No 1132 | ||
| City of Glasgow District | 29 Sep 1980 | 69 | (4.3 MB) |
|
SI 1981 No 620 | |
| Hamilton District | 20 Oct 1980 | 68 | (2.4 MB) |
SI 1981 No 773 | ||
| Inverclyde District | 1 June 1981 | 74 | (2.4 MB) |
SI 1981 No 1595 | ||
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun District | 28 Sep 1981 | 77 | (1.2 MB) |
SI 1983 No 989 | ||
| Kyle and Carrick District: initial
interim - DWs 18, 20 |
23 Mar 1981
18 Nov 1983 |
71
92 |
(2.2 MB) (0.2 MB) |
SI 1981 No 846 SI 1984 No 160 |
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| Lanark District | renamed as Clydesdale District | |||||
| Monklands District | 16 June 1980 | 61 | (2.3 MB) |
SI 1980 No 1681 | ||
| Motherwell District | 20 Oct 1980 | 72 | (3.1 MB) |
|
SI 1983 No 1347 | |
| Renfrew District | 16 June 1980 | 59 | (2.8 MB) |
SI 1981 No 554 | ||
| Strathkelvin District | 27 July 1981 | 78 | (1.1 MB) |
SI 1983 No 1489 | ||
| Tayside Region | 5 Sep 1977 | 18 | (4.1 MB) |
SI 1978 No 58 | ||
| Angus District | 28 Apr 1980 | 58 | (3.3 MB) |
SI 1980 No 1680 | ||
| City of Dundee District | 3 Apr 1980 | 53 | (2.7 MB) |
SI 1980 No 1196 | ||
| Perth and Kinross District | 16 July 1979 | 43 | (2.0 MB) |
SI 1979 No 1401 | ||
| Western Isles Islands Area | 16 May 1977 | 13 | (1.2 MB) |
SI 1977 No 1698 | ||
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