West Dunbartonshire

This article is about the West Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. For other uses, see West Dunbartonshire (disambiguation).

West Dunbartonshire Wast Dunbartonshire Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Iar
Coat of arms
Location
Geography
Area	Ranked 31st
- Total	159 km2 (61 sq mi)
Admin HQ	Dumbarton
ISO 3166-2	GB-WDU
ONS code	00QG
Demographics
Population	Ranked 22nd
- Total (2005)	90,600
- Density	570 / km²
Politics
West Dunbartonshire Council http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/
Control	Scottish National Party/Independent
MPs	Gemma Doyle
MSPs	Jackie Baillie Gil Paterson

West Dunbartonshire (Scots: Wast Dunbartonshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Iar, pronounced [ʃirˠəxk ɣumˈpɾʲɛʰt̪ɪɲ ə ɲiəɾ]) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the City of Glasgow, containing many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages as well as the city's suburbs, West Dunbartonshire also borders onto Argyll and Bute, Stirling, East Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire.

The area was formed on 1 April 1996 from part of the former Strathclyde Region, namely the entire district of Clydebank and the Dumbarton district less the Helensburgh area. In the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 that created the council area its name was Dumbarton and Clydebank. The council elected as a shadow authority in 1995 resolved to change the name of the area to West Dunbartonshire.^[1]

The area is essentially composed of three parts: the towns of Dumbarton and Clydebank and the Vale of Leven district.

West Dunbartonshire is administered from Dumbarton, although Clydebank is the largest town.

Governance and politics

The council is run by 22 councillors elected from 6 wards.^[2] Their political division is as follows.

• Scottish National Party 9
• Scottish Labour Party 8
• Scottish Socialist Party 1
• Independent 4

The administration is SNP/with Independent support.

Towns and villages

• Alexandria
• Balloch
• Bonhill
• Bowling
• Clydebank
• Dalmuir
• Drumry
• Dumbarton
• Duntocher
• Faifley
• Hardgate
• Jamestown
• Milton
• Old Kilpatrick
• Renton

Places of interest

• Erskine Bridge
• Dumbarton Castle
• Inchmurrin island
• Kilpatrick Hills
• Loch Lomond
• Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
• River Leven

References

1. ^ Footnote to Scottish Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 465
2. ^ http://wdccmis.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/CMISWebPublic/CommitteeDetails.aspx?committeeID=98

External links

• West Dunbartonshire at the Open Directory Project