Aberdeen City Council

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**Aberdeen City Council**
The Logo of Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen City shown as one of the council areas of Scotland
Control	Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition
Official Website	http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/

Aberdeen City Council represents the Aberdeen City council area of Scotland.

The council area and the council were created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. However, a sense of Abereen as a city, with its own city council, can be traced back to 1900, when the city of county of Aberdeen was created.

In 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the county of city was combined with Bucksburn, Newhills, Old Machar, Stoneywood, Dyce and Peterculter areas of the county of Aberdeen and a Nigg area of the county of Kincardine (including Cove Bay) to form the Aberdeen district of the Grampian region. This district became the now existing unitary council area in 1996.

On 9th May 1995 by resolution under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 The City of Aberdeen Council changed the name of the local government area of "City of Aberdeen" to "Aberdeen City".

1 Political composition
2 Elections
- 2.1 Wards 1999 to 2007
- 2.2 Wards 2007 and beyond
3 External links

[edit] Political composition

The old ACC logo

The council consists, currently, of 20 Liberal Democrat councillors, 13 Labour councillors, 6 Scottish National Party councillors, three Conservative councillors and one Independent, former Labour member David Clyne.

The council has been under the control of a Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition, holding 23 of the 43 council seats, since 2003. Prior to the 2003 general election to the council, it had been considered a Labour stronghold.

[edit] Elections

General elections to the council are held on a four year cycle. The next is due in 2007, polling on Thursday 5 May.

The next general election with be the first to use the single transferable vote system of election and multi-member wards, each ward electing three or four councillors. This system is to be introduced as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, and is designed to produce a form of proportional representation. The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland has completed its final recommendations for new wards for all the council areas of Scotland, for Aberdeen there will be 13 multi-member wards, returning a total of 43 councillors.

At present, councillors represent 43 single-member wards, and are elected by the first past the post system of election.

[edit] Wards 1999 to 2007

Wards are both numbered and named:

(34) Ashley, (9) Auchmill
(2) Bankhead and Stoneywood, (21) Berryden, (6) Bridge of Don, (35) Broomhill
(28) Castlehill, (32) Cults, (10) Cummings Park
(3) Danestone, (7) Donmouth, (38) Duthie
(37) Gairn, (36) Garthdee, (26) Gilcomston
(29) Hazlehead
(15) Hilton
(4) Jesmond
(41) Kincorth West, (19) Kittybrewster
(27) Langstane, (43) Loirston
(12) Mastrick, (24 ) Midstocket, (31) Murtle
(8) Newhills, (42) Nigg
(5) Oldmachar
(30) Peterculter, (1) Pitmedden, (23) Pittodrie
(25) Queens Cross
(18) Seaton, (33) Mannofield, (13) Sheddocksley, (11) Springhill, (17) St. Machar, (20) Stockethill, (22) Sunnybank, (14) Summerhill
(39) Torry, (40) Tullos Hill
(16) Woodside