East Dunbartonshire facts for kids

Quick facts for kids East Dunbartonshire Aest Dunbartanshire Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear
Location of East Dunbartonshire within Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Dunbartonshire
Admin HQ	Kirkintilloch
Government
• Body	East Dunbartonshire Council
Area
• Total	67.4 sq mi (174.5 km2)
Area rank	Ranked 27th
Population  (2020)
• Total	108,330
• Rank	Ranked 20th
• Density	1,607.9/sq mi (620.80/km2)
ONS code	S12000045
ISO 3166 code	GB-EDU

East Dunbartonshire (Scots: Aest Dunbartanshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north of Glasgow and contains many of the affluent areas to the north of the city, including Bearsden, Milngavie, Balmore and Torrance, as well as many of the city's commuter towns and villages. East Dunbartonshire also shares borders with North Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. The council area covers parts of the historic counties of Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire.

The council area was formed in 1996, as a result of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, from the former Bearsden and Milngavie district and most of the former Strathkelvin district (all areas except Chryston and Auchinloch, which became part of North Lanarkshire council area), within the wider Strathclyde region.

Demographics

In a 2007 Reader's Digest poll, East Dunbartonshire was voted the best place in Britain to raise a family. The area continually tops the Halifax Bank Quality of Life list. In 2010 East Dunbartonshire ranked 3rd in Scotland and was the only Scottish area in the British Top 20 in 2008 A Legatum Prosperity Index published by the Legatum Institute in October 2016 showed East Dunbartonshire as the most prosperous council area in Scotland and the ninth most prosperous in the United Kingdom.

Political 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 for recycling plastics, glass, metals and paper.

The 2007 council was controlled by a Labour/Conservative coalition due to no single party having overall control. The leader of the council was Labour councillor Rhondda Geekie and the position of provost (initially Labour councillor Alex Hannah) was subsequently held by Lib Dem councillor Eric Gotts. The depute leader and depute provost were the Conservative councillors Billy Hendry and Anne Jarvis.

The 2012 council was controlled by a three-way Labour/Lib-Dem/Conservative coalition due to no single party having overall control. The leader of the council remained Rhondda Geekie, but Labour councillor Una Walker became provost. The depute leader and depute provost were the Lib Dem councillor Ashay Ghai and the Conservative councillor Anne Jarvis.

EDIA councillor Charles Kennedy, of the Campsie and Kirkintilloch North ward, died on 13 July 2012. The subsequent by-election took place on 13 September, where Gemma Welsh (Scottish Labour) was elected. Thereafter the EDIA was voluntarily deregistered, its remaining councillor, Jack Young, continuing as an independent.

Following a disagreement between the Liberal Democrats and their administration colleagues, the ruling three-party coalition reverted to a minority two-party Labour/Conservative coalition in January 2016, and the Conservative's Billy Hendry resumed the role of depute council leader.

Chief Executives

Towns and villages

• Auchenhowie
• Auchinairn
• Auchinreoch
• Baldernock
• Balmore
• Bardowie
• Bearsden
• Birdston
• Bishopbriggs
• Cadder
• Clachan of Campsie
• Kirkintilloch
• Lennoxtown
• Lenzie

– Woodilee Village

• Milngavie
• Milton of Campsie
• Torrance
• Twechar
• Waterside

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
• The Fort Theatre
• The Turret Theatre
• The Gadloch

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  Huntershill Village

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  Thomas Muir

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  Thomas Muir Cairn - Erected by John SL Watson and unveiled by East Dunbartonshire's Provost John Dempsey (1997)

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  Scottish Political Martyrs Gate - Erected by John SL Watson and unveiled by East Dunbartonshire's Provost John Dempsey (1997)

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  Miners of the world memorial hutch - created by John SL Watson and unveiled by leader of East Dunbartsonshire Council John Morrison (2003)

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  Finger Post marking the Old Glasgow-Stirling postal road

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  Huntershill Village Mile Stone

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  Southwest view across Gadloch Towards the distant Red Road Flats.

Education

Secondary schools

Closed schools

Bishopbriggs High School

Thomas Muir High School

Auchinairn Primary School

Gask House Primary School

Lenzie Primary School

Lenzie Moss Primary School

St Agatha's Primary School

St Flannan's Primary School

St Joseph's Primary School

Woodhill Primary School

Primary schools