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16-522: The Aberdeenshire council area was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 , which abolished the regions and districts which had been created in 1975, replacing them with single-tier council areas. Aberdeenshire covered the area of the abolished Banff and Buchan , Gordon and Kincardine and Deeside districts, all of which had been part of the Grampian region. It

32-1101: A Scottish Water and Sewerage Customers Council. The three water authorities were merged in 2002 to form Scottish Water . The reorganisation of local government areas also led to changes in policing, fire services, public transport and tourism promotion. These had been organised in 1975 to correspond to one or more regions. Lord Provost Charles III William , Duke of Rothesay Swinney government The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP Kate Forbes MSP Sixth session Alison Johnstone MSP Angela Constance MSP Dorothy Bain KC The Rt Hon Lord Carloway KC PC United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections Local elections Referendums Starmer ministry The Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP The Rt Hon Ian Murray MP A lord provost ( Scottish Gaelic : Àrd-Phrobhaist )

48-569: A presiding officer of the local council, not as a chief executive of a local authority). Perth (as a city) previously termed its civil leader a "lord provost", but from the Second World War onwards has preferred the simple term Provost of Perth . A lord provost has a higher status than a lord mayor in other parts of the United Kingdom . They are ex officio the lord-lieutenant for that city, in accordance with section 1 of

64-598: Is due in 2027. The two Conservative councillors who defected to Reform UK in October 2024 became the party's first representatives in Scotland. The council is based at Woodhill House in Aberdeen , outside the council's own territory. The building was completed in 1977 for the former Grampian Regional Council . Since 2007 elections have been held every five years under the single transferable vote system, introduced by

80-539: Is named after the historic county of Aberdeenshire , but covers a larger area, also including most of the historic county of Kincardineshire and eastern parts of the historic county of Banffshire . The council is the fifth largest Scottish council by number of councillors, having 70 members. The council has devolved power to six area committees : Banff and Buchan ; Buchan ; Formartine ; Garioch ; Marr ; and Kincardine and Mearns . Each area committee takes decisions on local issues such as planning applications, and

96-399: Is the convenor of the local authority , the civic head and the lord-lieutenant of one of the principal cities of Scotland . The office is similar to that of a lord mayor . Only the cities of Aberdeen , Dundee , Edinburgh , Stirling and Glasgow have a lord provost; other Scottish local authorities have provosts or convenors, which are similar offices to that of a mayor (as

112-488: The Lieutenancies Act 1997 , which allows the city council to choose its own representative for the monarch. The lord provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow enjoy the style of " The Right Honourable " before their office, but not their names. Permission to use the title is granted to a city by the monarch, under the royal prerogative , acting on the advice of government ministers. This article related to

128-639: The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 . Election results since 1995 have been as follows: The council has 70 councillors , elected by single transferable vote in 19 multi-member wards: Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the current local government structure of 32 unitary authorities covering

144-565: The 1973 Act were to continue to exist. The area councils took on the powers of the abolished districts to make or amend schemes for the establishment of communities. Part II of the Act reorganised water supply and sewerage services, previously the responsibility of regional councils. Three water authorities were established, each with a defined water area and sewerage area (which were not necessarily identical). The water and sewerage areas were defined in schedule 8, as follows: The Act also established

160-439: The Act was to be governed by an elected council. The council's title was simply the name of the area followed by the word "Council": Argyll and Bute Council , Aberdeen City Council and so on. Each area was divided into wards with each ward returning a single councillor. The councillors were required to elect a convener, and could choose to elect a deputy convener. In the four city areas (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow)

176-514: The Commons on 8 July 1993. This outlined 25 unitary authorities (apart from the 3 Island Areas), as follows Schedule I of the Act defined the new local government areas in terms of the existing districts and regions. Islands council areas had been unitary council areas since implementation of the 1973 Act, and Section 3 of the 1994 Act provided that the existing islands areas were to continue to be local government areas. Each area established by

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192-565: The composition of the council was: Of the independent councillors, seven form the 'Administration Independents' group, which forms part of the council's administration in coalition with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. One sits in the SNP group, and another two form the 'Democratic Independent Group'; together these comprise the 'Opposition Coalition'. The remaining two independent councillors do not belong to any group. The next election

208-404: The convener's title was to be Lord Provost . In the other council areas the convener was to be "known by such title as the council may determine" , other than Lord Provost. In 1998 sixteen councils were using the title " provost ", the remaining twelve having conveners. Area councils were obliged to make a draft decentralisation scheme by 1 April 1997. The scheme could provide for: The plan

224-475: The split is meant to reflect the diverse circumstances of each area. The first election to the council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 1 April 1996. Aberdeenshire Council has been under no overall control since its creation: The leaders of the council since 1996 have been: Following the 2022 election and subsequent changes of allegiance up to November 2024,

240-412: The whole of Scotland . It abolished the two-tier structure of regions and districts created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 which had previously covered Scotland except for the islands council areas . The Act came into effect on 1 April 1996, beginning with the 1995 Scottish local elections . The Secretary of State for Scotland , Ian Lang outlined proposed areas in a statement to

256-404: Was to include dates at which the various proposals were to be carried out. Having made the draft plan there was to be an eight-week period in which the area council was to consult with the relevant community councils and invite the public to make observations. The decentralisation scheme could then be adopted in original or modified form. Community councils established by district councils under

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