34-617: Sewel may refer to: John Sewel, Baron Sewel , member of the British House of Lords Legislative Consent Motion (called a Sewel Motion in relation to Scotland), a procedure whereby a devolved parliament in the United Kingdom gives the central government permission to legislate on a devolved matter See also [ edit ] Sewell (disambiguation) Sewall MV Sewol and sinking of MV Sewol Topics referred to by
68-405: A larger area than the pre-1975 city, taking in the parishes of Dyce , Newhills , Old Machar, and Peterculter from Aberdeenshire and Nigg from Kincardineshire. All except Dyce had previously ceded territory to the city in pre-1975 boundary changes. The parish of Nigg added in 1975 just covered the residual rural parts of the old parish around Cove Bay ; Nigg village itself had been absorbed into
102-667: A result of the coalition agreement. Following Douglas Lumsden's election to the Scottish Parliament in May 2021 Jenny Laing became sole Leader of the council. After the 2022 election the SNP and Liberal Democrats agreed to form a partnership to lead the Council for the next five years. At the Council's statutory meeting on 18 May 2022, SNP councillor David Cameron was elected Lord Provost and Liberal Democrat Councillor Steve Delaney
136-469: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Sewel, Baron Sewel John Buttifant Sewel, Baron Sewel , CBE ( / ˈ s uː w əl / ; born 15 January 1946), is a British politician, life peer , and former academic. He served as Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords , its deputy speaker. He is also a former senior vice principal of
170-641: The 2017 election , but with a change in the balance of power within the coalition. Labour were reduced to nine councillors (subsequently suspended from membership by the Scottish Labour Party for forming a coalition with the Conservatives), whilst the Conservatives had eleven councillors elected. These Conservative and suspended "Aberdeen Labour" councillors were joined in coalition by three Independent councillors, one of who had left
204-516: The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 , Aberdeen Corporation was deemed capable of running county-level local government functions, and so the burgh was excluded from the area administered by Aberdeenshire County Council. In 1891 Aberdeen's boundaries were significantly enlarged, absorbing the neighbouring burghs of Old Aberdeen and Woodside , plus the Torry area on the south bank of
238-526: The River Dee . The act of parliament which expanded the burgh also confirmed that Aberdeen was entitled to be called a city; it had commonly been described as a city prior to that, but (like most Scottish cities) without official recognition. The historic county boundary between Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire in this area followed the River Dee. Following the absorption of Torry on the south bank of
272-752: The University of Aberdeen and a former parliamentary under-secretary of state . He was made a Labour minister in the Scottish Office department of the Blair Government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in 1997, where he assisted Donald Dewar in steering through the legislation that led to the creation of the Scottish Parliament . His name is given to the Sewel motion , parliamentary device passed by
306-470: The "most superficial [and] facile Prime Minister there has ever been". On the following day he was granted a leave of absence from the Lords, and on 28 July 2015 he formally resigned from the House of Lords . Aberdeen District Council Aberdeen City Council is the local authority for Aberdeen City , one of the 32 council areas of Scotland . In its modern form it was created in 1996. Aberdeen
340-484: The Liberal Democrats just days after the council election. In December 2019 a councillor elected as a Conservative became an Independent following his conviction for sexual assault. This led to the ruling coalition becoming a minority administration comprising only 22 of the 45 councillors. Between 2017 and 2021 the council had Co-Leaders Douglas Lumsden (Conservative) and Jenny Laing (“Aberdeen Labour”) as
374-633: The Regional Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Policy, where he was appointed to his chair. In 1988 he became the dean of the then Faculty of Economic & Social Sciences. Subsequently, in 1995, he was appointed vice-principal and dean of the faculty of Social Sciences & Law. Sewel returned to the University of Aberdeen to resume his role as vice-principal in 1999 and was subsequently senior vice-principal from 2001 to 2004. Sewel
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#1732772088929408-555: The Scottish Parliament, in which it agrees that the United Kingdom parliament may pass legislation on a devolved issue extending to Scotland, over which the Scottish Parliament has regular legislative authority. He left ministerial office in 1999 upon the new Parliament taking over the majority of the Scottish Office 's functions. Sewel left the House of Lords in 2015 after photos of him doing drugs with prositutes emerged. Sewel
442-556: The city in 1935. The parish of Old Machar was named after St Machar's Cathedral in Old Aberdeen, which had been absorbed into the city in 1891; the parish of Old Machar that was absorbed in 1975 was just the residual part of the cathedral's old parish which lay north of the River Don , including Bridge of Don . Local government was reorganised again in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 , which abolished
476-537: The city's wards , and is headed by the Lord Provost . Prior to the 2012 council election there were 43 members of Aberdeen City Council. Between 2003 and 2007, the council was under the control of a Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition, holding 23 of the 43 seats on the council. Prior to the 2003 election, the council had been considered a Labour stronghold. Following the May 2007 election , contested for
510-491: The first time and multi-member wards were introduced, each ward electing three or four councillors. The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland completed its final recommendations for new wards for all the council areas of Scotland . Aberdeen is divided into 13 multi-member wards, electing a total of 45 councillors. This system was introduced as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 , and
544-415: The first time using a system of proportional representation , the Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party (SNP) formed a coalition to run the council, holding 27 of the 43 seats (following an SNP by election gain from the Conservatives on 16 August 2007, the coalition held 28 of the 43 seats). Two Liberal Democrat councillors became independents during this period due to personal controversies, while
578-718: The four strong Conservative group split in August 2010, with two councillors forming the Scottish Conservative Group and two others the Aberdeen Conservative Group. After the May 2012 election , the control of the council shifted back to the Labour Party, supported in a coalition by three Conservative and three Independent councillors, giving the administration 23 seats. The Labour/Conservative/Independent coalition continued after
612-498: The name 'Aberdeen City Council'. The council has been under no overall control since 2002. Following the 2022 election a Scottish National Party and Liberal Democrats coalition took control of the council. The first election to the City of Aberdeen District Council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 16 May 1975. A shadow authority
646-437: The needs of the growing urban area. A separate police commission was established in 1795 with powers to levy taxes and provide infrastructure ('police' in this context being its older meaning of civic government rather than law enforcement). The first police commission was short-lived, but it was resurrected in 1818 after the town council went bankrupt in 1817. From 1818 until 1871 there was a dual system of local government, with
680-433: The neighbouring Marischal College . Aberdeen was made a royal burgh by David I (reigned 1124–1153). The burgh of Aberdeen was governed by a corporation, also known as the town council. Elections for the council were only introduced in 1833. Prior to that the council was not an elected body; when vacancies arose the existing council appointed successors. As Aberdeen grew, the council's powers were inadequate to cater for
714-399: The regions and districts created in 1975 and established 32 single-tier council areas across Scotland. The existing City of Aberdeen District became one of the new council areas. The 1994 Act named the new council area 'City of Aberdeen', but this was changed to 'Aberdeen City' by a council resolution on 9 May 1995, before the new council area came into force, allowing the new council to take
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#1732772088929748-420: The river in 1891, the city straddled the two counties. Aberdeen was made a county of itself in 1899, removing the city from the two counties for lieutenancy and other purposes as well as local government functions. The city boundaries were subsequently enlarged several times, gaining further territory from both Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire, notably in 1935, 1952 and 1970. Local government across Scotland
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816-515: The town council and police commission having different roles in Aberdeen's administration. The police commission was eventually abolished in 1871 and its functions absorbed by the town council. Aberdeen was historically part of Aberdeenshire , but the functions affecting the burgh which operated at county level were relatively few, largely being limited to judicial functions and lieutenancy . When elected county councils were created in 1890 under
850-834: Was a candidate as third on the Labour Party list for North East Scotland , but was not elected. As an active member of the House of Lords , Sewel chaired the European Union Select Committee in Agriculture, the Environment and Fisheries and was a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly . His interests include enlargement of the European Union and of NATO , constitutional change and rural development. Sewel
884-462: Was again elected in 1995 ahead of the change to council areas which came into force on 1 April 1996. Political control since 1975 has been as follows: City of Aberdeen District Council Aberdeen City Council The role of Lord Provost of Aberdeen is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 1996 have been: Aberdeen City Council currently comprises 45 councillors, who represent
918-577: Was born on 15 January 1946. He was educated at Hanson Boys' Grammar School and Durham University (BA, 1967) before taking his MSc degree at University College of Wales, Swansea in 1970, and a PhD from the University of Aberdeen in 1977. Sewel joined the University of Aberdeen as a research fellow in the Department of Politics in 1969. During the next three decades he worked in the Departments of Education and Political Economy and also
952-411: Was built in 1874 and substantially extended in 1975, including a new council chamber. The council's main offices are now in the neighbouring Marischal College . The council moved into the renovated former college building in 2011. Before May 2007, councillors represented 43 single-member wards election on a first-past-the-post basis. On 3 May 2007, the single transferable vote system was used for
986-648: Was created Baron Sewel , of Gilcomstoun in the District of the City of Aberdeen , and became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Scottish Office from 1997 to 1999, serving as the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries. As such he piloted the Scotland Act 1998 through Parliament and helped draft the plans for the new Scottish Parliament. At the first election to the Parliament, Sewel
1020-478: Was elected Chairman of Committees on 9 May 2012, whereupon he gave up the Labour whip and sat as a non-affiliated member in the House of Lords. He resigned as Chairman of Committees on 26 July 2015 after The Sun released hidden camera footage seemingly showing him snorting white powder (widely reported in the media to be cocaine ) at a party with prostitutes. In the same video he described David Cameron as
1054-465: Was elected Depute Provost. SNP Group Leader Alex Nicoll and Liberal Democrat Group Leader Ian Yuill became Co-Leaders of the Council. Following the 2022 election and a subsequent by-election in February 2023 and changes of allegiance up to October 2023, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. Council meetings are held at Aberdeen Town House on Broad Street , which
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1088-714: Was first elected to political office as an Aberdeen District Councillor in 1974, serving as council leader from 1977 to 1980, and also as president of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities from 1982 to 1984. Sewel was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1984 New Year Honours . Later, he was an influential member of the Scottish Constitutional Convention from 1994 to 1995. On 10 January 1996 he
1122-513: Was formerly governed by a corporation from when it was made a burgh in the twelfth century until 1975. Between 1975 and 1996 the city was governed by City of Aberdeen District Council, a lower-tier authority within the Grampian region. The council has been under no overall control since 2002. Since 2022 it has been led by a Scottish National Party and Liberal Democrat coalition. It meets at Aberdeen Town House and has its main offices at
1156-537: Was reorganised in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 , which replaced the counties, burghs and landward districts with a two-tier system of regions and districts . One of the districts was called 'City of Aberdeen', which formed part of the Grampian region. City of Aberdeen District Council was therefore a lower-tier district authority, with upper-tier regional functions being provided by Grampian Regional Council. The City of Aberdeen district covered
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