Dundee City Council is the

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authority for the City of Dundee. It was created in 1996 under the

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History

Dundee City became a single-tier council in 1996, under the

, with the boundaries of the City of Dundee

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of the

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, minus a

Monifieth Monifieth is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the east coast. In 2016, the population of Monifieth was estimated at 8,110, making it the fifth larges ...

area and part of a Sidlaw area, which were transferred from the city area to the new council area of

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. The city district was also the administrative centre for the region. The new city council area was named ''The City of Dundee'' in the legislation of 1994, but this was changed to ''Dundee City'' by a council resolution on 29 June 1995, under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65). In terms of area, it is the smallest of Scotland's council areas. The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to include: the former

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of Dundee; a Monifieth area, including the burgh of Monifieth (but not Newtyle and Kettins areas), previously within the

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; and a Longforgan area previously within the

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. The county of city was created in 1894, and the city area has included the burgh of

Broughty Ferry Broughty Ferry (; Scottish Gaelic: ''Bruach Tatha''; Scots: ''Brochtie'') is a suburb of Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 191 ...

since 1913. Dundee has been a

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since 1191.

Elections

Elections to the council are held on a five-year cycle. Councillors are elected from subdivisions of the city area called wards. They were previously elected from 29 single-member wards by the plurality (

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) voting system. As a result of the

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, eight new wards were introduced for the 2007 election, each electing three or four members by the

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system of election, to produce a form of

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. The total number of councillors remained the same. The last election to take place was on 5 May 2022 which resulted in the SNP gaining a majority for the first time since 2019 after gaining a seat from Labour in the West End ward. The election saw the Liberal Democrats replace the Conservatives as the third largest party whilst Labour remained in opposition. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats won seats at the expense of the Conservatives who lost two of their three seats in the West End and The Ferry wards.

Wards

Criticism

In 2021 during the

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, the council was criticised for not publishing bus timetable information at bus stops.

Notes

References

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