Eastwood (
Scottish Gaelic: ''A' Choille an Ear'',
Scots: ''Eastwid'') was a
local government district in the
Strathclyde region of
Scotland from 1975 to 1996, lying south-west of the
City of Glasgow. It is now part of
East Renfrewshire.
Local government
The district was named after the larger
civil parish of Eastwood, itself named after a long-vanished woodland.
Eaglesfield - Edenton , British History Online
Eastwood, or Pollock, ''Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, 1846 (British History Online)] The Local Government district was formed from the area of the First District of the former counties of Scotland, county of Renfrewshire. It was one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region. The council's headquarters were at Giffnock.
The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 abolished all of the districts and regions. The Eastwood District was merged with a few parts of the Renfrew District
Renfrew District ( gd, Sgìre Rinn Friù) was one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, which existed between 1975 and 1996.Barrhead
Barrhead ( sco, Baurheid, gd, Ceann a' Bharra) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.
History
Barrhead was formed when ...
) to form the East Renfrewshire unitary council area
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
.
Electoral history
District result maps
File:Eastwood District Council election, 1984.svg, 1980 results map
File:Eastwood District Council election, 1984.svg, 1984 results map
File:Eastwood District Council election, 1988.svg, 1988 results map
File:Eastwood District Council election, 1992.svg, 1992 results map
Constituencies
The Eastwood Westminster constituency was created in 1983, and the Eastwood Holyrood constituency, with the same boundaries, in 1999.
The Westminster constituency was renamed '' East Renfrewshire'' in 2005. The Holyrood constituency retains its original name.
See also
* Subdivisions of Scotland
For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" ( gd, comhairlean), which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils". They have the option under the Local Government (Ga ...
References
Districts of Scotland
East Renfrewshire
Civil parishes of Scotland
Giffnock
History of Renfrewshire
Newton Mearns
Clarkston, East Renfrewshire
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