Milngavie is one of the seven
wards used to elect members of the
East Dunbartonshire Council
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...
. It elects three Councillors. Its territory (which has not altered since its creation in 2007) consists of the entire
burgh
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of
Milngavie
Milngavie ( ; gd, Muileann-Ghaidh) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland and a suburb of Glasgow. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden. Mi ...
, and a sparsely populated hinterland to its north-west, bordering the
West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire ( sco, Wast Dunbairtonshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar, ) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The area lies to the west of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's commuter to ...
and
Stirling
Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
local authority areas. In 2020, the ward had a population of 13,572.
Electoral Ward Milngavie
Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022
Councillors
Election results
2022 election
2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election
The East Dunbartonshire Council election of 2022 was held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proport ...
2017 election
2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
2012 election
2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 24 Councillors being el ...
2007 election
2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election
References
{{Wards of East Dunbartonshire
Wards of East Dunbartonshire
Milngavie