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Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

: ''A' Choille an Ear'', Scots: ''Eastwid'') was a

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in the

Strathclyde Strathclyde ( in Gaelic, meaning "strath (valley) of the River Clyde") was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government et ...

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from 1975 to 1996, lying south-west of the

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. It is now part of

East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire ( sco, Aest Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975, it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas ...

Local government

The district was named after the larger

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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 Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Re ...

. 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 wh ...

) to form the

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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

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constituency was renamed ''

'' in 2005. The Holyrood constituency retains its original name.

References

Districts of Scotland East Renfrewshire Civil parishes of Scotland Giffnock History of Renfrewshire Newton Mearns Clarkston, East Renfrewshire {{EastRenfrewshire-geo-stub

Local government

Electoral history

District result maps

Constituencies

See also

References