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55°52′N 4°16′W / 55.86°N 4.26°W / 55.86; -4.26

This article is about the city's administration from 1975 to 1996. For for the current administration, see Glasgow City Council.
City of Glasgow

Glasgow district's wards in 1984
Population
 • 1994681,470
History
 • Created1975
 • Abolished1996
 • Succeeded byGlasgow City Council
StatusDistrict
GovernmentCity of Glasgow District Council
 • HQGlasgow City Chambers[1]

City of Glasgow (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Ghlaschu) was a local government district in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996.[2]

Local Government

As its name suggests, the district (one of 19 overall across the Strathclyde region, which contained more than half of Scotland's population) almost entirely comprised the city of Glasgow which was located within the historic county of Lanarkshire, although for most purposes had operated under its own controlling body, the Glasgow Corporation, since 1893.

In the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 leading to its creation, the district's desired composition was described as:[3]

  • The county of the city of Glasgow. In the county of Lanark—the burgh of Rutherglen; in the Eighth district, the electoral divisions of Bankhead, Cambuslang Central, Cambuslang North, Hallside, Rutherglen, and those parts of Cambuslang South and Carmunnock electoral divisions lying outwith the designated area of East Kilbride New Town; in the Ninth district, the electoral divisions of Baillieston, Garrowhill, Mount Vernon and Carmyle, Springboig.

This reorganisation extended the city boundaries to include adjacent parts of Lanarkshire, including the historic burgh of Rutherglen and its environs plus neighbouring Cambuslang, which had previously resisted the advances of Glasgow into its territory.

The high population of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, in comparison to other parts of Scotland presented issues for planners. With a population of around 680,000, its district was far bigger than the next-largest (Edinburgh, c. 410,000) which itself was double the size of the third-largest (Aberdeen, c 210,000). Glasgow was also the capital of the powerful Strathclyde region,[4] with the district offices at Glasgow City Chambers and the Strathclyde Regional Council offices about 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) to the west at India Street.[5][6]

During the two decades of the district's existence, the city successfully emerged from a period of serious economic decline and negative reputation to present itself as a modern city and tourist destination, exemplified by the Glasgow's miles better civic marketing campaign[7][8] which was followed by the success of the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988 and recognition as the European City of Culture in 1990.[9]

The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 abolished all of the districts and regions.[10] The City of Glasgow District territory became the Glasgow City unitary council area; the boundaries remained largely the same as the Glasgow District, other than the (four wards) of Cambuslang and Rutherglen being re-allocated to South Lanarkshire.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Glasgow City Council: Tour of Chambers, The Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra, 31 July 2019
  2. ^ City of Glasgow, Undiscovered Scotland
  3. ^ "New Local Government areas". Hansard. 22 October 1973. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ^ Region hands over reins after 21 years, The Herald, 18 March 1996
  5. ^ Clive House (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection, Bulletin Photographs, c 1980), The Glasgow Story
  6. ^ Final stage of demolition of Strathclyde Regional Council HQ begins, Evening Times, 10 March 2015
  7. ^ Why Glasgow was 'miles better', BBC News, 23 June 2008
  8. ^ Looking back at when Glasgow was 'Miles Better' 36 years on, Glasgow Live, 16 October 2018
  9. ^ Looking back at Glasgow's year as European Capital of Culture 30 years on, Glasgow Live, 10 January 2020
  10. ^ A cry of 'Gerrymander' as Strathclyde is axed, The Independent, 18 July 1993
  11. ^ Rutherglen residents not interested in Glasgow return, Daily Record, 9 April 2017
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