Aberdeen City Council
| Aberdeen City Council Aiberdeen Ceitie Cooncil Comhairle Cathair Obar Dheathain |
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| Admin HQ | Aberdeen |
| Government | |
| • Body | Aberdeen City Council |
| • Control | Lab + Con + Ind (council NOC) |
| • MPs |
Callum McCaig Alex Salmond Kirsty Blackman |
| • MSPs |
Mark McDonald Kevin Stewart Maureen Watt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 71.7 sq mi (185.7 km2) |
| Area rank | Ranked 25th |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 230,400 |
| • Rank | Ranked 8th |
| • Density | 3,200/sq mi (1,240/km2) |
| ONS code | S12000033 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-ABE |
| Website | aberdeencity.gov.uk |
Aberdeen City Council represents the Aberdeen City council area of Scotland.
The council area was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. However, a sense of Aberdeen as a city, with its own city council, can be traced back to 1900, when the county of the city of Aberdeen was created.
In 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, counties of cities were abolished. The area of the former county of a city was combined with Bucksburn, Dyce, Newhills, Old Machar, Peterculter and the Stoneywood areas of the county of Aberdeen, and the Nigg area of the county of Kincardine, (including Cove Bay) to form the Aberdeen district of the Grampian region. This district became the now existing unitary council area in 1996.
On 9 May 1995, by resolution under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the City of Aberdeen Council changed the name of the local government area of "City of Aberdeen" to "Aberdeen City".
Between 2003 and 2007, the council was under the control of a Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition, holding 23 of the 43 seats on the council. Prior to the 2003 election, the council had been considered a Labour stronghold. Following the May 2007 election, contested for the first time using a system of proportional representation, the Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party (SNP) formed a coalition to run the council, holding 27 of the 43 seats (following an SNP by election gain from the Conservatives on 16 August 2007, the coalition held 28 of the 43 seats). Two Liberal Democrat councillors became independents during this period due to personal controversies, while the Conservative group split in August 2010, with two councillors forming the Independent Alliance Group.
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