East Renfrewshire
| East Renfrewshire Aest Renfrewshire Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear |
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| Coordinates: 55°47′54″N 4°17′27″W / 55.7984°N 4.2907°WCoordinates: 55°47′54″N 4°17′27″W / 55.7984°N 4.2907°W | |
| Admin HQ | Giffnock |
| Government | |
| • Body | East Renfrewshire Council |
| • Control | Lab + SNP + Ind (council NOC) |
| • MPs |
Kirsten Oswald (SNP – East Renfrewshire) |
| • MSPs | • Jackson Carlaw (Conservative – Eastwood) • Tom Arthur (SNP – Renfrewshire South) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 67.3 sq mi (174.3 km2) |
| Area rank | Ranked 28th |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 92,900 |
| • Rank | Ranked 23rd |
| • Density | 1,380/sq mi (533/km2) |
| ONS code | S12000011 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-ERW |
| Website | http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/ |
East Renfrewshire (Scots: Aest Renfrewshire, Scottish Gaelic: 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 of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde. Although no longer a local authority area, Renfrewshire still remains the registration county and lieutenancy area of East Renfrewshire.
The East Renfrewshire local authority was formed in 1996, as a successor to the Eastwood district, along with Barrhead, which came from Renfrew district. It borders onto the City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire.
The leader of East Renfrewshire Council is Cllr Jim Fletcher (Labour - Giffnock & Thornliebank) and the Civic Leader is Provost Alastair Carmichael (SNP).
The following six persons have been appointed as Honorary Freeman of East Renfrewshire under section 206 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 for being persons of distinction or persons who have rendered eminent service to the area:
Walter McCreadie, JP (Former councillor of Renfrew District Council and East Renfrewshire Council)
Marianne Grant (Holocaust survivor)
Alex McLeish (Former manager of Scotland football team)
Sir Harry Burns (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland)
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