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Local Government

1975 - 1996

From 1975 to 1996 Scotland was split into nine mainland regions, each of which was further split into a number of districts:

  • Borders (Berwickshire; Ettrick and Lauderdale; Roxburgh; Tweeddale)
  • Central (Clackmannan; Falkirk; Stirling)
  • Dumfries and Galloway (Annandale and Eskdale; Nithsdale; Stewartry; Wigtown)
  • Fife (Dunfermline; Kirkcaldy; North-East Fife)
  • Grampian (Aberdeen; Banff and Buchan; Gordon; Kincardine and Deeside; Moray)
  • Highland (Badenoch and Strathspey; Caithness; Inverness; Lochaber; Nairn; Ross and Cromarty; Skye and Lochalsh; Sutherland)
  • Lothian (East Lothian; Edinburgh; Midlothian; West Lothian)
  • Strathclyde (Argyll; Bearsden and Milngavie; Clydebank; Clydesdale; Cumbernauld and Kilsyth;
    Cumnock and Doon Valley; Cunninghame; Dumbarton; East Kilbride; Eastwood; Glasgow; Hamilton; Inverclyde; Kilmarnock and Loudoun; Kyle and Carrick; Monklands; Motherwell; Renfrew; Strathkelvin)
  • Tayside (Angus; Dundee; Perth and Kinross)

In addition there were three island council areas:

  • Orkney
  • Shetland
  • Western Isles

Before 1975, the country was split in to 33 council areas; in 1996 the country was reorganised, this time in to 32 council areas.

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