111:(Cmnd.2067). This proposed a large decrease in the number of local authorities in the country. There was to be a reduction from thirty-three county councils to between ten and fifteen. At the same time, new "second-tier councils" were proposed, with burghs being merged with the surrounding "landward" rural areas. The minimum population for the areas of these councils was to be 40,000. It was hoped that the reforms could be carried out quickly, with existing authorities agreeing to amalgamation and boundary alterations prior to legislation being passed. The white paper was rejected by the Association of Large Burghs, and by the
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was appointed in 1966 to enquire into local administration. Wheatley commented that "Our terms of reference are far-reaching: we have a free hand to recommend whatever arrangement of authorities, boundaries and functions seem likely to be right for a long time to come".
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The top tier of local government was the regional council. Services provided at the regional level were those needing greater finance or resources, or best exercised over a wide area. These included police, fire services, consumer protection, education and transport.
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According to minutes of district council meetings on 21 May and 27 August 1974 the name of the Argyll district was scheduled to change to Argyll and Bute on 1 September 1974, in accordance with the terms of section 23 of the Local
Government (Scotland) Act
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The first elections to the new district and regional councils were held on 7 May 1974, with the councillors sitting as "shadow authorities" until 16 May 1975 when they came into their powers.
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The 1994 Act created 29 new unitary local government areas, which completely replaced the regions and districts on 1 April 1996. The islands council areas continued in use and, therefore,
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was delivered on 25 September 1969, and recommended a two-tier system of 7 regions and 37 districts. The incoming
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Labour came to power, and the scheme was not pursued. Instead a
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514:List of local government areas in Scotland 1930–75
109:The Modernization of Local Government in Scotland
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63:Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994
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1514:"Scottish White Paper "Unacceptable"".
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1565:"Pay for Scottish councillors urged".
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141:Reform of Local Government in Scotland
72:, and this system completely replaced
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85:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889
59:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
55:local government areas of Scotland
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1591:Parliament of the United Kingdom
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2222:Former local government regions
1618:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1571:. 26 September 1969. p. 4.
1122:(originally named Cumbernauld)
2756:Scottish history-related lists
1:
1438:Lieutenancy areas of Scotland
1531:"South-East Plan Attacked".
1500:. 28 June 1963. p. 10.
716:(originally named Merrick)
61:and redefined again by the
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1537:. 6 April 1964. p. 6.
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2026:Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
1920:Badenoch and Strathspey
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1119:Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
865:Badenoch and Strathspey
220:Region or islands area
2071:Kilmarnock and Loudoun
2011:Bearsden and Milngavie
1897:Kincardine and Deeside
1754:Ettrick and Lauderdale
1728:Local government areas
1256:Kilmarnock and Loudoun
1072:Bearsden and Milngavie
830:Kincardine and Deeside
568:Ettrick and Lauderdale
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2746:Districts of Scotland
2479:National scenic areas
2289:Geography of Scotland
2247:Parliamentary regions
1821:Annandale and Eskdale
1734:, in use 1975 to 1996
668:Annandale and Eskdale
663:Dumfries and Galloway
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264:Dumfries and Galloway
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117:1964 general election
113:Scottish Labour Party
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2494:World Heritage Sites
1459:Notes and references
1433:Counties of Scotland
1058:(originally Argyll)
2741:Regions of Scotland
2694:Scotland portal
2392:Mountains and hills
2166:unitary authorities
292:Newtown St Boswells
133:commission's report
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2499:Conservation areas
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1945:Ross and Cromarty
1676:978-0-85021-247-1
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2207:Subdivisions
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2133:Island areas
2016:Strathkelvin
1988:West Lothian
1973:East Lothian
1811:Dumfries and
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553:Berwickshire
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103:published a
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2675:Land Reform
2598:Settlements
2517:Agriculture
2439:Environment
2336:Coastal Way
2036:Cunninghame
1998:Strathclyde
1854:Dunfermline
1791:Clackmannan
1414:now has 32
1151:Cunninghame
1126:Cumbernauld
1050:Strathclyde
740:Dunfermline
735:Dunfermline
618:Clackmannan
242:Strathclyde
228:(hectares)
184:city status
105:white paper
2730:Categories
2670:Demography
2620:Twin towns
2424:Waterfalls
2312:Historic:
2091:Motherwell
2081:Clydesdale
2066:Inverclyde
1983:Midlothian
1955:Sutherland
1306:Motherwell
1301:Motherwell
1291:Coatbridge
1261:Kilmarnock
1241:Inverclyde
1102:Clydesdale
1020:Midlothian
995:Haddington
970:Sutherland
835:Stonehaven
573:Galashiels
538:Population
532:Districts
428:2,539,759
358:Glenrothes
255:2,286,800
252:1,350,283
95:Background
2625:by county
2579:Districts
2387:Moorlands
2086:Monklands
2041:Dumbarton
2021:Clydebank
1978:Edinburgh
1930:Inverness
1925:Caithness
1859:Kirkcaldy
1831:Stewartry
1826:Nithsdale
1764:Tweeddale
1643:The Times
1568:The Times
1551:The Times
1534:The Times
1517:The Times
1497:The Times
1406:Abolition
1286:Monklands
1171:Dumbarton
1166:Dumbarton
1092:Clydebank
1087:Clydebank
1010:Edinburgh
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895:Inverness
880:Caithness
870:Kingussie
820:Inverurie
755:Kirkcaldy
750:Kirkcaldy
720:Stranraer
698:Stewartry
683:Nithsdale
598:Tweeddale
508:Districts
483:Not shown
459:Not shown
446:Stornoway
424:Inverness
420:(region)
398:(region)
376:(region)
354:(region)
332:(region)
314:Edinburgh
310:(region)
288:(region)
266:(region)
244:(region)
233:estimate
166:Structure
115:. At the
2705:Category
2637:Toponymy
2532:Forestry
2522:Crofting
2510:Land use
2429:Wetlands
2296:Physical
2211:Scotland
2145:Shetland
2061:Hamilton
2051:Eastwood
1935:Lochaber
1912:Highland
1882:Aberdeen
1874:Grampian
1813:Galloway
1801:Stirling
1759:Roxburgh
1732:Scotland
1625:12 March
1597:12 March
1422:See also
1412:Scotland
1399:129,070
1384:171,520
1325:201,000
1310:143,730
1295:102,379
1280:112,658
1246:Greenock
1235:105,202
1231:Hamilton
1226:Hamilton
1220:681,470
1201:Giffnock
1196:Eastwood
1160:139,020
1077:Bearsden
1044:146,430
1040:Bathgate
1025:Dalkeith
1014:418,914
945:Dingwall
910:Lochaber
860:Highland
794:213,000
790:Aberdeen
780:Grampian
759:148,450
744:129,830
688:Dumfries
653:Stirling
648:Stirling
642:142,800
583:Roxburgh
540:estimate
494:Kirkwall
474:143,268
464:Shetland
450:289,798
431:206,900
418:Highland
409:528,100
406:869,772
402:Aberdeen
396:Grampian
387:395,200
384:749,650
365:351,200
362:131,201
343:272,900
340:263,455
336:Stirling
321:750,600
318:171,595
299:105,300
296:471,253
277:147,900
274:639,561
270:Dumfries
149:Shetland
77:counties
24:Overview
2715:Commons
2610:capital
2589:Regions
2567:history
2527:Fishing
2464:Climate
2419:Springs
2397:highest
2382:Meadows
2372:Islands
2355:Geology
2350:Forests
2106:Tayside
2096:Renfrew
2056:Glasgow
1965:Lothian
1836:Wigtown
1796:Falkirk
1741:Borders
1369:96,500
1348:Tayside
1342:85,191
1321:Paisley
1316:Renfrew
1265:79,861
1250:90,103
1216:Glasgow
1205:60,600
1190:82,777
1175:77,222
1145:42,954
1141:Cumnock
1130:63,930
1113:58,290
1096:47,500
1081:41,000
1066:63,350
1029:79,910
999:85,140
985:Lothian
979:13,190
975:Golspie
964:11,870
960:Portree
949:49,184
934:10,600
919:19,195
904:62,245
889:26,710
874:10,399
854:83,616
839:54,990
824:77,080
809:88,020
774:69,930
724:30,077
713:Wigtown
707:23,690
692:57,220
677:37,130
657:81,630
638:Falkirk
633:Falkirk
627:47,643
613:Central
607:15,375
603:Peebles
592:35,350
577:35,000
562:19,350
548:Borders
529:Region
501:19,600
498:97,581
477:22,522
470:Lerwick
453:29,600
374:Tayside
330:Central
308:Lothian
286:Borders
248:Glasgow
217:on map
171:Regions
107:titled
2663:Social
2605:Cities
2489:Ramsar
2452:Breeds
2414:Rivers
2407:rescue
2402:ranges
2365:faults
2308:Border
2232:Burghs
2140:Orkney
2119:Dundee
1892:Gordon
1673:
1380:Dundee
1365:Forfar
1156:Irvine
1109:Lanark
815:Gordon
588:Hawick
488:Orkney
380:Dundee
145:Orkney
81:burghs
2615:Towns
2459:Flora
2447:Fauna
2377:Lakes
2326:Paths
2164:were
2114:Angus
1940:Nairn
1902:Moray
1690:1973.
1395:Perth
1360:Angus
930:Nairn
925:Nairn
850:Elgin
845:Moray
805:Banff
770:Cupar
673:Annan
623:Alloa
542:1994
2584:list
2303:Bays
2160:The
1846:Fife
1671:ISBN
1627:2009
1599:2009
885:Wick
730:Fife
558:Duns
352:Fife
226:Area
157:Fife
147:and
131:The
79:and
53:The
2209:of
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1276:Ayr
436:10
215:No.
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