Scots council election changes consultation begins
A PUBLIC consultation on plans to change the number of elected politicians on Scotland’s councils gets underway today.
The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland is proposing changes that would see fewer elected representatives on 15 of the country’s 32 councils. The Commission is calling for 11 areas to have more councillors than at present, and for numbers to stay the same on six.
For the first time the number of councillors the Commission is recommending takes into account levels of deprivation in an area, as well as its population.
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