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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Table 1E4 Political affiliation of local councillors

Council area

Administration

Councillors

Total

Conserv-

ative

Labour

Liberal
Democrat

Scottish
Nationalist

Independent

Others
Scotland  

1,245

84

605

133

182

216

20
 
Aberdeen City

Labour

50

9

29

11

1

-

-
Aberdeenshire

Lib Dem & Independent

47

5

-

16

13

11

2
Angus

Scottish Nationalist

26

2

-

2

21

1

-
Argyll & Bute

Independent

33

2

2

4

5

20

-
Clackmannan

Labour

12

1

8

-

3

-

-
Dumfries & Galloway

Independent & Lib Dem

70

2

20

10

9

29

-
Dundee City

Labour

36

4

28

-

3

-

1
East Ayrshire

Labour

31

-

22

-

9

-

-
East Dunbartonshire

Labour

26

2

15

9

-

-

-
East Lothian

Labour

18

3

15

-

-

-

-
East Renfrewshire

Labour & Liberal Dem

20

9

8

2

-

-

1
Edinburgh, City of

Labour

58

14

32

10

1

-

1
Eilean Siar1

Independent

30

-

5

-

-

25

-
Falkirk

Labour

36

2

22

-

8

4

-
Fife

Labour

92

-

53

25

10

2

2
Glasgow, City of

Labour

82

3

73

1

4

-

1
Highland

Independent

72

1

6

8

7

50

-
Inverclyde

Labour

20

1

13

6

-

-

-
Midlothian

Labour

15

-

14

-

1

-

-
Moray

Scottish Nationalist

18

-

3

-

11

2

2
North Ayrshire

Labour

30

1

27

-

1

1

-
North Lanarkshire

Labour

69

-

59

-

8

2

-
Orkney

Independent

28

-

-

-

-

28

-
Perth & Kinross

Scottish Nationalist

34

2

8

5

18

1

-
Renfrewshire

Labour

40

2

20

3

14

1

-
Scottish Borders

Ind & 3-party coalition

57

3

4

15

7

22

6
Shetland Islands

Independent

26

-

2

4

-

16

4
South Ayrshire

Labour

25

5

20

-

-

-

-
South Lanarkshire

Labour

72

2

60

2

7

1

-
Stirling

Labour

22

8

12

-

2

-

-
West Dunbartonshire

Labour

21

-

13

-

8

-

-
West Lothian

Labour

27

1

15

-

11

-

-

Source: Scottish Local Government Information Unit
1 Formerly known as Western Isles.
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