West Dunbartonshire

This article is about the West Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. For other uses, see West Dunbartonshire (disambiguation).

West Dunbartonshire Wast Dunbartonshire Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Iar
Coat of arms
Location
Geography
Area	Ranked 31st
- Total	159 km2 (61 sq mi)
Admin HQ	Dumbarton
ISO 3166-2	GB-WDU
ONS code	00QG
Demographics
Population	Ranked 22nd
- Total (2010 est.)	90,600
- Density	570/km2
Politics
West Dunbartonshire Council http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/
Control
Labour
MPs	Gemma Doyle
MSPs	Jackie Baillie Gil Paterson

West Dunbartonshire (Scots: Wast Dunbartonshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Iar, pronounced [ʃirˠəxk ɣumˈpɾʲɛʰt̪ɪɲ ə ɲiəɾ]) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The council area borders onto the west of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages, as well as the city's suburbs. West Dunbartonshire also borders onto Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and Stirling.

The area was formed on 1 April 1996 from part of the former Strathclyde Region, namely the entire district of Clydebank and the Dumbarton district less the Helensburgh area. In the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 that created the council area its name was Dumbarton and Clydebank. The council, elected as a shadow authority in 1995, resolved to change the name of the area to West Dunbartonshire.

The area is essentially composed of three parts: the towns of Clydebank, Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven district.

West Dunbartonshire is administered from Dumbarton, although Clydebank is the largest town.

Governance and politics

The council is run by 22 councillors elected from 6 wards. All Scottish local authorities were last elected in 2012; in West Dunbartonshire, the following parties were elected:

• Scottish Labour Party 12
• Scottish National Party 6
• Independent 3
• Scottish Socialist Party 1

The Labour Party regained control of the council from the SNP/independent coalition at the 2012 local election.

Towns and villages

• Alexandria
• Balloch
• Bonhill
• Bowling
• Clydebank
• Dalmuir
• Drumry
• Dumbarton
• Duntocher
• Faifley
• Hardgate
• Jamestown
• Milton
• Old Kilpatrick
• Renton

Whitecrook

Places of interest

• Erskine Bridge
• Dumbarton Castle
• Inchmurrin, the largest fresh water island in the British Isles.
• Kilpatrick Hills
• Loch Lomond
• Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
• River Leven

External links

• West Dunbartonshire at the Open Directory Project