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West Dunbartonshire
Summary
West Dunbartonshire (Wast Dunbairtonshire; Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar, ˈʃirɣəxk ɣum ˈpɾjɛht̪ən̪ɣ əɲ ˈiəɾ) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The area lies to the north-west of the Glasgow City council area and contains many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages. West Dunbartonshire also borders Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and Stirling.
The council area was formed in 1996 from the former Clydebank district and the eastern part of Dumbarton district, which had both been part of Strathclyde Region.
West Dunbartonshire has three main urban areas: Clydebank, Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven. The area also includes the intervening rural areas, including the Kilpatrick Hills and the south-eastern bank of Loch Lomond. The council is based at 16 Church Street in Dumbarton, although Clydebank is the largest town.
West Dunbartonshire was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which abolished the regions and districts which had been created in 1975, replacing them with unitary council areas. West Dunbartonshire covered the area of the abolished Clydebank district and the eastern part of Dumbarton district. In a referendum in 1994 the largely rural western part of the old Dumbarton district, including the town of Helensburgh, had voted to join Argyll and Bute rather than stay with Dumbarton.
The 1994 act originally named the new district "Dumbarton and Clydebank", but the shadow authority elected in 1995 requested a change of name to "West Dunbartonshire", which was agreed by the government before the new council area came into force.
The area is divided into 17 community council areas, 10 of which have community councils as at 2023 (being those with asterisks in the list below):
Alexandria*
Balloch and Haldane
Bonhill and Dalmonach*
Bowling and Milton*
Clydebank East*
Dalmuir and Mountblow
Dumbarton East and Central*
Dumbarton North
Dumbarton West
Duntocher and Hardgate
Faifley*
Kilmaronock*
Linnvale and Drumry
Old Kilpatrick*
Parkhall, North Kilbowie and Central*
Renton
Silverton and Overtoun*
The council comprises 22 councillors elected from 6 wards.
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