Bishopbriggs South is one of the seven

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used to elect members of the

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. Created in 2007, it elects three Councillors. As its name suggests, its territory consists of the southern part of the

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Bishopbriggs Bishopbriggs (; ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the northern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately from the Glasgow city centre, city centre. Shires of Scotland, Historically in Lanarkshire, the area was once part of ...

(including

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), bordering the city of

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further south; following a 2017 boundary review, some streets in the west of the town (between the

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railway tracks and the Bishopbriggs Burn) were added from the ''Bishopbriggs North and Torrance'' ward, but the number of representatives did not change. In 2020, the ward had a population of 15,868.Electoral Ward Bishopbriggs South

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Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022

Councillors

Election results

2022 election

2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election The East Dunbartonshire Council election of 2022 was held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of propor ...

2017 election

2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election 2017 Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on Thursday 4 May, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, a reduction of one fro ...

2012 election

2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 24 Councillors being e ...

2009 by-election

2007 election

2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. This election was the first to use eight new multi-member wards crea ...

References

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