East Dunbartonshire
Council area of Scotland
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| July 2024 | Changes in council allegiances completed, finalizing the political composition of East Dunbartonshire Council by July 2024. |
| 2023 | As of this year, twelve out of thirteen community council areas in East Dunbartonshire have active community councils, indicating ongoing local governance and community organization efforts. |
| 2022 | Local council election held in East Dunbartonshire, resulting in a new council composition with 8 Scottish National Party councillors, 5 Scottish Liberal Democrats, 4 Scottish Labour, 2 Scottish Conservatives, and 3 Independent politicians. |
| May 2022 | Vaughan Moody and Andrew Polson's co-leadership concludes. |
| May 19 2022 | Gordan Low of Scottish National Party returns as council leader. |
| March 20 2018 | Vaughan Moody from Scottish Liberal Democrats and Andrew Polson from Scottish Conservatives become co-leaders of the council. |
| March 20 2018 | Vaughan Moody of Scottish Liberal Democrats becomes co-leader of the council. |
| 2017 | A national boundary and population review resulted in a reduction of East Dunbartonshire wards from eight to seven, and the number of councillors decreased from 24 to 22 for the local elections. |
| December 21 2017 | Gordan Low's initial term as council leader ends. |
| May 23 2017 | Gordan Low of Scottish National Party becomes council leader. |
| October 2016 | The Legatum Prosperity Index revealed East Dunbartonshire as the most prosperous council area in Scotland and the ninth most prosperous in the United Kingdom. |
| 2015 | Tom Johnston House, the former council headquarters, is demolished. |
| 2012 | East Dunbartonshire Council moves to new premises at 12 Strathkelvin Place in Kirkintilloch, part of the Southbank Marina development. |
| 2010 | East Dunbartonshire was ranked third in Scotland in the Halifax Quality of Life survey. |
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