- Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 3245 (S. 201)
The East Dunbartonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998
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| Made | 17th December 1998 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st January 1999 |
Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973[1], as read with Schedule 5 to that Act[2], the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 3rd April 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of East Dunbartonshire Council;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the East Dunbartonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
Interpretation
2. In the Schedule to this Order-
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(a) a reference to-
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(i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and
(b) the following abbreviations are used:-
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"EW" for electoral ward;
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"NG Ref" for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.
Electoral arrangements
3.
The area of East Dunbartonshire Council shall be divided into 24 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.
Henry B McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
17th December 1998
Ward 1 Barloch
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5389 7690 on the northern boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area at Craigallian Bridge; then generally southeastward along the said boundary to NG Ref NS 5627 7620; then southward to the path leading to Craigmaddie Reservoir; then southeastward and southwestward along the said path to the point where it crosses the Tinkers Burn; then generally southeastward along the said burn to Dowan Road; then southward along the said road to a point in line with the southern boundary of Beech Wood; then southwestward along the said boundary to the path leading to the A807 road; then generally southeastward along the said path to the A807 road; then southeastward along the said road to its junction with the B8049 road; then southwestward along the said road to the southern boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area; then northwestward and southward along the said boundary to Boclair Road; then southwestward along the said road to the line of the Antonine Wall leading to New Kilpatrick Cemetery; then generally northwestward along the said line of the Antonine Wall to the eastern boundary of the said Cemetery; then generally northwestward and southwestward along the eastern, northern and western boundaries of New Kilpatrick Cemetery to the path leading to the Glasgow to Milngavie Railway line; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the said railway line and continuing northwestward in a straight line to Woodburn Way; then southwestward along Woodburn Way to the point where it crosses the Allander Water; then northwestward along the said water to the point where it is crossed by Douglas Street; then southwestward along the said street to the junction with Clober Road; then northwestward along the said road to and continuing northwestward along to Balvie Road; then westward along the said road to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 53 Clober Road; then northward to and along the rear curtilages of Nos 53 to 87 Clober Road then eastward along the northern curtilage of 87 Clober Road; then northward to Craigton Road; then northwestward along the said road to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 91 Clober Road; then northward along the rear curtilages of Nos 91 to 145 Clober Road to the rear curtilage of No 46 Clochbar Avenue; then northwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 46 to 58 Clochbar Avenue to North Drumgoyne Avenue; then northwestward to and along the northern curtilages of Nos 28 and 23 North Drumgoyne Avenue and the continuation thereof to the rear curtilage of No 9 James Watt Road; then northward along the eastern curtilage of No 9 James Watt Road to James Watt Road; then northwestward along the said road to Crawford Road; then northward along Crawford Road to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 2 James Watt Road; then northwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 2 to 16 James Watt Road to Birrell Road; then westward along the said road to a point in line with the eastern curtilage No 1 Birrell Road; then southwestward along the said curtilage to and generally northward along the rear curtilages of Nos 1 to 10 Birrell Road, Nos 21 to 84 Blackwood Road and Nos 84 Crawford Road and the prolongation thereof to the path leading to Craigallian Bridge; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the said path to the point of commencement.
Ward 2 Clober
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5389 7690 where the western boundary of EW 1 meets the northern boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area; then generally southeastward along the said EW boundary to a point in line with the southern curtilage of No 47 Clober Road; then southwestward along the said curtilage to the rear curtilage of No 1 Balvie Road; then generally westward and northwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 1 to 21 Balvie Road to the western curtilage of No21 Balvie Road; then northeastward along the said curtilage to Balvie Road; then westward along the said road to Carbet Road; then southward along the said road to Craigielea Crescent; then northwestward along the said crescent to the lane leading to Balvie Road; then northward along the said lane to the southern curtilage of the Church; then westward and northward along the southern and western curtilages of the church to Kirk Street; then northwestward along the said street to the junction with Hunter Road; then southwestward and southeastward along the said road to the junction with Craigdhu Road; then generally southwestward along the said road to the junction with the A809 road; then northwestward along the said road to the southern boundary of Mains Plantation; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of Windyhill Golf Course; then generally northwestward and southwestward along the eastern and northern boundaries of the said golf course to and continuing southwestward along the line of field boundaries to the track leading to Cochni Road; then southwestward along the said track to Cochni Road and the western boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area; then generally northwestward, northeastward and southeastward along the western and northern boundaries of the said council area to the point of commencement.
Ward 3 Keystone
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5503 7459 where the southern boundary of EW 2 meets the western boundary of EW 1; then generally southeastward along the western boundary of EW 1 to the point where the Glasgow to Milngavie Railway line crosses the Craigdhu Burn; then westward and northwestward along the said burn to NG Ref NS 5485 7347; then northwestward along the line of field boundaries to the southern boundary of Craigdhu Primary School playing fields; then westward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of the said playing fields to the line of field boundaries at NG Ref NS 5454 7385; then westward to and northwestward along the line of field boundaries to Craigdhu Road and the southern boundary of EW 2; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 4 Baljaffray/Mosshead
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5418 7391 where the southern boundary of EW 2 meets the western boundary of EW 3; then generally southeastward along the western boundary of EW 3 to the point where the path leading to Glasgow Road crosses the Craigdhu Burn; then southwestward to the rear curtilage of No 74 Rowan Drive; then southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 76 to 104 Rowan Drive, Nos 8 to 12 Seafield Avenue to the northern curtilage of No 39 Oak Avenue to and southwestward along the curtilage of No 39 Oak Avenue; then southwestward and southeastward along the northern and rear curtilages of Nos 37 to 21 Oak Avenue and the western curtilage of No 76 Mosshead Road to the path leading to Stockiemuir Avenue; then northwestward and southwestward along the said path to the southern curtilage of No 33 Lovat Avenue; then westward along the said curtilage to and along the southern curtilages of No 36 Lovat Avenue, Nos 48 to 44 Montrose Drive and Nos 12 to 4 Tweedsmuir Crescent to Argyle Road; then westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 25 to 1 North Grange Road to Edgemill Road; then westward to and along the northern curtilage of No 33 Edgemill Road and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the footpath leading from Drymen Road to Stockmuir Road; then northwestward along the said footpath to the northern boundary of Court Hill; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the A809 road; then southwestward along the said road to the junction with the A810 road; then westward along the said road to the point where it crosses the Manse Burn; then northwestward along the said burn to the point where it is crossed by the B8050 road; then southwestward along the said road to the junction with the A810 road; then northwestward and southwestward along the said road to the western boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 2; then generally northeastward, southeastward and northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 5 Bearsden
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5580 7347 where the southern boundary of EW 3 meets the western boundary of EW 1; then generally southwestward along the western boundary of EW 1 to the southern boundary of EW 1; then continuing southwestward along the line of the Glasgow to Milngavie Railway line to the point where it is crossed by Roman Road; then northwestward along the said road to the junction with Douglas Place; then northwardalong the said road to New Kirk Road; then northeastward along the said road to Kirk Road; then westwards along the said road to the junction with Drymen Road then northwestward along the said road to the southern boundary of EW 4; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 6 Castlehill/Thorn
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5120 7296 where the southern boundary of EW 4 meets the western boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 4 to the western boundary of EW 5; then southeastward along the western boundary of EW5 to the junction of Glenburn Road and Drymen Road; then continuing southeastward along Drymen Road to and northwestward along Thorn Road to and along Thorn Drive to a point in line with the southern curtilage of No 11 Thorn Drive; then generally westward along the said curtilage to the rear curtilage of No 2 Westbourne Drive; then westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 2 to 48 Westbourne Drive; then southwestward along the western curtilage of No 48 Westbourne Drive to and northwestward along the path leading Southview to the eastern curtilage of Bearsden Golf Course; then southwestward along the said curtilage to the southern boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area; then generally northwestward along the southern and western boundaries of the said council area to the point of commencement.
Ward 7 Chapelton
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5323 7184 on the southern boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area where it meets the eastern boundary of EW 6; then generally northeastward, eastward, southeastward and northwestward along the said boundary to the western boundary of EW 5; then generally southeastward along the western and southern boundaries of EW 5 to the point where the A81 road crosses the Glasgow to Milngavie Railway line; then generally southward along the A81 road to Macfarlane Road; then generally southward along the said road to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 28 Macfarlane Road; then southeastward along the said curtilage to Second Avenue; then southwestward along the said avenue to Killermont Road; then southeastward along the said road to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 20 Milngavie Road; then generally southward along the rear curtilages of Nos 18 to 6 Milngavie Road to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 2 Killemont Road; then southwestward in a straight line to Maryhill Road; then northwestward along the said road and continuing westward to the A809 road; then northwestward along the said road to Canniesburn Road; then generally westward and southwestward along the said road to the junction with the road leading to Forth Road; then generally southward along the said road to Forth Road; then northeastward along Forth Road to Allender Road; then southward along Allender Road to Eskdale Road; then southwestward along Eskdale Road to the junction with the most westerly road leading to Spey Road; then southward along the road to Spey Road; then southwestward along Spey Road to Falloch Road; then northwestward along Falloch Road to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 112 Spey Road; then generally northward along the rear curtilages of Nos 114 to 128 Spey Road to Canniesburn Road; then southwestward along the said road to the southern boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area; then generally northward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 8 Westerton
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5328 7090 where the southern boundary of EW 7 meets the southern boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area; then generally southeastward, northeastward and southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 7 to the point where it meets the eastern boundary of EW 7 at Maryhill Road; then southeastward along the said road to the southern boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area; then generally southwestward, northwestward and northward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 9 Kessington
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5504 7207 where the eastern boundary of EW 7 meets the southern boundary of EW 5; then generally northeastward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 5 to and generally northeastward along the southern boundary of EW 1 to the southern boundary of East Dunbartonshire Council area; then generally southwestward, southeastward and southwestward along the said boundary to the point where it meets the northern boundary of EW 8; then northwestward along the said boundary to and along the eastern boundary of EW 7 to the point of commencement.
Ward 10 West Kirkintilloch and Torrance
Commencing at NG Ref NS 6074 7614; then generally eastward and southeastward by line of field boundaries to NG Ref NS 6236 7597; then southeastward, southwestward and southeastward by line of field boundaries to the unnamed burn leading to the Red Burn; then generally southeastward along the said unnamed burn to its confluence with the Red Burn; then generally southward along the Red Burn to its confluence with the River Kelvin; then generally northeastward along the said river to its confluence with the Luggie Water; then southeastward along the line of the Luggie Water to the point where it is crossed by Glasgow Road; then generally westward along the said road to its junction with New Lairdsland Road ; then southwestward along the said road to a point where it crosses the Forth and Clyde Canal then southwestward along the said canal to the point where it is crossed by Cowgate; then northwestward along Cowgate to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 4 Alexandra Street; then southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 12 to 42 Alexandra Street to Northbank Road; then southeastward along the said road to the junction with Northbank Avenue; then southwestward along the said avenue and continuing southeastward along the unnamed road leading to the Forth and Clyde Canal to the said canal; then generally southwestward and westward along the said canal to the point where it is crossed by Torrance Road; then generally northward and northwestward along the said road to and continuing northwestward along Balmore Road to the junction with Tower Road; then generally northwestward along the said road to the line of field boundaries at NG Ref NS 6098 7436; then generally northeastward along the line of field boundaries to the Shaw Burn; then northwestward and northeastward along the said burn to the point where it is crossed by Barraston Road; then northwestward along the said road to a point in line with the southern curtilage of the property known as Drumboyne; then northeastward in a straight line to and along the said curtilage; then northeastward in a straight line to the eastern curtilage of the property known as Leitchbank; then northward and westward along the eastern and northern curtilages of the said property to the line of a field boundary; then northward and southwestward along the line of field boundaries to Barraston Road; then northwestward along the said road to the line of field boundaries at NG Ref NS 6109 7529; then generally northwestward along the line of field boundaries and continuing northwestward in a straight line to the Red Burn; then northwestward along the line of the said burn and continuing northwestward in a straight line to the point of commencement.
Notes:
[1] 1973 c.65.back
[2] Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67).back
