Transcript Political Division of Scotland

Political Division of
Scotland
Ondřej Bačuvčík
General Information
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Area: 78,772 km²
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Population: 5 mil.
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Capital: Edinburgh
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Official languages: English, Gaelic, Scots
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Government: Constitutional monarchy
Politics
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United since 1707 under the United
Kingdom of Great Britain
Head of state: British monarch
(Queen Elizabeth II) (since 1952)
Limited self-government
Represented in the British House
of Commons by 59 MPs
Queen
Elisabeth II
Coat of Arms
Government
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Scottish Parliament – elected in 1999, Edinburgh
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Scottish Executive
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Local government
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Own system of laws, banking (own banknotes) and
education
Pound Sterling
Scottish Parliament
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Reestablished in 1999
At Holyrood, Edinburgh
Responsible for Scottish domestic affairs, including
taxes
129 Members (4 years)
Political Parties
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Labour Party - centre-left, unionist - 50 MSPs
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Scottish National Party (SNP) - centre-left, pro-independence
- 27 MSPs
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Conservative and Unionist Party - centre-right, unionist - 17
MSPs
Liberal Democrats - centre-left, federalist - 17 MSPs
Scottish Green Party - environmentalist, pro-independence - 7
MSPs
Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) - far-left, pro-independence - 4
MSPs
Scottish Executive
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Edinburgh
Led by a First Minister (Jack McConnelsince 2001)
Responsible for most of the issues of
day-to-day concern to the people of
Scotland, including health, education,
justice, rural affairs, and transport
Manages an annual budget
J. McConnel
Subdivisions of Scotland
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32 council areas were set up in 1996
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Governed by unitary authorities designated as
„Councils“, the head is Provost or Convenor
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The four main cities of Scotland: Glasgow, Edinburgh,
Aberdeen and Dundee
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Councillors are elected every four years
Subdivisions of Scotland
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Inverclyde
Renfrewshire
West
Dunbartonshire
East
Dunbartonshire
Glasgow
East Renfrewshire
North Lanarkshire
Falkirk
West Lothian
Edinburgh
Midlothian
East Lothian
Clackmannanshire
Fife
Dundee
Angus
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Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen
Moray
Highland
Na h-Eileanan Siar
(Western Isles)
Argyll and Bute
Perth and Kinross
Stirling
North Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
South Ayrshire
Dumfries and Galloway
South Lanarkshire
Scottish Borders
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
Aberdeen City Council
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43 elected members – represent Aberdeen
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Responsibility for the well being and sustainable
development of Aberdeen City
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Education, Social Work, Housing, Strategic Planning,
Libraries, Transportation and Roads, Parks, etc.
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Head of the Council – Lord Provost
Lord Provost
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Aberdeen’s civic head
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Elected by Aberdeen City Council every 4
years
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Active promotion of Aberdeen at home and
abroad
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City’s ambassador
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Greets the Royal Family and visiting Heads
of State
John Reynolds
Other subdivisions
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Sheriffdoms – judicial areas, 6, Sheriff Principal
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Civil parishes (okrsky) – 871 parishes, no
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Communities - lowest level of sub-division, community
administrative function, for statistical purposes
councils, 1200 communities, local opinion to larger local
government bodies
Resources
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http://www.scotland.gov.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk
http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
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