Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (ward)

Location of the Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar ward
Location of the ward in East Dunbartonshire[1]

Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors.[2] The current entity was technically created in 2017 following a boundary review, but has largely the same boundaries as the 2007 Kirkintilloch East and Twechar ward, which as its name suggests encompassed the eastern parts of Kirkintilloch (neighbourhoods between the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Luggie Water, including Harestanes, Hillhead, Merkland and Waterside) and the separate village of Twechar further east, up to the boundary with Kilsyth and Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire.[3]

The 2017 amendments involved the addition of the Kirkintilloch neighbourhoods north of the canal / along the A803 road from the defunct Campsie & Kirkintilloch North ward with the name also altered to reflect this, although the number of representatives did not change.[4] In 2020, the ward population was 18,251.[5]

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ Councillors 2017, East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  3. ^ 4th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire Overview, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  4. ^ 5th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire | Ward 6 Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  5. ^ Electoral Ward | Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022