Editing Aberdeen City Council (section)

===Leadership===
The role of [[List of provosts of Aberdeen|Lord Provost of Aberdeen]] is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the [[Local government in Scotland#Leader of the Council|leader of the council]]. The leaders since 1996 have been:<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1&bcr=1 |website=Aberdeen City Council |access-date=14 July 2023}}</ref>

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! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To !! Notes
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| Margaret Smith || {{party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} || align=right|1 Apr 1996 || align=right|13 May 1999 ||
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| Len Ironside || {{party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} || align=right|13 May 1999 || align=right|14 May 2003 ||
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| Kate Dean || {{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}} || align=right|14 May 2003 || align=right|1 Aug 2009 ||
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| John Stewart || {{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}} || align=right|1 Aug 2009 || align=right|29 Jun 2011 ||
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| [[Callum McCaig]] || {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} || align=right|29 Jun 2011 || align=right|16 May 2012 ||
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| Barney Crockett || {{party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} || align=right|16 May 2012 || align=right|14 May 2014 ||
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| Jenny Laing || {{party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} || align=right|14 May 2014 || align=right|17 May 2017 ||
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| Jenny Laing{{efn|On forming a coalition with the Conservatives in May 2017, all nine members of Aberdeen's Labour group were suspended from the national Labour Party. As such they became nominally independent councillors, but chose to continue to form a political group, called "Aberdeen Labour".}} || {{party name with colour|Aberdeen Labour}} || rowspan=2 align=right|17 May 2017 || rowspan=2 align=right|13 May 2021 || rowspan=2 align=left|Co-leaders
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| [[Douglas Lumsden]] || {{party name with colour|Scottish Conservatives}} 
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| Jenny Laing || {{party name with colour|Aberdeen Labour}} || align=right|13 May 2021 || align=right|5 May 2022 ||
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| Alex Nicoll || {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} || rowspan=2 align=right|18 May 2022 || rowspan=2 align=right|23 May 2023 || rowspan=2 align=left|Co-leaders
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| [[Ian Yuill]] || {{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}} 
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| Christian Allard || {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} || rowspan=2 align=right|23 May 2023 || rowspan=2 align=right|{{nbsp}} || rowspan=2 align=left|Co-leaders
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| [[Ian Yuill]] || {{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}} 
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|}