Editing East Dunbartonshire

{{Short description|Council area of Scotland}}
{{About|the Council area of Scotland|the UK Parliament constituency|East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = East Dunbartonshire
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| subdivision_name3       = [[Dunbartonshire]]
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| established_title       = Unitary authority
| established_date        = [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|1 April 1996]]
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| seat                    = [[Kirkintilloch]]
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| governing_body          = [[East Dunbartonshire Council]]
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| leader_name3            = {{Collapsible list |title=2 MPs
 |[[Susan Murray]] ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|LD]])
 |[[Katrina Murray]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 }}
| leader_title4           = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSPs]]
| leader_name4            = {{Collapsible list |title=2 MSPs
 |[[Rona Mackay]] ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
 |[[Marie McNair]] ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
 }}
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'''East Dunbartonshire''' ({{langx|sco|Aest Dunbartanshire}}; {{langx|gd|Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatann an Ear}}, {{IPA|gd|ˈʃirˠəxk ɣum ˈpɾʲɛht̪ən̪ˠ əɲ ˈɛɾ|pron}}) is one of the 32 [[council areas of Scotland]]. It borders [[Glasgow City Council Area]] to the south, [[North Lanarkshire]] to the east, [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]] to the north, and [[West Dunbartonshire]] to the west. East Dunbartonshire contains many of the suburbs in the north of [[Greater Glasgow]], including [[Bearsden]], [[Milngavie]], [[Bishopbriggs]], [[Kirkintilloch]], [[Lenzie]], [[Twechar]], [[Milton of Campsie]], [[Balmore]], and [[Torrance, East Dunbartonshire|Torrance]], as well as some other of Glasgow's [[commuter town]]s and villages. The council area covers parts of the [[Historic counties of Scotland|historic counties]] of [[Dunbartonshire]], [[Lanarkshire]], and [[Stirlingshire]].

The [[council area]] was formed in 1996, as a result of the [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]], from the former [[Bearsden and Milngavie]] districts and most of the former [[Strathkelvin]] [[Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996|district]], which had been part of the [[Strathclyde]] region.

==History==
East Dunbartonshire was created in 1996 under the [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]], which abolished the [[Local government areas of Scotland (1975–1996)|regions and districts]] which had been created in 1975, replacing them with unitary [[council area]]s. East Dunbartonshire covered the area of the abolished [[Bearsden and Milngavie]] and [[Strathkelvin]] districts (except the [[Chryston]] and [[Auchinloch]] area from the latter, which went to [[North Lanarkshire]]). Both former districts had been in the [[Strathclyde]] region.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|year=1994|chapter=39|accessdate=15 February 2023}}</ref>

Both of East Dunbartonshire's predecessor districts had been created in 1975 under the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973]]. The Bearsden and Milngavie district had been created covering [[Milngavie]], [[Bearsden]] and adjoining areas from [[Dunbartonshire]]. The Strathkelvin district had been created covering [[Kirkintilloch]] and adjoining areas from Dunbartonshire, [[Bishopbriggs]] and adjoining areas from [[Lanarkshire]], and the parishes of [[Baldernock]] and [[Campsie, Stirlingshire|Campsie]] from [[Stirlingshire]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973|year=1973|chapter=65|accessdate=15 February 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics==
East Dunbartonshire council area has low levels of deprivation, with relatively low unemployment and low levels of crime. The population is both declining and ageing.<ref>
{{cite web
|author=Controller of Audit to the Accounts Commission
|url=http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/local/2009/bv_090513_east_dunbartonshire.rtf
|title=The Audit of Best Value and Community Planning - East Dunbartonshire Council
|publisher=Scottish Government
|date=May 2009
|access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref>

In a 2007 [[Reader's Digest]] poll, East Dunbartonshire was voted the best place in Britain to raise a family.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6564215.stm |title=Scots areas top happy family poll |work=BBC News |date=18 April 2007 |access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> The area has generally performed well in the [[Halifax (United Kingdom bank)|Halifax]] Quality of Life survey; in 2010 it was ranked third in Scotland,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-12074102 |title=BBC News - Aberdeenshire tops 'quality of life' list |work=BBC News |date=27 December 2010 |access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> and it was the only Scottish area in the British Top 20 in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business/East-Dunbartonshire-is-only-Scottish.3927090.jp |title=East Dunbartonshire is only Scottish area in UK top 20 for 'quality of life' |work=The Scotsman |location= Edinburgh |date=28 March 2008 |access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> A [[Legatum Prosperity Index]] published by the [[Legatum|Legatum Institute]] in October 2016 showed East Dunbartonshire as the most prosperous council area in Scotland and the ninth most prosperous in the United Kingdom.

==Communities==
The area is divided into thirteen [[List of community council areas in Scotland|community council areas]], twelve of which have [[community council]]s as at 2023 (being those with asterisks in the list below):<ref>{{cite web |title=Community Councils|url=https://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/council/community-councils |website=East Dunbartonshire Council |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Baldernock]]*
*[[Bearsden]] East*
*Bearsden North*
*Bearsden West*
*[[Bishopbriggs]]*
*[[Campsie, Stirlingshire|Campsie]]*
*[[Kirkintilloch]]*
*[[Lenzie]]*
*[[Milngavie]]*
*[[Milton of Campsie]]*
*[[Torrance, East Dunbartonshire|Torrance]]*
*[[Twechar]]
*[[Waterside, East Dunbartonshire|Waterside]]*
{{div col end}}

==Governance==
{{Infobox legislature
| name               = East Dunbartonshire
| native_name        =
| transcription_name =
| legislature        =
| logo_pic           = East Dunbartonshire Logo.svg
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| house_type         =
| body               =
| houses             =
| leader1_type       = [[Provost (civil)|Provost]]
| leader1            = Gillian Renwick
| party1             = <br>[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
| election1          = 19 May 2022
| leader2_type       = [[Local government in Scotland#Leader of the Council|Leader]]
| leader2            = Gordan Low
| party2             = <br>SNP
| election2          = 19 May 2022
| leader3_type       = [[Chief Executive]]
| leader3            = Ann Davie
| party3             = <!--Non political role-->
| election3          = January 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Ann Davie appointed as East Dunbartonshire's new Chief Executive |url=https://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/news/ann-davie-appointed-east-dunbartonshire%E2%80%99s-new-chief-executive |website=East Dunbartonshire Council |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref>
| members            = 22 councillors
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| political_groups1  = 
;Administration (8)
:{{Color box|{{party color|Scottish National Party}}|border=silver}} [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] (8)
;Other parties (14)
:{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|border=silver}} [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] (5)
:{{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (4)
:{{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independents]] (3)
:{{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] (2)
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| voting_system1     = [[Single transferable vote]]
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| last_election1     = [[2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election|5 May 2022]]
| next_election1     = 6 May 2027
| session_room       = Southbank Marina - geograph.org.uk - 3036373.jpg
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| meeting_place      = 12 Strathkelvin Place, [[Kirkintilloch]], G66{{nbsp}}1XT
| website            = {{URL|https://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/}}
| footnotes          =
}}

===Political control===
The first election to East Dunbartonshire Council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1996 has been as follows:<ref name=compositions>{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party in control!!Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} || 1996–1999
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1999–
|}

===Leadership===
The first [[leader of the council]], Charles Kennedy, had been the last leader of the old Strathkelvin District Council. The leaders of East Dunbartonshire Council since 1996 have been:<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/council/committees-councillors/committee-diary |website=East Dunbartonshire Council |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To !! Notes
|-
| Charles Kennedy || {{party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} || align=right|1 Apr 1996 || align=right|Oct 1999 ||
|-
| Keith Moody || {{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}} || align=right|Oct 1999 || align=right|May 2003 ||
|-
| John Morrison || {{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}} || align=right|8 May 2003 || align=right|3 May 2007 ||
|-
| Rhondda Geekie<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theherald.co.uk/misc/print.php?artid=1411270|title=New coalition moves to bring back weekly bin collections|publisher=The Herald|access-date=22 May 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120726/http://www.theherald.co.uk/misc/print.php?artid=1411270 |archive-date = 29 September 2007}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} || align=right|17 May 2007 || align=right|4 May 2017 ||
|-
| Gordan Low || {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} || align=right|23 May 2017 || align=right|21 Dec 2017 ||
|-
| Vaughan Moody || {{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}} || rowspan=2 align=right|20 Mar 2018 || rowspan=2 align=right|May 2022 || align=left rowspan=2|Co-leaders
|-
| Andrew Polson || {{party name with colour|Scottish Conservatives}}
|-
| Gordan Low || {{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} || align=right|19 May 2022 || align=right| ||
|}

===Composition===
Following the [[2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election|2022 election]] and subsequent changes of allegiance up to July 2024, the composition of the council was:<ref>{{cite web |title=Your councillors by party |url=https://eastdunbarton.moderngov.co.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=PARTY&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |website=East Dunbartonshire Council |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2| Party
! Councillors
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} || align=center|8
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}} || align=center|5
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}} || align=center|4
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservatives}} || align=center|2
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}} || align=center|3
|-
! colspan=2|Total
! align=center|22
|}

The next election is due in 2027.

===Premises===
Since 2012 the council has been based at 12 Strathkelvin Place in [[Kirkintilloch]], which forms part of the Southbank Marina development adjoining the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]]. Prior to 2012 the council was based at Tom Johnston House at the junction of Lenzie Road and Civic Way in Kirkintilloch. Tom Johnston House had been built in 1985 as the headquarters for the old Strathkelvin District Council and was named after [[Tom Johnston (British politician)|Tom Johnston]] (1881–1965), who was born in Kirkintilloch and had served as [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Strathkelvin District Council: Public Notice - Closure of Council Chambers, Kirkintilloch, and removal to new Civic Headquarters, Lenzie Road, Kirkintilloch |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |work=Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser |date=19 July 1985}}</ref> Tom Johnston House was demolished in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bulldozers move in to demolish landmark |url=https://www.glasgowworld.com/news/bulldozers-move-in-to-demolish-landmark-2561377 |access-date=16 February 2023 |work=Glasgow World |date=3 November 2015}}</ref> The new council chamber at Strathkelvin Place is called Tom Johnston Chamber.<ref>{{cite web |title=Council agenda, 15 December 2022 |url=https://dbs1.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/INTRANET/ACE/EDCCMTT.NSF/0/4ff4164dd721c29f8025891200674469/$FILE/01-00-221215%20Agenda.pdf |website=East Dunbartonshire Council |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref>

==Elections==
{{main|East Dunbartonshire Council elections}}
Since 2007 elections have been held every five years under the [[single transferable vote]] system, introduced by the [[Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004]]. Election results since 1995 have been as follows:<ref name=compositions/>

{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
!rowspan=2|'''Year'''
!rowspan=2|'''Seats'''
!width="80"|[[Scottish National Party|'''SNP''']]
!width="80"|[[Scottish Liberal Democrats|'''Liberal Democrats''']]
!width="80"|[[Scottish Labour|'''Labour''']]
!width="80"|[[Scottish Conservatives|'''Conservative''']]
!width="80"|[[Independent politician|'''Independent / Other''']]
!rowspan=2|'''Notes'''
|-
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}; width: 3px;" |
|-
| [[1995 East Dunbartonshire Council election|1995]] || 26 || 0 || 9 || 15 || 2 || 0 || align=left|
|-
| [[1999 East Dunbartonshire Council election|1999]] || 24 || 1 || 10 || 10 || 3 || 0 || align=left|New ward boundaries.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The East Dunbartonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998|year=1998|number=3245|accessdate=15 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[2003 East Dunbartonshire Council election|2003]] || 24 || 0 || 12 || 9 || 3 || 0 || align=left|
|-
| [[2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election|2007]] || 24 || 8 || 3 || 6 || 5 || 2{{efn|Both [[East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance]]}}|| align=left|New ward boundaries.<ref>{{cite legislation Scotland|type=ssi|ssi=The East Dunbartonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006|year=2006|number=374|accessdate=15 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election|2012]] || 24 || 8 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 3{{efn|Two being East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance}} || align=left|
|-
| [[2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election|2017]] || 22 || 7 || 6 || 2 || 6 || 1 || align=left|New ward boundaries.<ref>{{cite legislation Scotland|type=ssi|ssi=The East Dunbartonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2016|year=2016|number=272|accessdate=15 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election|2022]] || 22 || 8 || 6 || 4 || 3 || 1 || align=left|
|-
!
!
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}; width: 3px;" |
!
|}
{{notelist}}

===Wards===
[[File:East Dunbartonshire UK ward map 2017 (blank).svg|thumb|Map of the area's wards (2017 configuration)<ref name="ScotGov"/>]]
Since 2007, the council (as with all others in Scotland) has been elected using multi-member [[Wards of the United Kingdom|wards]], each returning three councillors using a [[single transferable vote]] system of [[proportional representation]]. Initially this retained the number of councillors at 24 following on from the same number of single-member wards in previous elections, divided equally across eight wards. However, a national boundary and population review prior to the [[2017 Scottish local elections]] led to the number of East Dunbartonshire wards being reduced to seven and the number of councillors being reduced to 22. These current wards are:<ref name="ScotGov">[https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS12000045 Council Area {{!}} East Dunbartonshire], [[Scottish Government]] Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2022</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!Ward Name
!Location
!Seats
!Population
(2020)
|-
|1
|[[Milngavie (ward)|Milngavie]]
|[[File:Milngavie.svg|100px]]
|3
|13,572
|-
|2
|[[Bearsden North (ward)|Bearsden North]]
|[[File:Bearsden North.svg|100px]]
|3
|14,943
|-
|3
|[[Bearsden South (ward)|Bearsden South]]
|[[File:Bearsden South.svg|100px]]
|3
|13,318
|-
|4
|[[Bishopbriggs North and Campsie (ward)|Bishopbriggs North and Campsie]]
|[[File:Bishopbriggs North and Campsie.svg|100px]]
|4
|19,323
|-
|5
|[[Bishopbriggs South]]
|[[File:Bishopbriggs South.svg|100px]]
|3
|15,868
|-
|6
|[[Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (ward)|Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar]]
|[[File:Kirkintilloch East and North Twechar.svg|100px]]
|3
|18,251
|-
|7
|[[Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (ward)|Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South]]
|[[File:Lenzie Kirkintilloch South.svg|100px]]
|3
|13,475
|-
|}

==Settlements==
{{Location map+|Scotland East Dunbartonshire
 |caption={{left|The largest settlements in East Dunbartonshire}}
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<!-- Bordering council areas -->
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Largest settlements by population:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Settlement
!Population ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref name="auto">{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bearsden]]
|{{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Bearsden}}
|-
|[[Bishopbriggs]]
|{{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Bishopbriggs}}
|-
|[[Kirkintilloch]]
|{{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Kirkintilloch}}
|-
|[[Milngavie]]
|{{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Milngavie}}
|-
|[[Lenzie]]
|{{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Lenzie}}
|-
|[[Lennoxtown]]
|{{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Lennoxtown}}
|-
|[[Milton of Campsie]]
|{{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Milton of Campsie}}
|-
|[[Torrance, Scotland|Torrance]]
|{{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Torrance}}
|-
|[[Twechar]]
|{{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Twechar}}
|-
|}

==Places of interest==
* [[Campsie Fells]]
* [[West Highland Way]]
* [[Forth and Clyde Canal]]
* [[Antonine Wall]]
* [[Mugdock Country Park]]
* [[Milngavie water treatment works]]
* [[River Kelvin]]
* Lillie Art Gallery
* Auld Kirk Museum
* [[Huntershill Village]]
* The Fort Theatre
* The Turret Theatre
* The [[Gadloch]]
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File:Huntershill Village.gif|[[Huntershill Village]]
File:Thomas Muir - schottischer Volksfreund.jpg| [[Thomas Muir (radical)|Thomas Muir]]
File:Thomas-muir-cairn.jpg|Thomas Muir Cairn - Erected by John SL Watson and unveiled by East Dunbartonshire's Provost John Dempsey (1997)
File:Martyrs_gate.jpg|Scottish Political Martyrs Gate - Erected by John SL Watson and unveiled by East Dunbartonshire's Provost John Dempsey (1997)
File:Miners-of-the-world-memorial-hutch.JPG|Miners of the world memorial hutch - created by John SL Watson and unveiled by leader of East Dunbartsonshire Council John Morrison (2003)
File:Huntershill-village-finger-post-old-glasgow-stirling-road.jpg| Finger Post marking the Old Glasgow-Stirling postal road
File:Huntershill-Village-mile-stone.gif|Huntershill Village Mile Stone
File:Southwest view across Gadloch - geograph.org.uk - 1476149.jpg|Southwest view across [[Gadloch]] Towards the distant [[Red Road Flats]].
</gallery>

==Education==
There are 8 secondary schools and 33 primary schools in the area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Secondary Schools |url=https://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/secondary-schools |website=East Dunbartonshire Council |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Primary Schools |url=https://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/residents/schools-and-learning/primary-schools |website=East Dunbartonshire Council |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref> The secondary schools are:
*[[Bearsden Academy]], [[Bearsden]]
*[[Bishopbriggs Academy]], [[Bishopbriggs]]
*[[Boclair Academy]], Bearsden
*[[Douglas Academy]], [[Milngavie]]
*[[Kirkintilloch High School]], [[Kirkintilloch]]
*[[Lenzie Academy]], [[Lenzie]]
*[[St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch]]
*[[Turnbull High School]], Bishopbriggs

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|East Dunbartonshire}}
* [https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/965/overview MPs representing East Dunbartonshire (Constituency) - MPs and Lords]
* [https://www.huntershillvillage.co.uk/ Huntershill Village website]

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