This page has some additional maps that may be useful, including of previous local government structures. These are all A3 size to convey appropriate detail for the pre-1973 and New Municipalism maps, so you may need to zoom in.
New Municipalism Proposals with Labels
New Municipalism Proposals with Building Density
It’s one thing showing the boundaries of an area on the map, but that doesn’t necessarily tell us much else about it. By including the density of buildings we can also (for the most part) get a better sense of which areas have the largest populations, and where they are.
New Municipalism Proposals with Notional Most Voted Party in 2022
This map has coloured each proposed municipality according to the party winning the most votes based on 2022 results. Note that most votes doesn’t necessarily mean most seats, both because some places have a tie for most seats, and because in some places strong Independent support can’t translate to seats.
Local Goverment (just) before the 1973 Act
Scotland’s original system of local government in the modern sense dates to the late 19th century. It would go through various changes over the years, but always consisted of Counties and Burghs. This map does not capture the Landward Districts, i.e. those areas of a county not in a Burgh, as I haven’t been able to find any Shapefile data for those.
Local Government under the 1973 Act
Local Government under the 1994 Act (Current)
