East Renfrewshire
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| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 28th 174 km² ? % |
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| Admin HQ | Giffnock |
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| ONS code | 00QN |
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| East Renfrewshire Council http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/ | |
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East Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. It borders onto North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire and the City of Glasgow.
The authority was formed in 1996, as a successor to the Eastwood district, along with Barrhead, which came from Renfrew district.
East Renfrewshire Council
The leader of East Renfrewshire Council is Cllr. Jim Fletcher (Labour - Thornliebank) and the Civic Leader is Provost Betty Cunningham (Labour - Barrhead). East Renfrewshire is also a unified Parliamentary Constituency with Jim Murphy MP and Ken Macintosh MSP representing the area in the Westminster and Scottish Parliaments respectively.
A 2001 survey showed that about half of Scotland's Jewish population lives in East Renfrewshire. [link]
Places in East Renfrewshire
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| Subdivisions created by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll and Bute | Clackmannanshire | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee | East Ayrshire | East Dunbartonshire | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) | Edinburgh | Falkirk | Fife | Glasgow | Highland | Inverclyde | Midlothian | Moray | North Ayrshire | North Lanarkshire | Orkney | Perth and Kinross | Renfrewshire | Scottish Borders | Shetland | South Ayrshire | South Lanarkshire | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire | West Lothian | |
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