Districts of Scotland.

Changes in 1975[edit]

• City of Aberdeen (no separate article, no changes in 1996)
• Angus (no separate article)
• Annandale and Eskdale (no separate article, committee area same as district?)
• Argyll (renamed Argyll and Bute, no separate article)
• Badenoch and Strathspey
• Banff and Buchan (no separate article)
• Bearsden and Milngavie
• Berwickshire (no separate article)
• Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch (renamed Strathkelvin)
• Caithness (no separate article, same as lieutenancy area?)
• Clackmannan (no changes in 1996)
• Clydebank
• Cumbernauld (renamed Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)
• Cumnock and Doon Valley
• Cunninghame (no changes in 1996)
• City of Dundee (no separate article)
• Dumbarton
• Dunfermline
• East Kilbride
• East Lothian (no changes in 1996)
• City of Edinburgh (no separate article, no changes in 1996)
• Ettrick and Lauderdale
• Falkirk (no changes in 1996)
• City of Glasgow
• Gordon
• Hamilton
• Inverclyde (no changes in 1996)
• Inverness (no separate article)
• Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• Kirkcaldy
• Kincardine and Deeside
• Kyle and Carrick (no changes in 1996)
• Lanark (renamed to Clydesdale)
• Lochaber
• Merrick (no separate article, renamed to Wigtown)
• Midlothian (no changes in 1996)
• Monklands
• Moray (no changes in 1996)
• Motherwell
• Nithsdale
• North East Fife
• Perth and Kinross (no separate article)
• Renfrew
• Ross and Cromarty (no separate article)
• Roxburgh (no separate article)
• Skye and Lochalsh
• Stewartry
• Stirling (no changes in 1996)
• Sutherland (no separate article, same as lieutenancy area?)
• Western Isles (no changes in 1996)
• West Lothian (no changes in 1996)

No changes in 1975[edit]

• Eastwood (?)
• Nairn (no separate article, same as lieutenancy area?)
• Orkney (no changes in 1996)
• Shetland (no changes in 1996)
• Tweeddale

Changes in 1996[edit]

• Aberdeenshire
• Angus
• Argyll and Bute
• Dumbarton and Clydebank (renamed West Dunbartonshire)
• City of Dundee (no separate article)
• East Ayrshire
• East Dunbartonshire
• East Renfrewshire
• City of Glasgow (no separate article)
• North Lanarkshire
• Perthshire and Kinross (renamed Perth and Kinross)
• Renfrewshire
• South Lanarkshire

No changes in 1996[edit]

• City of Aberdeen (no separate article, from City of Aberdeen district)
• The Borders (from Borders region)
• Clackmannan (from Clackmannan district, renamed Clackmannanshire)
• Dumfries and Galloway (from Dumfries and Galloway region)
• East Lothian (from East Lothian district)
• City of Edinburgh (no separate article, from City of Edinburgh district)
• Falkirk (from Falkirk district)
• Fife (from Fife region)
• Highland (from Highland region)
• Inverclyde (from Inverclyde district)
• Midlothian (from Midlothian district)
• Moray (from Moray district)
• North Ayrshire (from Cunninghame district, redirects to comital district but maybe should go to modern council area)
• Orkney Islands (from Orkney Islands island area)
• Shetland Islands (from Shetland Islands island area)
• South Ayrshire (from Kyle and Carrick, should perhaps be merged if Dalmellington didn't move)
• Stirling (from Stirling)
• Western Isles (from Western Isles island area)
• West Lothian (from West Lothian district)

References[edit]

• "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
• "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2022.