Perth and Kinross Council

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Perth and Kinross Council is the local government council for the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland. It employs nearly 5000 employees.

The council was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, when the Tayside region was divided between three new unitary council areas: Perth and Kinross, Angus, and Dundee City.

[edit] Elections

General elections to the council are held on a four year cycle. The next is due in 2007, polling on Thursday 5 May.

The next general election with be the first to use the single transferable vote system of election and multi-member wards, each ward electing three or four councillors. This system is to be introduced as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, and is designed to produce a form of proportional representation. The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland is close to completing its final recommendations for new wards for all the council areas of Scotland.

At present, councillors represent 41 single-member wards, and are elected by the first past the post system of election.