Politics of Dundee

Dundee Dùn Dèagh
Admin HQ	Dundee
Government
• Body	Dundee City Council
• Control	SNP majority
• Council Leader	John Alexander (councillor)
• MPs	Stewart Hosie Chris Law
• MSPs	Shona Robison Joe Fitzpatrick
Area
• Total	20 sq mi (60 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 32nd
Population  (2022)
• Total	148,350
• Rank	Ranked 13th
• Density	6,400/sq mi (2,500/km2)
ONS code	S12000042
ISO 3166 code	GB-DND
Website	www.dundeecity.gov.uk

Politics in the Dundee City (Mòr-bhaile Dhùn Dèagh in Gaelic) council area are evident in the deliberations and decisions of Dundee City Council, in elections to the council, and in elections to the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).

In the European Parliament, the city area was within the Scotland constituency, which covered all of the 32 council areas of Scotland.

Dundee City became a single-tier council in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994,^[1] with the boundaries of the City of Dundee district of the Tayside region, minus a Monifieth area and part of a Sidlaw area, which were transferred from the city area to the new council area of Angus. The city district was also the administrative centre for the region.

The new city council area was named The City of Dundee in the legislation of 1994, but this was changed to Dundee City by a council resolution on 29 June 1995, under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65).^[2] In terms of area, it is the smallest of Scotland's council areas.

The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to include: the former county of city of Dundee; a Monifieth area, including the burgh of Monifieth (but not Newtyle and Kettins areas), previously within the county of Angus; and a Longforgan area previously within the county of Perth.

The county of city was created in 1894, and the city area has included the burgh of Broughty Ferry since 1913. Dundee has been a royal burgh since 1191.