The West Dunbartonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 3075 (S. 180)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The West Dunbartonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

Made

25th November 1998

Coming into force

1st January 1998

Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(1), as read with Schedule 5 to that Act(2), the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 26th May 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of West Dunbartonshire Council;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the West Dunbartonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

Interpretation

2.  In the Schedule to this Order–

(a) a reference to–

(i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and

(ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and

(b) the following abbreviations are used:–

• “EW” for electoral ward;

• “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.

Electoral arrangements

3.  The area of West Dunbartonshire Council shall be divided into 22 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

Henry B McLeish

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

25th November 1998

Article 3

SCHEDULE ELECTORAL WARDS

Ward 1 Whitecrook

Commencing on the eastern boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council at the junction of the A814 Glasgow Road and Mill Road NG Ref NS 5080 6904; then generally eastward and southward along the said council boundary to the centre of the River Clyde NG Ref NS 5043 6882; then westward along the said river to a point in line with South Bank Street; then northeastward in a straight line to and along the said street to Glasgow Road; then northeastward to and along North Bank Street and its prolongation in a straight line between the Bowling Green Pavilion and the Depot Building to the Clydebank to Yoker railway line; then northwestward along the said railway line to the junction at the prolongation of Dunsmore Street; then generally northward to and along Dunsmore Street to the junction with Dean Street; then generally eastward to NG Ref NS 5046 6997; then generally northeastward along the boundary line of the Rugby Playing Fields to NG Ref NS 5066 7015; then generally northward to the centre line of the Forth and Clyde Canal; then generally eastward along the said canal to join the eastern boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council; then generally southward along the said council boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 2 Dalmuir/Central

Commencing at the junction of the Clydebank to Drumchapel Railway Line on Kilbowie Road NG Ref NS 4981 7083; then southwestward along the said road to where it crosses the Forth and Clyde Canal; then eastward along the said canal to the western boundary of EW 1; then generally southward along the said EW boundary to the River Clyde NG Ref NS 4988 6914; then generally northwestward along the said river to the point of confluence with the Duntocher Burn at NG Ref NS 4726 7100; then northeastward to and along the said burn to the junction with Dumbarton Road; then southeastward along Dumbarton Road to the junction with Scott Street; then northeastward along Scott Street to the junction with the Clydebank to Drumchapel Railway Line; then generally southeastward along the said railway line to the junction with Duntocher Road; then generally southwestward along Duntocher Road to Dumbarton Road; then southeastward along the said road to the point where it crosses the Forth and Clyde Canal; then northeastward and southeastward along the said canal to the junction with Boquhanran Road; then generally northward and northeastward along Boquhanran Road to the junction with the Clydebank to Drumchapel Railway Line NG Ref NS 4901 7112; then generally eastward along the said railway line to the point of commencement.

Ward 3 Mountblow

Commencing at the junction of Great Western Road A82 and Mountblow Road NG Ref NS 4800 7277; then generally southward along Mountblow Road to the junction with Perth Crescent; then generally westward along Perth Crescent to the junction with Kimberley Street; then generally southward along Kimberley Street to NG Ref NS 4802 7222; then generally westward to NG Ref NS 4792 7221 on Perth Crescent, then generally southeastward along Perth Crescent to the junction with Melbourne Avenue; then generally southeastward along Melbourne Avenue to the western curtilage of No 29 Melbourne Avenue; then generally southwestward along the said curtilage of No 29 Melbourne Avenue; then generally northwestward and southwestward to Salisbury Place; then southeastward along Salisbury Place to the junction with the rear access to Salisbury Place; then southeastward along the said access and its continuation in a straight line to Mountblow Road; then generally southwestward along Mountblow Road to the junction with Dumbarton Road; then southeastward along Dumbarton Road to the western boundary of EW 2; then generally southwestward along the said EW boundary to the River Clyde NG Ref NS 4726 7100; then generally northwestward along the said river to NG Ref NS 4691 7145; then generally eastward to the channel entering the River Clyde at NG Ref NS 4698 7148; then generally northeastward along the said channel to the Forth and Clyde Canal; then southeastward along the said canal to a point in line with the rear curtilages of Nos 201 to 203 Durban Avenue; then northeastward to and along the said rear curtilages of Nos 205 to 209 Durban Avenue and their prolongation in a straight line to the centre of the roundabout at the junction of Dumbarton Road and Western Isles Road NG Ref NS 4740 7197; then generally northwestward along Old Dalnottar Road to Harris Road; then northeastward along Harris Road to Lewis Crescent; then northward along Lewis Crescent to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 2 Harris Drive; then northwestward to and along the rear curtilages of Nos 2 to 28 Harris Drive to the rear curtilage of No 9 Dalnottar Gardens; then northeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 9 to 7 Dalnottar Gardens to the eastern curtilage of No 12 Dalnottar Drive; then northeastward along the said curtilage and continuing northeastward to and along the eastern curtilage of No 11 Dalnottar Drive to the rear curtilage of No 8 Lewis Place; then northeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 8 to 6 Lewis Place; then northeastward in a straight line to the Old Kilpatrick to Drumchapel Railway Line; then generally northwestward along the said railway line to NG Ref NS 4698 7265; then generally northward and northeastward along a path to the junction with Great Western Road A82; then generally eastward along the said road to the point of commencement.

Ward 4 Parkhall

Commencing at the junction of Great Western Road A82 and Mountblow Road NG Ref NS 4800 7277; then generally eastward along Great Western Road to the junction with Milton Mains Road; then generally southward along Milton Mains Road to and generally southward along Duntocher Road to the junction with Shakespeare Avenue; then generally westward, southward and eastward along Shakespeare Avenue to its junction with Ramsay Street; then southwestward along the said street to a point in line with the northern curtilage of No 2 Ramsay Street; then southeastward to and along the said curtilage and continuing southeastward in a straight line to Swan Street; then eastward along the said street to a point in line with the eastern boundary of No 150 Second Avenue; then southward in a straight line to Albert Road; then generally westward in a straight line to Second Avenue NG Ref NS 4889 7132; then generally southeastward along Second Avenue to its junction with Boquhanran Road; then southward along Boquhanran Road to the junction with the Clydebank to Drumchapel Railway Line and the northern boundary of EW 2; then generally southward and northwestward along the said EW boundary to its junction with the eastern boundary of EW 3; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 5 Linnvale/Drumry

Commencing at the junction of Drumry Road and Great Western Road A82 on the eastern boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council NG Ref NS 5087 7096; then generally southeastward and southward along the said council boundary to a point on the Forth and Clyde Canal at NG Ref NS 5136 7002; then generally westward along the said canal to the junction with Kilbowie Road; then generally northward along Kilbowie Road to the junction with Melfort Avenue; then generally eastward and northward along Melfort Avenue to the junction with Drumry Road; then generally eastward along Drumry Road to the point of commencement.

Ward 6 Kilbowie

Commencing at the junction of Drumry Road and Great Western Road A82 on the northern boundary of EW 5 NG Ref NS 5087 7096; then generally westward along the said EW boundary to NG Ref NS 4987 7109; then generally northwestward along Kilbowie Road to its junction with Hawthorn Street; then generally westward along Hawthorn Street to the junction with Duntocher Road and the eastern boundary of EW 4; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to Great Western Road; then generally southeastward along Great Western Road to the point of commencement.

Ward 7 Kilbowie West

Commencing at the junction of Kilbowie Road and the Clydebank to Drumchapel Railway Line NG Ref NS 4981 7083; then generally westward along the said railway line to the eastern boundary of EW 4; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 6; then generally southeastward and southward along the western boundaries of EW 6 and EW 5 to the point of commencement.

Ward 8 Faifley

Commencing at NG Ref NS 4993 7277 at the Hardgate Roundabout; then generally northward and eastward along Faifley Road to the junction with Waulking Mill Road; then northward along the said road to a path leading to Wishart Avenue NG Ref NS 5029 7340; then northwestward along the said path to and northward along Wishart Avenue to Auchnacraig Road; then westward along the said road and continuing westward in a straight line to the Cochno Burn; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the said burn to the junction with the Jaw Burn; then generally northward along the said burn to the junction with the Jaw Reservoir; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the eastern shore of the Jaw Reservoir to the junction with the Cochno Loch; then generally northward along the eastern shore of the Cochno Loch to NG Ref NS 4950 7641; then generally northeastward along a field boundary to the junction with the Black Loch NG Ref NS 4973 7658; then generally northeastward along the northwestern shore of the Black Loch to the junction with Craigton Burn; then generally northeastward along the said burn to the junction with the eastern boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council at NG Ref NS 5031 7727; then generally southward along the said council boundary and continuing southward in a straight line to Glasgow Road NG Ref NS 5117 7291; then generally westward along Glasgow Road to NG Ref NS 5050 7272; then generally northeastward and northward along a footpath to an unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 5057 7286; then generally westward and southwestward along the said burn to a path NG Ref NS 4999 7284; then generally southwestward along the said path and continuing in a straight line to the point of commencement.

Ward 9 Hardgate

Commencing at NG Ref NS 4993 7277 at the Hardgate Roundabout on the southern boundary of EW 8; then generally northeastward and eastward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council; then generally southwestward along the said council boundary to the northeastern boundary of EW 6; then northwestward along the said EW boundary to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of a playing field on the northern side of the A82 NG Ref NS 4942 7237; then northeastward to and along the said curtilage and its continuation in a straight line to Milton Douglas Road; then generally northwestward along the said Road to the junction with Roman Road and Old Mill Road; then generally northwestward along Old Mill Road to William Street; then generally northward along William Street to Dumbarton Road; then generally eastward along Dumbarton Road to the junction with the Loch Humphrey Burn NG Ref NS 4965 7285; then generally northwestward along the said burn to the point where it is crossed by Breval Crescent; then southwestward along Breval Crescent to Glenhead Crescent; then generally northwestward along Glenhead Crescent to Craighurst Drive; then southwestward along Craighurst Drive to Farm Road; then northward along the said road to NG Ref 4902 7337; then in a straight line to NG Ref 4903 7339; then northeastward in a straight line to the Loch Humphrey Burn; then generally northwestward along the Loch Humphrey Burn to the junction with the Greenside Reservoir; then generally northwestward along the western shore of Greenside Reservoir to and continuing northwestward along the Loch Humphrey Burn to the banks of the Loch Humphrey; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the southern, eastern and northern shores of Loch Humphrey to the Black Burn; then generally northwestward and northward along the said burn to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 4541 7693; then generally northeastward along the said field boundary to the eastern boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council at NG Ref NS 4846 7888; then generally southeastward, eastward and southward along the said council boundary to the junction with the northern boundary of EW 8; then generally southwestward and southward along the northern and western boundaries of EW 8 to the point of commencement.

Ward 10 Duntocher

Commencing at NG Ref NS 4942 7235 at Great Western Road; then generally westward and northwestward along Great Western Road A82 to a point in line with the western boundary of the Dalnottar Cemetery NG Ref NS 4746 7284; then generally northeastward to and along the said boundary to NG Ref NS 4758 7304; then westward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 4738 7304; then generally northward to NG Ref NS 4735 7324; then generally southwestward to the junction with an unnamed burn NG Ref NS 4712 7317; then generally northward along the said burn to NG Ref NS 4721 7421; then generally northeastward to its junction with the Loch Humphrey Burn and the western boundary of EW 9; then generally southeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 11 Bowling/Milton/Old Kilpatrick

Commencing at a point in the River Clyde NG Ref NS 4080 7384; then generally northeastward to a path that runs along the western curtilages of the Warehouses on the south side of Glasgow Road; then northeastward along the said path to Glasgow Road; then northeastward to and along the western curtilage of a Pavilion located on the north side of Glasgow Road to NG Ref NS 4143 7474, in line with the rear curtilages of the houses located on the south side of Geils Avenue; then generally northwestward along the said curtilages to the junction with Greenhead Road; then northeastward along Greenhead Road to its junction with Stirling Road, the A82(T); then southeastward along Stirling Road to the point where it crosses the Hunter’s Burn; then generally northeastward along the said burn to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 4167 7505; then northeastward along the said field boundary to NG Ref NS 4177 7519; then northwestward along a field boundary to NG Ref NS 4172 7524; then generally northeastward along a field boundary to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 4177 7536; then generally northeastward along the said road its junction with an access road to the former hospital at Overtoun House NG Ref NS 4253 7559; then generally northward along the said road to a track at NG Ref NS 4255 7611; then northward along the said track to NG Ref NS 4257 7627; then generally northwestward in a straight line to the north western corner of the Garshake Reservoir at NG Ref NS 4224 7657; then generally northwestward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 4157 7678; then generally northward along a track to NG Ref NS 4205 7768; then northwestward and northeastward along a field boundary to NG Ref NS 4212 7789; then northward to the Auchenreoch Burn at NG Ref NS 4212 7826; then generally westward along the said burn to the junction with the Murroch Burn; then generally southward along the said burn to its confluence with an unnamed burn NG Ref NS 4112 7790; then generally northwestward along the said burn and continuing along field boundaries to a point on the eastern boundary of No 13 Broomhill Crescent; then generally eastward along an access track to Highdykes Farm NG Ref NS 4094 7862; then generally northwestward along the prolongation of a field boundary to NG Ref NS 4070 7901; then generally northeastward along a field boundary to the western boundary of Nobleston Wood; then generally northeastward along a field boundary to NG Ref NS 4310 8043; then southeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 4318 8037; then northeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 4360 8045; then northeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 4442 8143; then eastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 4609 8154 and the eastern boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council; then generally eastward and southward along the said council boundary to and generally southwestward and southward along the northern and western boundaries of EW 9 to its junction with the northern most point of EW 10; then generally southward along the western boundary of EW 10 to its junction with the northern boundary of EW 3; then generally southward along the western boundary of EW 3 to the River Clyde; then northwestward along the said river to the point of commencement.

Ward 12 Dumbarton East

Commencing at NG Ref NS 4000 7397 at a point in the River Clyde in line with the westernmost point of Dumbarton Castle; then northward to the Castle and continuing northward along the eastern boundary of the River Leven to NG Ref NS 3885 7501; the southeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 4013 7496; then northeastward in a straight line to NG Ref 4019 7497 on Leven Street; then southeastward along Leven Street and its continuation as Castlegreen Street to Bruce Street; then northeastward along the said street to Glasgow Road; then eastward along Glasgow Road to the point where it is crossed by the Dumbarton to Glasgow Railway Line then northwestward along the said railway line to Bonhill Road; then northeastward along the said road to Latta Street; then southeastward along the said street to the western boundary of Dumbarton Academy; then northeastward in a straight line passing to the west of the TA Centre to the rear curtilages of the properties located on the south side of Round Riding Road; then northwestward along the said curtilages to the eastern curtilage of a property located on the east side of Bonhill Road; then southwestward and northwestward along the eastern and southern curtilages of the said property to Bonhill Road; then northeastward along Bonhill Road to Round Riding Road; then southeastward along the said road to Boghead Road; then southeastward along the said road to a road leading to the northwestern point of St Patrick’s Primary School grounds NG Ref NS 4056 7563; then southeastward along the said road to and generally southeastward along the northern and eastern curtilage of the said grounds to and northeastward along a path to Boghead Avenue; then generally northeastward along the said avenue to a point in line with the northern curtilages of the properties located at the northern end of Boghead Avenue; then generally southeastward to and along the said curtilages to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Boghead Park; then northeastward along the said boundary and continuing northeastward in a straight line passing to the west of all the properties on the west side of Dumbuie Avenue to Stirling Road; then southeastward along the said road to Greenhead Road and the western boundary of EW 11; then southwestward, southeastward and southwestward along the said EW boundary to the River Clyde; then generally westward along the said river to the point of commencement.

Ward 13 Barloan/Overtoun

Commencing at the junction of Round Riding Road and Poindfauld Terrace at NG Ref NS 4023 7583; then generally westward along Poindfauld Terrace to and northwestward along the prolongation of Allan Place to Overburn Terrace; then northwestward to Overburn Crescent; then generally southwestward and northwestward to the junction of Overburn Avenue and Overburn Crescent; then southwestward to the junction of Overburn Avenue and a track at NG Ref NS 3984 7608; then generally northward along the said track to and continuing northward along the western boundary of Strathleven Bonded Warehouses to NG Ref NS 3985 7635; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the said boundary to NG Ref NS 3971 7669; then generally northward in a straight line to the A82(T) Alexandria Bypass at NG Ref NS 3977 7686; then generally southeastward and southward along the said bypass to the Barloan Roundabout NG Ref NS 4054 7630; then northeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 4064 7635 on Aitkenbar Circle; then generally northeastward along the said road to the junction with Braeside Drive; then generally southeastward along Braeside Drive to its junction with Broomhill Drive; then southwestward along the said drive to an access road to Dumbarton Cemetery; then southeastward along the said road to the boundary of the said cemetery; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the northern boundary of the Dumbarton Cemetery and the prolongation thereof in a straight line to Whiteford Avenue; then northward along Whiteford Avenue to the northern access to Whiteford Crescent; then generally southeastward along Whiteford Crescent to NG Ref NS 4113 7621 and a point in line with the southern curtilage of No 11 Whiteford Crescent; then eastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 4125 7620; then generally northeastward along a field boundary to NG Ref NS 4157 7678 and the western boundary of EW 11; then generally eastward, southward and southwestward along the said EW boundary to the northern boundary of EW 12; then generally southwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 14 Dumbarton North

Commencing at the junction of the Murroch Burn and the A82(T) Alexandria Bypass NG Ref NS 3949 7702; then generally northeastward along the said burn to NG Ref NS 4097 7781; then generally northwestward and westward along a field boundary to the junction with an unnamed track at NG Ref NS 4039 7816; then generally northeastward along the said track to the junction with an unnamed lane leading to Broomhill Crescent; then northwestward along a field boundary to an unnamed road leading to High Dykes Primary School; then northeastward along the said road to the northern junction with Beechwood Drive; then southeastward along Beechwood Drive to a point in line with a field boundary NG Ref NS 4057 7892; then northeastward along the said field boundary to the western boundary of EW 11; then generally southeastward, westward, southeastward, northeastward, eastward and southwestward along the said EW boundary to the northeastern boundary of EW 13; then generally southward and westward along the northern boundary of EW 13 to the A82(T); then generally northwestward along the A82(T) to the point of commencement.

Ward 15 Dumbarton Central

Commencing on the centre line of the A82(T) where it meets the western boundary of EW 13 at NG Ref NS 3977 7686; then generally southeastward along the said EW boundary to and generally southeastward and southwestward along the western boundary of EW 12 to a point in the River Clyde, NG Ref NS 4000 7397; then generally westward along the said river to a point in line with the western boundary of Keil School at NG Ref NS 3814 7427; then generally northeastward to and along the said boundary to the northern boundary of Keil School at NG Ref NS 3862 7519; then generally eastward along the northern boundary of Keil School to NG Ref NS 3870 7515; then generally northward, northeastward and northwestward along the rear curtilages of the properties located on the east side of Oxhill Place and Oxhill Road to Oxhill Road at NG Ref NS 3886 7541; then generally northwestward along Oxhill Road to the junction with Cardross Road; then generally westward along Cardross Road to the junction with Castlehill Road; then generally northward along Castlehill Road to a point in line with the northern curtilage of the Leven Valley Enterprise Centre; then generally eastward to and along the said curtilage to the rear curtilage of the properties located at the south end of Quarry Place; then generally northward and northwestward along a field boundary passing to the east of all the properties in Quarry Place, Quarry Knowe and King’s Way to the eastern curtilage of Dalreoch Primary School; then northwestward along the eastern and northern boundaries of the said school; then generally northwestward, southward, northwestward and southwestward along field boundaries to Hawthornhill Road NG Ref NS 3747 7617; then eastward along the said road to the junction with a path leading to Cardross Road; then southward along the said path to and southwestward along Cardross Road to the western boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council; then generally westward and northeastward along the said council boundary to Whiteleys Burn; then generally southeastward and northeastward along the said burn to the point where it is crossed by the A812 road; then northeastward along the said road to the junction with the slip road leading to the A82(T) road; then northeastward along the said slip road to and southeastward along the A82(T) road to the point of commencement.

Ward 16 Dumbarton West

Commencing on the western boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council where it meets Cardross Road and the western boundary of EW 15 at NG Ref NS 3745 7586; then generally northeastward, southeastward and southwestward along the said EW boundary to a point on the River Clyde at NG Ref NS 3827 7448 and the southern boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council; then generally westward and northeastward along the southern and western boundaries of West Dunbartonshire Council to the point of commencement.

Ward 17 Renton/Alexandria South

Commencing on the south west corner of the Vale of Leven Cemetery at NG Ref NS 3839 7953; then generally eastward along the southern boundary of the said cemetery to the junction with the cemetery access road; then generally northward and eastward along the said road to the junction with the Alexandria Bypass and northward along the said bypass to NG Ref NS 3857 8028; then generally eastward along the prolongation of the boundary dividing Christie Park and Park Street to the junction of Park Street and Main Street; then generally southward along Main Street to the junction with Church Street; then generally eastward and northward along Church Street to NG Ref NS 3917 7998; then generally eastward in a straight line to the centre line of the Balloch to Dumbarton railway line at NG Ref NS 3932 7999; then generally southwestward along the said railway line to the junction with Bridge Street; then generally eastward along the said street to Bonhill Bridge; then generally southward along the River Leven to its junction with the Alexandria Bypass, A82(T) and the northern boundary of EW 15; then generally westward along the said EW boundary to the junction with the western boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council at NG Ref NS 3764 7694; then generally northwestward and northeastward along the said council boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3690 7966; then generally eastward along the said field boundary to the western boundary of the Vale of Leven Cemetery at NG Ref NS 3833 7974; then southward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 18 Alexandria North/Tullichewan

Commencing at the centre of the Lomond Road/Luss Road Roundabout NG Ref NS 3863 8159; then generally southward along Luss Road to the junction with Argyll Street; then generally northeastward along Argyll Street to the junction with the Balloch to Dumbarton railway line at NG Ref NS 3915 8126; then generally northward along the said railway line to the junction with Lomond Road; then generally eastward along Lomond Road to the junction with the centre line of the River Leven at NG Ref NS 3916 8174; then generally southward along the said river to NG Ref NS 3935 8028; then generally westward in a straight line to the centre of the Balloch to Dumbarton railway line at NG Ref NS 3931 8028; then generally southward along the said railway to where it meets the northern boundary of EW 17 at NG Ref NS 3932 7999; then generally westward, southward, westward, northward, westward, southward and westward along the said EW boundary to the junction with the western boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council at NG Ref NS 3690 7966; then generally northwestward along the said council boundary to NG Ref NS 3560 8165; then generally eastward along a forestry track to NG Ref NS 3621 8174; then generally northwestward to and along a field boundary to NG Ref NS 3610 8193; then generally eastward along a field boundary and its prolongation to the junction with the A82(T) at NG Ref NS 3791 8198; then generally southeastward to the A82(T)/Lomond Road Roundabout; then generally eastward to the point of commencement.

Ward 19 Balloch

Commencing at the junction of Lomond Road and the centre line of the River Leven on the northern boundary of EW 18 at NG Ref NS 3916 8174; then generally westward, southward, southwestward, northward, westward, northward and westward along the said EW boundary to where it meets the western boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council at NG Ref NS 3560 8165; then generally northwestward and northeastward along the said council boundary to a point in Loch Lomond at NG Ref NS 3793 8388; then generally southeastward along the prolongation of the River Leven and along the River Leven to NG Ref NS 3885 8237; then generally eastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 3897 8242; then generally northward, eastward and southward along the Moss o' Balloch Plantations to NG Ref NS 3924 8261; then northeastward in a straight line to the western boundary of the Mollanbowie Housing Estate at NG Ref NS 3932 8267; then generally northward and eastward along the western and northern boundaries of the said estate to the junction of Mollanbowie Road NG Ref NS 3959 8279; then generally southward and southeastward along Mollanbowie Road to NG Ref NS 3987 8227; then generally northward and eastward along the rear curtilages of Mossburn Avenue to the junction with Stirling Road A811; then generally southwestward along Stirling Road to the junction with Drymen Road; then generally southwestward along Drymen Road to the junction with Mollandbowie Road; then northwestward along Mollandbowie Road to a point opposite the rear curtilage of the property known as Fiveways; then southwestward to and along the said curtilage and continuing along the rear curtilages of the properties lying to the north of Drymen Road to Lawrence Drive; then in a straight line southwestward to and long the northern curtilage of No 1 Lawrence Drive to the rear curtilage of the property known as Croftlea; then southwestward along the said curtilage and continuing along the rear curtilages of the properties lying to the north of Drymen Road to the western curtilage of the property known as Woodside; then southeastward along the said curtilage to Drymen Road; then southwestward along Drymen Road to the junction with Carrochan Road; then generally southeastward along Carrochan Road to the junction with Carrochan Burn NG Ref NS 3960 8180; then generally southwestward along the said burn to its confluence with the River Leven; then generally northward along the said river to the point of commencement.

Ward 20 Haldane/Kilmaronock/Jamestown

Commencing at the confluence of the Carrochan Burn and the River Leven on the eastern boundary of EW 19 NG Ref NS 3942 8133; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to its junction with the northern boundary of West Dunbartonshire Council at NG Ref NS 3793 8388; then northwestward, northeastward and generally southeastward along the said council boundary to the northern boundary of EW 11 at NG Ref NS 4609 8154; then generally westward and southwestward along the said EW boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 4318 8035; then northeastward in a straight line along the said field boundary to NG Ref NS 4323 8076; then northwestward along the line of a field boundary to the unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 4288 8168; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the said burn to the line of the dismantled railway line; then southwestward along the said railway line to the point it crosses the River Leven on the eastern boundary of EW 18; then northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 21 Bonhill East

Commencing at the junction of EWs 11 and 20 at NG Ref NS 4318 8034; then generally southwestward along the western boundary of EW 11 to the northern boundary of EW 14 NG Ref NS 4070 7901; then generally southwards along the said EW boundary to its junction with the Red Burn NG Ref NS 4036 7855; then generally westward along the said burn to the junction with the A813 Stirling Road; then generally northward along the said road to a point in line with a path leading to the Ladyton Community Centre; then eastward to and along the said path to the western curtilage of the Community Centre; then northward to and along the said curtilage to an unnamed road leading to Stirling Road; then generally northwestward along the said unnamed road to the southern boundary of Bonhill Quarry; then generally northeastward and northward along the southern and eastern boundaries of Bonhill Quarry (Disused) to NG Ref NS 3991 7969; then generally westward to NG Ref NS 3988 7969; then northward along a field boundary to NG Ref NS 3993 7989; then westward in a straight line to Northfield Road; then generally northward along Northfield Road and its prolongation to the junction with Auchencarroch Road; then generally northeastward along the said road to the junction with the Ruchetmoss Burn; then generally northwestward along the said burn to the junction with a disused railway line and the southern boundary of EW 20 at NG Ref NS 4032 8140; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 22 Riverside

Commencing at the junction of the River Leven and the disused railway line on the southern boundary of EW 20 NG Ref NS 3956 8122; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 21; then generally southward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 14; then generally southward and westward along the said EW boundary to the northern boundary of EW 15; then northwestward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 17; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect (with minor modifications of a drafting nature) to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of West Dunbartonshire Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of West Dunbartonshire Council is divided into 22 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. In terms of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the wards apply with effect from the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.

(1)

1973 c. 65.

(2)

Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67).