East Dunbartonshire
Proper noun
Meaning
East Dunbartonshire
A council area of Scotland (one of 32); it was formed in 1996 on the abolition of Strathclyde Region.
Examples
The stricter rules apply to 2.3 million people across East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire, North and South Lanarkshire, East and South Ayrshire, Stirling and West Lothian.
Councillor Jim Gibbons, Convener of the Council’s Place, Neighbourhood & Corporate Assets Committee, said, “From Romans and Puffers, to paintings and fascinating pieces from the past, East Dunbartonshire has a distinctive and fascinating heritage.
A teachers union is to take strike action at three schools in East Dunbartonshire next week because of working conditions.
Macmillan’s fundraiser for East Dunbartonshire, Elsie Riley, said: “We really hope the texting campaign will be a success.
The 2017/18 figures provided by the Trussell Trust also reveal a rise from 2016/17, where 3723 people in East Dunbartonshire were given assistance.
The SNP's John Nicolson lost East Dunbartonshire to Liberal Democrat Jo Swinson, who got a majority of 5,339.