Glasgow City Council

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council area authority local government authority unitary authority

Glasgow City Council is the local government authority responsible for providing public services and administration for the city of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Glasgow City Council area 3
Glasgow City council area 1
Glasgow Corporation 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf council area authority ⓘ
local government authority ⓘ
unitary authority ⓘ
budgetSource Scottish Government grants ⓘ
local taxation ⓘ
category Local authorities in Scotland ⓘ
Politics of Glasgow ⓘ
ceremonialHead Lord Provost of Glasgow ⓘ
coatOfArms Glasgow coat of arms ⓘ
surface form: coat of arms of Glasgow
country Scotland ⓘ
employs local authority staff in Glasgow ⓘ
foundedBy Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ⓘ
governmentType unitary local authority ⓘ
governs Glasgow ⓘ
hasMotto Let Glasgow Flourish ⓘ
hasPart Lord Provost of Glasgow ⓘ
councillors ⓘ
headOfGovernment Leader of Glasgow City Council ⓘ
headquarters Glasgow City Chambers ⓘ
headquartersLocation George Square ⓘ
surface form: George Square, Glasgow
inception 1996 ⓘ
jurisdiction Glasgow ⓘ
surface form: City of Glasgow
lastElection 2022 Glasgow City Council election ⓘ
legislativeBody Glasgow City Council self-link ⓘ
locatedIn Glasgow ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Glasgow City council area ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
numberOfMembers 85 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
operatesIn Scottish local government system ⓘ
owns Glasgow City Chambers ⓘ
previousElection 2017 Glasgow City Council election ⓘ
replaced Glasgow City Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow Corporation

Strathclyde Regional Council (for many functions) ⓘ
responsibleFor environmental health in Glasgow ⓘ
housing services in Glasgow ⓘ
libraries and cultural services in Glasgow ⓘ
licensing of taxis and certain businesses in Glasgow ⓘ
local education services in Glasgow ⓘ
local roads in Glasgow ⓘ
planning and building standards in Glasgow ⓘ
social work services in Glasgow ⓘ
waste collection in Glasgow ⓘ
seat Glasgow ⓘ
subordinateTo Scottish Government ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Government (in devolved framework)
usesLanguage Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
votingSystem single transferable vote ⓘ
website https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/ ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Riverside Museum → client → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
George Square → governedBy → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
Glasgow → governingBody → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
Glasgow and Edinburgh → governingBody → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Glasgow
Glasgow City → governingBody → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
Glasgow City Chambers → governingBody → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
Union Street → governingBody → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Union Street (Glasgow)
Core Cities Group → hasMember → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
Glasgow City Council → legislativeBody → Glasgow City Council self-link ⓘ
Glasgow Cathedral → locatedIn → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow City Council area
Govan High School → locatedInAdministrativeArea → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow City Council area
this entity surface form: Glasgow City Council area
Glasgow City Chambers → occupant → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow) → ownedBy → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum → ownedBy → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
Riverside Museum → ownedBy → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
M8 motorway → passesThrough → Glasgow City Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow City council area
Glasgow City Council → replaced → Glasgow City Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glasgow Corporation