Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors.Councillors 2017 , East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 April 2022 The current entity was technically created in 2017 following a boundary review, but has largely the same boundaries as the 2007 Kirkintilloch East and Twechar ward, which as its name suggests encompassed the eastern parts of Kirkintilloch (neighbourhoods between the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Luggie Water, including Harestanes, Hillhead, Merkland and Waterside) and the separate village of Twechar further east, up to the boundary with Kilsyth and Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire.4th Reviews - ward maps East Dunbartonshire Overview, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
The 2017 amendments involved the addition of the Kirkintilloch neighbourhoods north of the canal / along the A803 road from the defunct Campsie & Kirkintilloch North ward with the name also altered to reflect this, although the number of representatives did not change.5th Reviews - ward maps East Dunbartonshire Ward 6 Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022 In 2020, the ward population was 18,251.Electoral Ward Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022
Councillors ElectionCouncillors2007John Jamieson(SNP)Stewart MacDonald(Labour)Jack Young(EDIA / Ind.)201220122017Susan Murray(Liberal Democrats)2022Pamela Marshall(SNP)2025Aidan Marshall(Labour)
Election results
2025 by-election A by-election was held on 13 February 2025.
2022 election 2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election
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2017 election 2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
2012 election 2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election
2007 election 2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election
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