The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 65) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in Scotland, on 1 October 1947.
Section 1 of the act reads:
The umbrella organisation for district councils in Scotland at this time was the Scottish Association of District Councils. Notable presidents of this body included the playwright Robert McLellan who was elected in 1962 and presided at the moment when Westminster announced its intention to institute the review local government in Scotland which would eventually lead to Lord Wheatley's abolition of district councils in the early 1970s.
New local government areas Section 2 defines the new local government areas. From Schedule 1:
Counties Aberdeen Angus Argyll Ayr Banff Berwick Bute Caithness Clackmannan Dumfries DumbartonEast Lothian Fife Inverness Kincardine Kinross Kirkcudbright Lanark Midlothian Moray Nairn OrkneyPeebles Perth Renfrew Ross and Cromarty Roxburgh Selkirk Stirling Sutherland West Lothian Wigtown Zetland
Counties of cities Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow
Large burghs Airdrie Arbroath Ayr Clydebank Coatbridge Dumbarton DumfriesDunfermline Falkirk Greenock Hamilton Inverness Kilmarnock KirkcaldyMotherwell and Wishaw Paisley Perth Port Glasgow Rutherglen Stirling
Small burghs Aberchirder Aberfeldy Aberlour Abernethy Alloa Alva Alyth Annan Ardrossan Armadale Auchterarder Auchtermuchty Ballater Banchory Banff Barrhead Bathgate Biggar Blairgowrie and Rattray Bo'ness Bonnyrigg and Lasswade Brechin Bridge of Allan Buckhaven and Methil Buckie Burghead Burntisland Callander Campbeltown Carnoustie Castle Douglas Cockenzie and Port Seton Coldstream Coupar Angus Cove and Kilcreggan Cowdenbeath Crail Crieff Cromarty Cullen Culross Cumnock and Holmhead Cupar Dalbeattie Dalkeith Darvel Denny and Dunipace Dingwall Dollar Dornoch Doune Dufftown Dunbar Dunblane Dunoon Duns East Linton Elgin Elie and Earlsferry EllonEyemouth Falkland Findochty Forfar Forres Fort William Fortrose Fraserburgh Galashiels Galston Gatehouse Girvan Gourock Grangemouth Grantown-on-Spey Haddington Hawick Helensburgh Huntly Innerleithen Inveraray Inverbervie Invergordon Inverkeithing Inverurie Irvine Jedburgh Johnstone Keith Kelso Kilrenny, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester Kilsyth Kilwinning Kinghorn Kingussie Kinross Kintore Kirkcudbright Kirkintilloch Kirkwall Kirriemuir Ladybank Lanark Langholm Largs Lauder Laurencekirk Lerwick Leslie Leven Linlithgow Loanhead Lochgelly Lochgilphead Lochmaben Lockerbie Lossiemouth and BranderburghMacduff Markinch Maybole Melrose Millport Milngavie Moffat Monifieth Montrose Musselburgh Nairn New Galloway Newburgh Newmilns and Greenholm Newport Newton Stewart North Berwick Oban Oldmeldrum Peebles Penicuik Peterhead Pitlochry Pittenweem Portknockie Portsoy Prestonpans Prestwick Queensferry Renfrew Rosehearty Rothes Rothesay Saltcoats Sanquhar Selkirk St Andrews St. Monance Stewarton Stonehaven Stornoway Stranraer Stromness Tain Tayport Thurso Tillicoultry Tobermory Tranent Troon Turriff Whitburn Whithorn Wick Wigtown
The local government divisions established by the 1947 act were abolished by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
Repealed enactments Section 381 of the act repealed 178 enactments, listed in the fourteenth schedule to the act.