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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
Scottish Labour has lost control of Fife Council after the SNP and Lib Dems announced the latest local coalition deal.
The joint administration holds 44 of the 78 seats on Fife Council,
which ends years of Labour domination. Fife is also the region where
Chancellor Gordon Brown has his constituency.
The agreement will be ratified at a meeting of the full council today
and is the latest in a series of deals in local government since the
May elections.
Aberdeen City has already announced an SNP and Lib Dem coalition.
Councillors have voted to install 18-year-old Councillor John West in
the new role of Depute Provost.
The new administration of Perth and Kinross Council will also be a
partnership between the SNP and Liberal Democrats. The leader of the
council will be the SNP's Ian Miller and the Provost and convener of
the council is fellow SNP councillor John Hulbert.
A Conservative, Lib Dem and independent coalition is set to be confirmed for Scottish Borders Council.
Coalition deals have been announced for many Councils across Scotland
after the new PR-STV voting system resulted in most local authorities
having no overall control.
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