Who Runs Edinburgh?

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All political parties have been involved in talks to form administrations from the Conservatives and Lib Dems in Aberdeenshire to SNP, Labour and Lib Dems in Dumfries and Galloway.

As such, the Edinburgh Corporation was responsible for local government services, such as the Edinburgh Corporation Transport Department ( Edinburgh Corporation Tramways until 1928).

For elections to the Scottish Parliament, the city is divided among six of the nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region. He was the first Lord Provost to welcome a new monarch (Charles III) to Edinburgh with the Ceremony of the Keys since 1952.

Nicola Sturgeon's party secured the most councillors with eight seats, the Lib Dems six, Labour four, the Tories three and there is one independent.

The date of Edinburgh's formation as a burgh is unknown, but it is referred to as a royal burgh from the reign of David I (reigned 1124–1153).