Our political make up

How we work

Our council is made up of 34 locally elected councillors covering 11 wards with the Scottish Borders.

The Leader of the Council is Euan Jardine.

Committees

Councillors meet regularly as a full council:

Our councillors are also on various committees which have different functions:

Management

The day to day management of us and our services is carried out by our staff (council officers) and overseen by our Chief Executive.

Performance

We continually monitor our performance against a number of priorities and performance indicators, and the Single Outcome Agreement commits us to improving our performance and service quality.