How the council works

The council

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

• Our councillors
• Ward map
• Political make up the Council

The Leader of the councillors is David Parker who was elected in 2003.

• Elections and voting

Committees

Councillors meet regularly as a full council:

• Council meetings

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

• Council committees

Management

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

• Council departments

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.

• Find out more about our performance