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957:Strathclyde
813:Dunfermline
750:Clackmannan
640:"No. 22102"
543:21 February
319:River Clyde
268:Lanarkshire
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233:Strathclyde
127:16 May 1975
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1569:Motherwell
1553:Categories
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1040:Clydesdale
1025:Inverclyde
942:Midlothian
914:Sutherland
624:23 January
599:18 January
518:19 January
486:25 January
463:References
426:1975–1996
392:district.
384:, and the
339:Newarthill
331:Chapelhall
307:Shottskirk
296:Uddingston
275:Motherwell
206:Motherwell
186:Motherwell
169:Government
147:(Part of)
94:Population
54:Motherwell
1589:Bellshill
1539:Abolished
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575:3 January
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327:Bellshill
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894:Lochaber
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772:Galloway
760:Stirling
718:Roxburgh
691:Scotland
446:See also
433:Premises
388:area of
386:Chryston
347:Viewpark
343:Newmains
335:Holytown
300:Hamilton
292:Bothwell
288:District
240:Scotland
229:district
224:) was a
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60:District
1065:Tayside
1055:Renfrew
1015:Glasgow
924:Lothian
795:Wigtown
755:Falkirk
700:Borders
537:Hansard
250:History
244:Glasgow
231:in the
115:History
106:143,730
25:55°48′N
1599:Wishaw
1594:Shotts
1099:Orkney
1078:Dundee
851:Gordon
422:Labour
414:Years
403:Labour
351:Shotts
286:Sixth
279:Wishaw
236:region
159:Status
28:3°56′W
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861:Moray
282:Burgh
218:Scots
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