Lord Provost in the context of "List of cities in the United Kingdom"

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⭐ Core Definition: Lord Provost

A lord provost (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-Phrobhaist) is the convenor of the local authority, the civic head and the lord-lieutenant of one of the principal cities of Scotland. The office is similar to that of a lord mayor. Only the cities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Stirling and Glasgow have a lord provost; other Scottish local authorities have provosts or convenors, which are similar offices to that of a mayor (as a presiding officer of the local council, not as a chief executive of a local authority). Perth (as a city) previously termed its civil leader a "lord provost", but from the Second World War onwards has preferred the simple term Provost of Perth.

A lord provost has a higher status than a lord mayor in other parts of the United Kingdom. They are ex officio the lord-lieutenant for that city, in accordance with section 1 of the Lieutenancies Act 1997, which allows the city council to choose its own representative for the monarch.

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👉 Lord Provost in the context of List of cities in the United Kingdom

This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated as such as of 29 August 2022. It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter.

There are currently 76 such cities in the United Kingdom: 55 in England, eight in Scotland, seven in Wales, and six in Northern Ireland. Of these, 24 in England, two in Wales, and two in Northern Ireland have Lord Mayors; four in Scotland have Lord Provosts. In some cases, the area holding city status does not coincide with the built up area or conurbation of which it forms part. In Greater London, for example, the Cities of London and Westminster hold city status separately, but no other local authority in the London Region has been granted city status, nor has the Greater London Authority.

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← List of cities in the United Kingdom ← UK cities
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Scottish Gaelic language → Convenor → Local authority → Lord-lieutenant → Scotland → Lord mayor → Lord Provost of Aberdeen → Lord Provost of Dundee → Lord Provost of Edinburgh → Stirling → Lord Provost of Glasgow → Provost (civil) → Mayor → Perth, Scotland → Second World War → Provost of Perth → United Kingdom → Ex officio → Lieutenancies Act 1997 →