Tayside Regional Council Conservative Group

• Reference:GB 254 MS 366
• Dates of Creation:1974-1994
• Name of Creator:
  Bruce Mackie
• Physical Description:
  7 volumes

• Scope and Content

  Tayside Region Conservative Group Minute Books 1974-1994

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Bruce Mackie OBE served as a councillor for Broughty Ferry on Dundee Town Council from 1966 until 1975. He represented the Barnhill area of Broughty Ferry on the Tayside Regional Council throughout its existence. In 1995 he was elected to Dundee City Council, and remained on that body until his retirement in 2007. During his time as a councillor he held various convenerships and also served as a baillie. He was Chairman of Dundee East Conservative and Unionist Association and the Conservative candidate for Dundee East at the 1997 General Election. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Dundee in 2000. Bruce Mackie died in February 2015. The group was originally chaired and led by Ian Mackie CBE, a former member of Dundee Town Council (1965-1971 and 1972-1975), who served as regional councillor for Clepington-Maryfield from 1974 until 1986. After Ian Mackie lost his seat in the 1986 election he was succeeded as chair by his brother Bruce. Ian Mackie had held various council convenerships and also served as a bailie. He died in 1991. Tayside Regional Council was formed in 1974, officially coming into operation in 1975, and abolished in 1996. The Conservative Group was constituted in the Queens Hotel, Dundee on 14th May 1974, shortly after the first election to the body. The Conservatives were the largest party on the new council, but did not have a majority and formed a minority administration, although the Conservative nominee for convener, William K. Fitzgerald, the former Lord Provost of Dundee (1970-1973), was defeated for the position on a cut of the cards by the independent councillor Ian A. Duncan Millar after a tied vote. After the 1978 regional council elections the Conservatives gained a majority on the council and Fitzgerald was elected convener, a post he was re-elected to in 1982. At the 1986 election the Conservatives lost several seats and control of the council passed to a minority Labour Party Administration.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  The records were gifted by Bruce Mackie on 24 November 2014 after he had alerted Kenneth Baxter to their existence and his desire to gift them to the University and after discussion with Caroline Brown.

• Note

  Bruce Mackie OBE served as a councillor for Broughty Ferry on Dundee Town Council from 1966 until 1975. He represented the Barnhill area of Broughty Ferry on the Tayside Regional Council throughout its existence. In 1995 he was elected to Dundee City Council, and remained on that body until his retirement in 2007. During his time as a councillor he held various convenerships and also served as a baillie. He was Chairman of Dundee East Conservative and Unionist Association and the Conservative candidate for Dundee East at the 1997 General Election. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Dundee in 2000. Bruce Mackie died in February 2015. The group was originally chaired and led by Ian Mackie CBE, a former member of Dundee Town Council (1965-1971 and 1972-1975), who served as regional councillor for Clepington-Maryfield from 1974 until 1986. After Ian Mackie lost his seat in the 1986 election he was succeeded as chair by his brother Bruce. Ian Mackie had held various council convenerships and also served as a bailie. He died in 1991. Tayside Regional Council was formed in 1974, officially coming into operation in 1975, and abolished in 1996. The Conservative Group was constituted in the Queens Hotel, Dundee on 14th May 1974, shortly after the first election to the body. The Conservatives were the largest party on the new council, but did not have a majority and formed a minority administration, although the Conservative nominee for convener, William K. Fitzgerald, the former Lord Provost of Dundee (1970-1973), was defeated for the position on a cut of the cards by the independent councillor Ian A. Duncan Millar after a tied vote. After the 1978 regional council elections the Conservatives gained a majority on the council and Fitzgerald was elected convener, a post he was re-elected to in 1982. At the 1986 election the Conservatives lost several seats and control of the council passed to a minority Labour Party Administration.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter, December 2014 and amended December 2017

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Custodial History

  The records were kept by Bruce Mackie, former Group Chairman.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Related Material

  MS 270
  MS 309
  MS 301

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 366

• Subjects

  Government (local)

  Politics