The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. The Lord Provost serves as the chair of the city council and is elected by the city councillors from among its members at the council's first meeting.
The Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow, by virtue of office, is also:
Lord-Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow
a Commissioner of Northern Lighthouses.
Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a provost, but it is only the four biggest cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee that have a Lord Provost, who also serves as the lord-lieutenant for the city. This is codified in the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. As of 2017, the role attracts a salary of £41,546, plus an annual expenses budget of £5000.
The Lord Provost of Glasgow elected in May 2022 was Dr Jacqueline McLaren.
The Lord Provost of Glasgow has the use of an official limousine which is always black and always carries the registration plate "G0". Past limousines are on display at the city's Transport Museum. The current limousine is a Rolls-Royce Ghost, donated by Boyd Tunnock in 2018. It was sold in 2022 for approximately £105,000, to go to the Duke of Edinburgh scheme.
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List of provosts and lord provosts
The Medieval burgh of Glasgow was administered on behalf of the Bishops of Glasgow by officials known as Bailies or Provosts. The office of Provost as a single chief magistrate was not created until the early 1450s.
Deputy lieutenants
A deputy lieutenant of Glasgow is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Glasgow. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.
19th Century
6 February 1894: The Earl of Home
6 February 1894: Lieutenant Colonel The Lord Blythswood
6 February 1894: The Lord Kelvin
6 February 1894: The Lord Overtoun
6 February 1894: Sir John Stirling-Maxwell
6 February 1894: Sir Charles Tennant
6 February 1894: Sir James King
6 February 1894: Sir John Burns
6 February 1894: Sir William Wallace Hozier
6 February 1894: Sir John Muir
6 February 1894: Sir Charles Cameron
6 February 1894: Brigadier General Sir Donald Matheson}
6 February 1894: Sir William Collins
6 February 1894: Sir James Bain
6 February 1894: Sir John Neilson Cuthbertson
6 February 1894: Sir William McOnie}
6 February 1894: Sir William Kenny Watson
6 February 1894: John Anderson
6 February 1894: William Rae Arthur
6 February 1894: James G. A. Baird
6 February 1894: J. C. Bolton
21st Century
9 July 2004: Christine Devine
9 July 2004: Alex Mosson
9 July 2004: Mary Paris
9 July 2004: Robert Winter