Inverclyde was created as a district in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier di… See more

The area is divided into eleven community council areas, seven of which have community councils as at 2023 (being those with asterisks in the list below):
• Gourock*
• Greenock Central… See more

• Ardgowan Estate
• The Bogal Stone
• Cappielow
• Castle Levan
• Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park… See more

In the 2014 independence referendum, the "No" vote won in Inverclyde by just 86 votes and a margin of 0.2%. By either measure, this was the narrowest result of any of the 32 council areas. In the 2016 EU Referendum, … See more

Inverclyde has twenty primary schools serving all areas of its settlements. These are:
• Aileymill Primary School, Greenock (merger of Larkfield and Ravenscraig primaries)… See more