Glasgow City Council has been under no overall control since 2017, being led by a Scottish National Party minority administration.

The council has its headquarters at Glasgow City Chambers in George Square, completed in 1889.

The city was part of Lanarkshire until 1893, but the functions which operated at county level were relatively few, largely being limited to lieutenancy and sheriffdom.

These significant expansions comprise: Local government across Scotland was reorganised in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which replaced the counties and burghs with a two-tier structure of upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts.

The Glasgow district covered a larger area than the pre-1975 city, gaining Baillieston, Cambuslang, Carmunnock, Carmyle, Garrowhill, Mount Vernon, Rutherglen, and Springboig.

The Greens won ten seats, also improving on their position in 2017, whilst the Conservatives lost all but two councillors.

Election results since 1995 have been as follows:[20] The council has its meeting place and main offices at Glasgow City Chambers in George Square.

[36][37] In 1814 the corporation vacated the Tolbooth and moved to the new Justiciary Buildings on Saltmarket, overlooking Glasgow Green.

The building served both as council chamber and offices for the corporation and as the courthouse for the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire.