10 Facts About Susan Aitken

Susan Aitken was born on November 1971 and is a Scottish politician who has served as Glasgow city council mayor since 2017.

Susan Aitken was elected to represent the ward of Langside in the 2012 Glasgow City Council election.

Susan Aitken was re-elected as a councillor at the 2017 Glasgow City Council election where the SNP became the largest party: breaking 36 years of uninterrupted Labour Party control of Scotland's largest city.

Cllr Susan Aitken became Leader of the Council, at the head of a minority SNP administration.

Susan Aitken took office as leader of the SNP-led administration on 9 May 2017, formally appointed as such on 18 May 2017, and immediately wrote to COSLA on behalf of Glasgow City Council, seeking to rejoin.

On 19 January 2019, Councillor Susan Aitken's administration announced that it would meet equal pay settlements after Court of Session ruled against Glasgow City Council in a long-running legal dispute which had begun under the previous administration, and which had been a central part of the SNP's 2017 manifesto.

Susan Aitken denied there was a refuse issue, claiming that Glasgow "looks great" which led to her being branded "out of touch".

Concerns arose relating to the level of graffiti across the city, something Susan Aitken said that Glasgow City Council was dealing with.

Susan Aitken had earlier issued assurances that no libraries across the city would close.

Susan Aitken was later found to have broken no conflict of interest rules, having had no locus in the matter, and the Standards Commissioner cleared Susan Aitken of any wrongdoing.