Many large local government councils in the United Kingdom have a system of area committees, with responsibility for services in a particular part of the area covered by the council. Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state. ... The United Kingdom is made up of four parts - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...

In the county council areas of England, for example, there is typically an area committee for each district within the county. In the British Isles, a county council is a council that governs a county. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England, except for civil parishes. ...

Examples

• In England:
  • Birmingham - district committees for 11 areas similar to Birmingham's parliamentary constituencies.
  • Bradford - has 5 area committees made up of the wards that (roughly) make up the 5 parliamentary constituencies namely Bradford North, Bradford South, Bradford West, Keighley and Shipley.

Before the 2004 ward boundary review the wards fitted exactly within the constituencies and the committees were therefore known as constituency committees.

• • Leicester - 9 area committees containing between 2 and 3 wards. The city centre is considered outside any area.
  • Kirklees - 7 area committees
  • Kingston upon Hull - 7 area committees
  • Oxford - 6 area committees

• In Scotland:
  • Aberdeenshire council has devolved power to six area committees:
    • Banff & Buchan
    • Buchan
    • Formartine
    • Garioch
    • Marr
    • Kincardine & Mearns
  • Dumfries and Galloway - 4 area committees:
    • Annandale and Eskdale
    • Nithsdale
    • Stewartry
    • Wigtown
  • Glasgow - 11 area committees [1]:
    • Bishops Wood
    • Central
    • Drumchapel and West
    • East (centre)
    • East
    • North
    • North West
    • South
    • South East
    • South West
    • West End
  • Highland council has devolved power to 8 area committees:
    • Caithness
    • Sutherland
    • Ross and Cromarty
    • Skye and Lochalsh
    • Lochaber
    • Inverness
    • Badenoch and Strathspey
    • Nairn
  • Scottish Borders [2]:
    • Berwickshire
    • Eildon
    • Tweeddale
    • Cheviot
    • Teviot and Liddesdale
• In Wales:
  • Gwynedd - area committees for Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd - the former districts.
  • Powys - area committees for Brecknockshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire.

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Bradford West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Keighley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Shipley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods... The Boundary Committee for England is an independent body in England responsible for defining borders for local elections; and for conducting reviews of local government areas. ... 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Dumfries and Galloway (Dùn Phris agus Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... Annandale and Eskdale was formerly (1975-96) a local government district in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. ... Nithsdale was formerly (1975-96) a local government district in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. ... Stewartry was formerly (1975-96) a local government district in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. ... Wigtown is a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway, south of Newton Stewart and east of Stranraer. ... Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city and unitary council, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... The Highland unitary authority area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. ... Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic) is a traditional county and former administrative county within the Highland area of Scotland. ... Sutherland (Cataibh in Gaelic) is a traditional county which is now within the Highland local government area of Scotland. ... Ross and Cromarty: administrative county (1889-1975) Image:RossCromDistrict. ... Skye and Lochalsh was formerly (1975-96) a local government district in the Highland Region of Scotland, comprising the islands of Skye and Raasay, and the mainland area heading inland from Kyle of Lochalsh. ... Lochaber (Scottish Gaelic, Loch Abar) refers to a large area of the central and western Scottish Highlands. ... Inverness (Inbhir Nis in Scottish Gaelic) is the only city in the Scottish Highlands. ... Badenoch and Strathspey was created in 1975 as a one of the eight council disricts of the Highland local government region of Scotland. ... 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