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Northern Ireland is divided into 26 Local Council areas. The Local Councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom, e.g. they have no responsibility for education, for road building or for housing. Their functions do include waste and recycling services, leisure and community services, building control and local economic and cultural development. Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ...
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent...
The current pattern of local government in Northern Ireland, with 26 Local Councils, was established in 1973 to replace the previous system established by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. The system is based on the recommendations of the Macrory Report, of June 1970, which presupposed the continued existence of the Government of Northern Ireland to act as a regional-level authority. The Local Council structure and the structure of other areas of public services in Northern Ireland is being reviewed by the Review of Public Administration and is likely to result in a significant reduction in the eventual number of Local Councils. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 a piece of legislation passed as an Act of Parliament by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1898, to establish a system of local government in Ireland on lines similar that had been recently created in Great Britain at the time. ...
1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ...
Councillors are elected for a 4-year term of office under proportional representation using the Single Transferable Vote (STV)system. In order to qualify for election, a councillor must be 21 years old, a British subject or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland and either: be a local elector for the district; or have during the whole of the 12-month period prior to the election either owned or occupied land in the district, or resided or worked in the district. Proportional Representation (PR) describes various multi-winner electoral systems which try to ensure that the proportional support gained by different groups is accurately reflected in the election result. ...
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent...
The Republic of Ireland (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is the official description of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. ...
Elections were last held in 2001 and take place every four years. In those elections a total of 582 Councillors were elected. The next elections are due to take place in May 2005. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For local government, Northern Ireland was previously divided into six counties and two county boroughs, with various rural districts and urban districts in the counties. This system, with the abolition of rural districts, remains the model for local government in the Republic of Ireland. The island of Ireland is often referred to as the 32 counties, with its two states, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, being nicknamed respectively the six counties and the twenty-six counties. ...
County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ...
In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ...
In British and Irish local government, an urban district is a subdivision of a county that covers an urbanised area. ...
The Republic of Ireland (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is the official description of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. ...
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