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. Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages 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... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area. It is common in the US for city wards to simply be numbered, however.

United Kingdom

A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of UK administrative and electoral geography (except in the Isles of Scilly). Tresco, the second largest Island of Scillonia The Isles of Scilly (Cornish: Ynysek Syllan) form an archipelago of islands off the Cornish coast. ...

Scotland, the London boroughs and the metropolitan boroughs, and the non-metropolitan districts (including most unitary authorities) are divided into wards for elections. Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ... Non-metropolitan districts (usually just called Districts) are local government sub-divisions of English Counties. ... A unitary authority is a term used in a two-tier local government system to describe a unit of local government that operates as a single tier. ...

Elections in Wales and English county council elections (including the Isle of Wight unitary authority), instead use divisions called 'electoral division'. For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... In the British Isles, a county council is a council that governs a county. ... The Isle of Wight is an English island, south of Southampton off the southern English coast. ...

In shire county areas with both wards and electoral divisions, the two types of divisions may bear no relation to each other, but generally wards will be used as building blocks for county electoral divisions, or will be used as-is but electing fewer councillors. A shire county or non-metropolitan county in England, is an administrative county which is not a metropolitan county. ...

As of 2004 there are 10,661 electoral wards (including Welsh and Wight electoral divisions) in the UK, with an average population of 5,500 (Office for National Statistics). 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In urban areas the wards within a local authority area generally contain roughly the same number of electors and elect three councillors. In local authorities with mixed urban and rural areas the number of councillors may vary from one to three depending on the size of the electorate.

A ward can be co-terminious with a civil parish or consist of groups of civil parishes. Larger civil parishes can be divided into two or more wards. In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...

Parish and community wards also exist, which are subdivisions of parishes or communities, and used for elections to parish and community councils. They need not bear any relation to district wards.

Thr four most northerly traditional counties of England namely, Cumberland, Westmorland, County Durham and Northumberland were divided into administrative units called wards instead of hundreds or wapentakes like the rest of the country. The British Isles are divided into the following traditional counties (also vice counties or historic counties). ... Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... Westmorland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... Northumberland is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. ... A hundred is an administrative division which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ... A wapentake is a term derived from the Old Norse, the rough equivalent of an Anglo-Saxon hundred. ...

United States

In the United States wards usually have leaders elected by the party committee members within their boundaries. Ward leaders are often major forces within the political and civic life of their neighborhoods, influencing zoning, the provision of governmental services, patronage, and the selection of candidates for office. Winning the leadership of a ward helped launch the Kennedy and Daley families, among many others, into elective office. Other cities in the US, such as Minneapolis use the term ward to refer to an elective district of their city councils, and is not used in party leadership elections. In smaller boroughs and townships wards typically allow a closer, more direct representation of the local voters. Several individuals have the surname Kennedy: Members of the Kennedy family of the United States, including: John F. Kennedy - U.S. President, U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy - U.S. Senator, and Attorney General Edward Kennedy - U.S. Senator Kennedy clan - Scottish clan Duncan Kennedy - Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Harvard... Daley may mean several things. ... Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant Official website: http://www. ...

Japan

See: Wards of Japan A ku (区), translated as ward, is a district in a large Japanese city. ...