E1Part I Local Government Areas and Authorities in England

Annotations:
Extent Information
E1

Part I (ss. 1-19) extends to England only: see s. 19

Members of principal councils

6 Term of office and retirement of councillors.

1

Councillors for a principal area shall be elected by the local government electors for that area in accordance with this Act and Part I of the F1Representation of the People Act 1983.

2

For the purposes of the election of councillors—

C1a

every F2non-metropolitan county shall be divided into electoral divisions, each returning (subject to paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to this Act F3and subject to sections 14(8) and 17(7) of the Local Government Act 1992) one councillor;

b

every metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each returning a number of councillors which is divisible by three; and

c

every non-metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each returning such number of councillors as may be provided F4as mentioned in subsection (3) below;

and there shall be a separate election for each electoral division or ward.

F53

The number of councillors referred to in subsection (2)(c) above may be provided—

a

by an order under paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to this Act;

b

under or by virtue of the provisions of section 7 below;

c

by an order under Part II of the Local Government Act 1992; or

d

by an order under section 14 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997.