E1Part I Local Government Areas and Authorities in England
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 F4and section 12(4) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) one councillor;
F5b
every metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each returning such number of councillors as may be provided as mentioned in subsection (3) below;
c
every non-metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each returning such number of councillors as may be provided F6as mentioned in subsection (3) below;
and there shall be a separate election for each electoral division or ward.
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The number of councillors referred to in subsection (2)(b) or (c) above may be provided—
a
under or by virtue of the provisions of section 7 below;
b
by an order under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19);
c
by an order under section 14 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c. 29);
d
by an order under Part 1 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.
Part I (ss. 1-19) extends to England only: see s. 19