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 that are smaller than a State. Local government in the United Kingdom is arranged into four different systems with one each for England Northern Ireland Scotland and Wales The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
In the county council areas of England, for example, there is typically an area committee for each district within the county. A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a County. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government
Examples
- In England:
- Birmingham - district committees for 11 areas similar to Birmingham's parliamentary constituencies. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um In Birmingham, England, each council constituency is managed by a Constituency Committee, made up of all the councillors for the wards in that
- 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. The City of Bradford is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a Metropolitan borough and a city In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly Bradford North is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Bradford South is a Borough constituency in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire. Bradford West is a Borough 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 County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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- Before the 2004 ward boundary review the wards fitted exactly within the constituencies and the committees were therefore known as constituency committees. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an Electoral district 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 In Birmingham, England, each council constituency is managed by a Constituency Committee, made up of all the councillors for the wards in that
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- Leicester - 9 area committees containing between 2 and 3 wards. Leicester (ˈlɛstə is the largest city and Unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and is the traditional 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:
- Argyll and Bute - 4 area committees:
- Bute & Cowal
- Helensburgh & Lomond
- Mid Argyll, Kintyre & Islay
- Oban, Lorn & Mull
- Dumfries and Galloway - 4 area committees:
- East Ayrshire - 7 area committees:
- Northern
- Kilmarnock North
- Kilmarnock Central
- Kilmarnock South
- Irvine Valley
- Cumnock Area
- Doon Valley
- 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:
- In 1996, the then new unitary Highland Council adopted the areas of the eight districts of the former two-tier Highland region as management areas, and each management area was represented, initially, by area committees consisting of councillors elected from areas (groups of wards) corresponding to the management areas, but changes to ward boundaries in 1999 created a mismatch between committee areas and management areas. Kirklees is a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Kingston upon Hull ( almost invariably referred Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain is one of the 32 unitary Council areas in Scotland. For the constituencies see Banff and Buchan (Scottish Parliament constituency or Banff and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency. Buchan (ˈbʌkn̩ locally ˈbʌxən is one of the six Committee areas and Administrative areas of Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland. Formartine is a Committee area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It has a population of 36478 (2001 Census The Garioch is the name of one of six Committee areas in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Marr is one of six Committee areas in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, bordering Atholl, Badenoch, Gowrie, The Mearns Kincardine and Mearns is one of six Area committees of the Aberdeenshire Council area in Scotland. This article is about the council area For the constituencies see either Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency or Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency The Isle of Bute ( Eilean Bhòid in Gaelic is one of the Islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Helensburgh ( Baile Eilidh in Gaelic) is a Burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Loch Lomond (ˈloʊmənd ( Scottish Gaelic Loch Laomainn) is a freshwater Scottish Loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. Argyll, Archaically Argyle ( Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic) is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part Kintyre ( Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Tìre kʲiɲˈtʲiːɾʲə is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the south-west of Argyll and Bute. Islay (ˈaɪlə Ìle, ˈiːʎə a Scottish Island, known as "The Queen of the Hebrides" ( Banrìgh nan Eilean) is the southernmost Oban ( An t-Òban in Scottish Gaelic meaning The Little Bay) is a Resort Town within the Argyll and Bute council area The Isle of Mull (or simply Mull; Muile in Scottish Gaelic) is the second largest Island of the Inner Hebrides, off the Dumfries and Galloway ( Gaelic: Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, d̪̊unˈfɾʲiʃ aɡ̊əs̪ əŋ ɡ̊auɫ̪ɣəɫ̪əv is one of 32 council areas Annandale and Eskdale is a Committee area in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Nithsdale ( Srath Nid in Scottish Gaelic) also known by its anglicised gaelic name Strathnith or Stranit, is the valley of the River Nith Stewartry 1975-date It is not to be confused with the town in north-west England called Wigton Wigtown ( Gd: Baile na h-Uige East Ayrshire ( Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland. Kilmarnock (Cill Meàrnaig locally known as Killie) is a large Burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of 44170 Cumnock ( Cumnag in Gaelic is a Town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Doon Valley is a valley located in Uttarakhand, India home to the capital of Indian state of Uttarakhand, Dehradun. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Bishop's Wood, Bishops Wood, or Bishopswood ( is a small Village on the Staffordshire border with Shropshire. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom The Highland Council area ( Sgìre Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic, s̪g̊ʲiːɾʲə kɔ Highland Council Management areas 1996 to 2007 For lists of wards see Highland Council wards 1995 to 1999 and Highland Council In 2007, following further changes to ward boundaries, the area committees were abolished and the council created a new more centralised management structure. The former districts were: Badenoch and Strathspey, Caithness, Inverness, Lochaber, Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, Skye and Lochalsh, and Sutherland
- Scottish Borders [2]:
- In Wales:
- Gwynedd - area committees for Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd - the former districts. Badenoch and Strathspey as a local Geography Caithness extends about 40 Miles (64 Kilometres) north-south and about 30 miles (50 km east-west County The county also known as Inverness-shire or Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Gaelic, acquired a County council in 1890 under the Local District of Lochaber County The county also known as Nairnshire or Siorrachd Inbhir Narann in Gaelic, was described in 1846 as "about twenty-two miles in Ross and Cromarty Committee area (1996-date Ross and Cromarty lieutenancy area (1996-date District coat of arms The Skye and Lochalsh District Council Coat of arms, granted by Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1987 featured a wavy blue fess Sutherland (In Gaelic the area is referred to according to its traditional areas Dùthaich 'Ic Aoidh (NW Asainte (Assynt and Cataibh (East The Scottish Borders, often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a Registration county, a Committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy Eildon is the largest Committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, with a population of 34892 at the latest census in 2001. Tweeddale is a Committee area and lieutenancy area in the Scottish Borders. A river of the Scottish Borders, the River Teviot (pronounced locally) rises in the western foothills of Comb Hill on the border of Dumfries and Galloway. Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water, in the County of Roxburgh, southern Scotland, extends in a south-westerly direction from the vicinity of History Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th Century when it was conquered and subjugated by England See also Arfon (UK Parliament constituency, Cantref Arfon Arfon was one of five districts of Gwynedd, North See also Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor See also Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency Dwyfor was one of the five local government Meirionnydd is a coastal and mountainous region of North Wales. In 1974, Wales was re-divided for local government purposes into thirty-seven districts.
- Monmouthshire - four area committees
- Powys - area committees for Brecknockshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire. Ancient county See also Monmouthshire (historic The ancient county of Monmouthshire was formed from the Welsh Marches by the Laws in Wales This article is about the county of Wales For the ancient kingdom see Kingdom of Powys. Brecknockshire (Sir Frycheiniog also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties Montgomeryshire, also known as Maldwyn (Sir Drefaldwyn is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. Radnorshire (Sir Faesyfed is one of thirteen ancient and former administrative counties of Wales.
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