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A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. [1]

115 relations: Administrative counties of England, Alderman, Avon (county), Bedfordshire, Board of chosen freeholders, Board of supervisors, Burgh, Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, Changhua County Council, Cheshire, Chiayi County Council, Cleveland, England, Commissioner of Supply, Connecticut, Coroner, Countries of the United Kingdom, County (Taiwan), County (United States), County borough, County commission, County corporate, County council (Norway), County councils of Sweden, County Dublin, County of Nairn, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, District electoral division, Districts of England, Education Act 1902, Elections in Taiwan, Ex officio member, Fingal, Fujian Province, Republic of China, Grand jury, Greater London, Greater London Council, Hereford and Worcester, Herefordshire, Hsinchu County Council, Hualien County Council, Humberside, Huntingdon and Peterborough, Irish Free State, Irish Poor Laws, Irish Statute Book, Irish War of Independence, Isle of Wight, Joe Biden, Justice of the peace, Kinmen County Council, ..., Kinross-shire, Large burgh, Lienchiang County Council, Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, Local Government Act 1888, Local Government Act 1925, Local Government Act 1929, Local Government Act 1958, Local Government Act 1972, Local Government Act 1985, Local Government Act 2001, Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, Local government areas of Scotland (1973–1996), Local Government Board for Ireland, Local Government Commission for England (1958–1967), Local Government Commission for England (1992), Local Government Commission for Wales, Local government in Northern Ireland, Local government in Wales, London County Council, London Government Act 1963, Massachusetts, Metropolitan borough, Metropolitan county, Miaoli County Council, Middlesex, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Monmouthshire, Moray, Nantou County Council, New England, Northern Ireland, Oireachtas, Parliament of Northern Ireland, Penghu County Council, Perthshire, Pingtung County Council, Police Jury, Proportional representation, Quarter session, Rural district, Rutland, Scotland, Single transferable vote, Small burgh, South Dublin, Subdivisions of Scotland, Taitung County Council, Taiwan, Taiwan Province, The National Archives (United Kingdom), The Times, Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), Vermont, Wales, Worcestershire, World War I, Yilan County Council, Yunlin County Council, 2009 structural changes to local government in England. Expand index (65 more) »

Administrative counties of England

Administrative counties were a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government from 1889 to 1974.

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Alderman

An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law.

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Avon (county)

Avon was, from 1974 to 1996, a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England.

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Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds.) is a county in the East of England.

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Board of chosen freeholders

In New Jersey, a board of chosen freeholders is the county legislature in each of the state's 21 counties.

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Board of supervisors

A board of supervisors is a governing body that oversees the operation of county government in the American states of Arizona, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as 16 counties in New York.

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Burgh

A burgh was an autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland and Northern England, usually a town, or toun in Scots.

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Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was, from 1965 to 1974, an administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

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Changhua County Council

The Changhua County Council (CHCC) is the elected county council of Changhua County, Republic of China.

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Cheshire

Cheshire (archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Flintshire, Wales and Wrexham county borough to the west.

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Chiayi County Council

The Chiayi County Council (CYSCC) is the elected county council of Chiayi County, Republic of China.

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Cleveland, England

Cleveland is an area in the north-east of England.

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Commissioner of Supply

Commissioners of Supply were local administrative bodies in Scotland from 1667 to 1930.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Coroner

A coroner is a person whose standard role is to confirm and certify the death of an individual within a jurisdiction.

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Countries of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom (UK) comprises four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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County (Taiwan)

A county is an administrative division unit in Taiwan.

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County (United States)

In the United States, an administrative or political subdivision of a state is a county, which is a region having specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.

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County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland), to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control.

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County commission

A county commission (also known as a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States.

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County corporate

A county corporate or corporate county was a type of subnational division used for local government in England, Ireland, and Wales.

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County council (Norway)

A County council (Fylkesting) is the highest governing body of the county municipalities in Norway.

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County councils of Sweden

A county council (landsting) is a self-governing local authority and one of the principal administrative subdivisions of Sweden.

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County Dublin

County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or Contae Átha Cliath) is a county in Ireland.

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County of Nairn

The County of Nairn (also called Nairnshire) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown (Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is a county in Ireland.

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District electoral division

A district electoral division (DED) is a former name given to a low-level territorial division in Ireland.

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Districts of England

The districts of England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.

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Education Act 1902

The Education Act 1902 (2 Edw. VII), also known as the Balfour Act, was a highly controversial Act of Parliament that set the pattern of elementary education in England and Wales for four decades.

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Elections in Taiwan

Elections in Taiwan are held on national and local level.

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Ex officio member

An ex officio member is a member of a body (a board, committee, council, etc.) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office.

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Fingal

Fingal is a county in Ireland.

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Fujian Province, Republic of China

Fujian, formerly romanized as Fukien or Fuchien (see other names below), is a streamlined province of the Republic of China (ROC).

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Grand jury

A grand jury is a legal body empowered to conduct official proceedings and investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.

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Greater London

Greater London is a region of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London, as well as a county for the purposes of the lieutenancies.

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Greater London Council

The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986.

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Hereford and Worcester

Hereford and Worcester was an English county created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 from the areas of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire (except Halesowen, Stourbridge and Warley, which became part of the West Midlands) and the county borough of Worcester.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council.

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Hsinchu County Council

The Hsinchu County Council (HCC) is the elected county council of Hsinchu County, Republic of China.

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Hualien County Council

The Hualien County Council (HLCC) is the elected county council of Hualien County, Republic of China.

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Humberside

Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996.

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Huntingdon and Peterborough

Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.

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Irish Poor Laws

The Irish Poor Laws were a series of Acts of Parliament intended to address social instability due to widespread and persistent poverty in Ireland.

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Irish Statute Book

The Irish Statute Book, also known as the electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB), is a database produced by the Office of the Attorney General of Ireland.

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Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence (Cogadh na Saoirse) or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and the British security forces in Ireland.

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (also referred to informally as The Island or abbreviated to IOW) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England.

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Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 47th Vice President of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Kinmen County Council

The Kinmen County Council (KMCC) is the elected county council of Kinmen County, Republic of China.

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Kinross-shire

The County of Kinross is a historic county and registration county in eastern Scotland, administered as part of Perth and Kinross since 1930.

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Large burgh

In 1930, the Scottish burghs were split into two types, large burghs and small burghs.

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Lienchiang County Council

The Lienchiang County Council (MTCC) is the elected county council of Lienchiang County, Republic of China.

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Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993

The Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1993 was an Act passed by the Oireachtas.

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Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898

The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 37) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that established a system of local government in Ireland similar to that already created for England, Wales and Scotland by legislation in 1888 and 1889.

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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed on 26 August 1889.

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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo 5 c. 25) reorganised local government in Scotland from 1930, introducing joint county councils, large and small burghs and district councils.

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Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure in Wales of 22 unitary authority areas, referred to as principal areas in the Act, and abolished the previous two-tier structure of counties and districts.

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Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972

The Local Government (Northern Ireland) Act 1972 (1972 c. 9) was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland that constituted district councils to administer the twenty-six local government districts created by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971, and abolished the existing local authorities in Northern Ireland.

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Local Government Act 1888

The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c.41) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales.

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Local Government Act 1925

The Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925) was enacted by the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State on 26 March 1925.

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Local Government Act 1929

The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales.

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Local Government Act 1958

The Local Government Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz.2 c.55) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom affecting local government in England and Wales outside London.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Local Government Act 1985

The Local Government Act 1985 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

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Local Government Act 2001

The Local Government Act, 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) was enacted by the Oireachtas of Ireland on 21 July 2001.

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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007

The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c 28) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Local government areas of Scotland (1973–1996)

The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.

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Local Government Board for Ireland

The Local Government Board for Ireland was an agency of the Dublin Castle administration that liaised with the various local authorities in Ireland.

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Local Government Commission for England (1958–1967)

The Local Government Commission for England was established by the Local Government Act 1958 to review the organisation of local government, and make "such proposals as are hereinafter authorised for effecting changes appearing to the Commissions desirable in the interests of effective and convenient local government".

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Local Government Commission for England (1992)

The Local Government Commission for England was the body responsible for reviewing the structure of local government in England from 1992 to 2002.

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Local Government Commission for Wales

The Local Government Commission for Wales was established by the Local Government Act 1958 to review the organisation of local government in Wales and to make recommendations for its reform.

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Local government in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is divided into 11 districts for local government purposes.

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Local government in Wales

Since 1 April 1996, Wales has been divided into 22 single-tier principal areas for local government purposes.

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London County Council

London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.

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London Government Act 1963

The London Government Act 1963 (c. 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which recognised officially the conurbation known as Greater London and created a new local government structure for the capital.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Metropolitan borough

A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England, and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county.

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Metropolitan county

The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level administrative division of England.

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Miaoli County Council

The Miaoli County Council (MCC) is the elected county council of Miaoli County, Republic of China.

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is an historic county in south-east England.

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Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (An tAire Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil) is the senior minister at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in the Government of Ireland.

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Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in south east Wales.

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Moray

Moray (Moireibh or Moireabh, Moravia, Mýræfi) is one of the 32 Local Government council areas of Scotland.

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Nantou County Council

The Nantou County Council (NTCC) is the elected county council of Nantou County, Republic of China.

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Oireachtas

The Oireachtas, sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the legislature of Ireland.

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Parliament of Northern Ireland

The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the Home Rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended with the introduction of Direct Rule.

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Penghu County Council

The Penghu County Council is the elected county council of Penghu County, Republic of China.

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Perthshire

Perthshire (Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland.

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Pingtung County Council

The Pingtung County Council (PTCC) is the elected county council of Pingtung County, Republic of China.

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Police Jury

In the U.S. state of Louisiana, the typical governing body of the parish is called the Police Jury.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.

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Quarter session

The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England (including Wales) from 1388 until 1707, then in 18th-century Great Britain, in the later United Kingdom, and in other dominions of the British Empire.

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Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.

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Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in the East Midlands of England, bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).

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Small burgh

Small burghs were units of local government in Scotland created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 in 1930.

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South Dublin

South Dublin (Baile Átha Cliath Theas) is a county in Ireland, within the province of Leinster, and the Dublin Region, a successor to County Dublin, from which its name derives.

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Subdivisions of Scotland

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas", which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils".

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Taitung County Council

The Taitung County Council is the elected county council of Taitung County, Republic of China.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Taiwan Province

Taiwan Province is one of the two administrative divisions of the Republic of China (ROC) that are officially referred to as "provinces".

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The National Archives (United Kingdom)

The National Archives (TNA) is a non-ministerial government department.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)

In England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Worcestershire

Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Yilan County Council

The Yilan County Council (ILCC) is the elected county council of Yilan County, Republic of China.

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Yunlin County Council

The Yunlin County Council (YLCC) is the elected county council of Yunlin County, Republic of China.

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2009 structural changes to local government in England

Structural changes to local government in England were effected on 1 April 2009, whereby a number of new unitary authorities were created in parts of the country which previously operated a 'two-tier' system of counties and districts.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_council

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