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Post by carolus on Mar 23, 2024 22:11:02 GMT
There are the four seaters in Cardiff which seem to be routinely well contested - at a quick glance Cathays had 21 candidates in 2012, though perhaps this is cheating a bit.
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Post by cibwr on Mar 24, 2024 10:17:31 GMT
Pre-1974 reform there were some wards with very large numbers of councillors, which had massively long ballot papers when multiple parties put up full slates. The record appears to be 36 candidates for nine seats in Cavendish ward of St Marylebone borough council in 1949, and in East ward of Bethnal Green borough council in 1928. I seem to remember completing a 20+ name ballot paper in Cardiff in the 1970s.[/quote The old Penylan Ward? Six seats on Cardiff Council and 4 on South Glamorgan Council - I certainly remember in the 1970s and 1980s you would regularly get six candidates from the Conservatives and Labour - usually 4 or so from each of Plaid and the Liberals and some times as many as six ratepayers standing.... a very very large ballot paper. |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Mar 24, 2024 14:32:52 GMT
Sketty in Swansea has five councillors - 19 candidates in 2022, 18 in 2017 and 22 in 2012.
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Post by carolus on Apr 11, 2024 9:26:41 GMT
In England there are parish councils, in Wales there are community councils. Both of these allow candidates to be nominated under various descriptions. In Scotland there are community councils which don't appear to all candidate descriptions. Does anyone know when and why this decision was made?
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Post by mick745 on Apr 17, 2024 18:56:23 GMT
Does anyone have an exact number of councillors in the uk and separately the number of county councillors please?
Excluding parish councils.
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Post by polupolu on Apr 17, 2024 19:36:10 GMT
Does anyone have an exact number of councillors in the uk and separately the number of county councillors please? Excluding parish councils. I don't, but you might be able to calculate what you want from this site: |
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Post by listener on Apr 26, 2024 8:31:20 GMT
Hi Carolus
To answer your question above, English Parish Councils and Welsh Community Councils are statutory bodies, with the power to raise a precept against the district council as part of the overall council tax levy. They have powers to deliver small scale, local services, such as burial grounds, street lighting, playgrounds and footpath maintenance and may employ part-time or full-time staff, such as clerks and grounds maintenance workers.
By contrast, Scottish Community Councils are purely consultative and receive an administrative grant from the district council to cover running expenses. They do not raise taxes and do not provide any services or employ any staff. They are voluntary organisations that have a role in law to represent the views of the local community on issues such as planning applications.
Elections to English Parish Councils and Welsh Community Councils are governed by the Representation of the People Act 1983 and by the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 2006, as subsequently amended, made under that Act. They take place on a four-year cycle, concurrent with district council elections and generally on the 1st Thursday in May.
Whereas the Scottish Community Councils are not governed by the Representation of the People Act, but by the Local Government (Scotland) Acts of 1973 and 1994. These Acts require each district council to establish its own scheme for the establishment of community councils. The whole of Scotland is covered by these individual schemes, defining the boundaries of communities, but in the cities and market towns these tend to be smaller neighbourhoods. There are certainly no Scottish community councils of the size of Aylesbury or Weston-super-Mare.
Have a look at section 22 of the 1994 Act. Each individual scheme for the establishment of community councils shall contain provisions relating to qualifications of electors, elections and other voting arrangements. In other words, the district council sets the timing, character and arrangements of community council elections. The Perth and Kinross Scheme, for example, states that individuals seeking election to a community council shall complete a nomination form, the style of which will be determined by Perth and Kinross Council. This Scheme defines 53 communities, including 7 across the city of Perth itself. The largest electorate is City South community (13,451).
There are model templates to guide the district council in establishing a scheme, but each scheme may vary considerably in its terms and arrangements, including provisions for co-option and by-elections.
When the all-out community elections fall due in a particular Scottish district, they are advertised for every community. In practice a significant proportion of councils attract no candidates at all or remain inquorate. They lapse and are not formed.
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Post by John Chanin on Apr 26, 2024 11:12:06 GMT
Being an urban person I don't know much about parish (town) councils, except that their statutory responsibilities as outlined above are minimal. Can primary authorities (districts or unitaries) delegate functions to parishes? In the case of new large unitaries and town councils this might well be appropriate. Or would any such decisions have to be subsequently ratified by the primary authority to take effect?
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Post by peterl on Apr 26, 2024 21:49:07 GMT
Being an urban person I don't know much about parish (town) councils, except that their statutory responsibilities as outlined above are minimal. Can primary authorities (districts or unitaries) delegate functions to parishes? In the case of new large unitaries and town councils this might well be appropriate. Or would any such decisions have to be subsequently ratified by the primary authority to take effect? Principle authorities can certainly delegate additional responsibilities to parish/town councils. Responsibility for minor highways work such as removing vegetation from the edge of the road and for licensing certain matters such as A-boards and sitting out licenses are often devolved, also running certain facilities such as car parks, public loos, community centers and sometimes leisure centers. From my days on Ferndown Town Council, the youth center and then the local theater/community center were handed over to the town council to run. |
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Post by andrewp on Apr 26, 2024 21:53:00 GMT
Being an urban person I don't know much about parish (town) councils, except that their statutory responsibilities as outlined above are minimal. Can primary authorities (districts or unitaries) delegate functions to parishes? In the case of new large unitaries and town councils this might well be appropriate. Or would any such decisions have to be subsequently ratified by the primary authority to take effect? Somerset council, with its current financial difficulties, is currently talking to the bigger town councils- Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil and Frome- in particular about asset devolution. Things like parks, public toilets, recreation grounds, some leisure provision are all on the table to be either sold to the Town Council or handed over to be operated by the Town council. There is a certain oddness with Taunton Town council at the moment. They trebled their council tax precept this year and are now creating new jobs for exactly the same sorts of roles that the Unitary council is making people compulsorily redundant from. |
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Post by John Chanin on Apr 27, 2024 4:54:25 GMT
Being an urban person I don't know much about parish (town) councils, except that their statutory responsibilities as outlined above are minimal. Can primary authorities (districts or unitaries) delegate functions to parishes? In the case of new large unitaries and town councils this might well be appropriate. Or would any such decisions have to be subsequently ratified by the primary authority to take effect? Somerset council, with its current financial difficulties, is currently talking to the bigger town councils- Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil and Frome- in particular about asset devolution. Things like parks, public toilets, recreation grounds, some leisure provision are all on the table to be either sold to the Town Council or handed over to be operated by the Town council. There is a certain oddness with Taunton Town council at the moment. They trebled their council tax precept this year and are now creating new jobs for exactly the same sorts of roles that the Unitary council is making people compulsorily redundant from. So 'parish' councils are exempt from the 4.99% cap on council tax increases? If so I'm surprised that other principal authorities are not using this workround. |
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Post by andrewp on Apr 27, 2024 8:56:16 GMT
Somerset council, with its current financial difficulties, is currently talking to the bigger town councils- Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil and Frome- in particular about asset devolution. Things like parks, public toilets, recreation grounds, some leisure provision are all on the table to be either sold to the Town Council or handed over to be operated by the Town council. There is a certain oddness with Taunton Town council at the moment. They trebled their council tax precept this year and are now creating new jobs for exactly the same sorts of roles that the Unitary council is making people compulsorily redundant from. So 'parish' councils are exempt from the 4.99% cap on council tax increases? If so I'm surprised that other principal authorities are not using this workround. Yes they are. In Somerset for 2024/25 Bridgwater TCs band D charge went from £112 to £295, Taunton TCs went from £109 to £299. Maybe it is an ‘agreed’ workaround. It seems to me that the TCs are doing some of the ‘nice to do’ things that the Unitary would never do in the current financial situation- at the moment the 2 things that Taunton TC are shouting about are hiring pieces of artwork for the town centre and painting the Town Bridge, which was tatty. Both of those are going down quite well, but whether people would think they are worth £200 more council tax year. |
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Post by ColinJ on Apr 27, 2024 9:32:33 GMT
So 'parish' councils are exempt from the 4.99% cap on council tax increases? If so I'm surprised that other principal authorities are not using this workround. Yes they are. In Somerset for 2024/25 Bridgwater TCs band D charge went from £112 to £295, Taunton TCs went from £109 to £299. Maybe it is an ‘agreed’ workaround. It seems to me that the TCs are doing some of the ‘nice to do’ things that the Unitary would never do in the current financial situation- at the moment the 2 things that Taunton TC are shouting about are hiring pieces of artwork for the town centre and painting the Town Bridge, which was tatty. Both of those are going down quite well, but whether people would they think they are worth £200 more council tax year. Because of the location of my cursor, I originally read this as "painting the Town Beige". A rather uninspiring choice, I thought. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 29, 2024 7:09:06 GMT
I noted this morning that the Dutch province of Gelderland is named after the town of Geldern, which is in Germany and has not been part of Gelderland since 1712.
Further south you have the Belgian province of Luxembourg which does not contain the city of Luxembourg nor most of what was historically Luxembourg.
Are there any other good examples of jurisdictions/regions/municipalities named for a place that isn't in it?
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 29, 2024 7:10:11 GMT
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Post by YL on Apr 29, 2024 7:24:58 GMT
I noted this morning that the Dutch province of Gelderland is named after the town of Geldern, which is in Germany and has not been part of Gelderland since 1712. Further south you have the Belgian province of Luxembourg which does not contain the city of Luxembourg nor most of what was historically Luxembourg. Are there any other good examples of jurisdictions/regions/municipalities named for a place that isn't in it? In the same area, both Limburgs. Kirklees Priory is in Calderdale. |
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Post by islington on Apr 29, 2024 7:46:58 GMT
The department of Var in the south of France is named after a river that, since boundary changes in 1860, is no longer in the department.
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Post by johnloony on Apr 29, 2024 7:49:03 GMT
I noted this morning that the Dutch province of Gelderland is named after the town of Geldern, which is in Germany and has not been part of Gelderland since 1712. Further south you have the Belgian province of Luxembourg which does not contain the city of Luxembourg nor most of what was historically Luxembourg. Are there any other good examples of jurisdictions/regions/municipalities named for a place that isn't in it? In Croydon until 2002 there was a ward called Whitehorse Manor. In the new ward boundaries from 2002 onwards, it was expanded slightly to include Selhurst recreation ground (where Crystal Palace FC plays), and its name changed to Selhurst ward. In the new ward boundaries from 2018 onwards, it was shrunk again to exclude the football ground, but kept the name Selhurst. |
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Post by batman on Apr 29, 2024 7:49:56 GMT
Isn't India named ultimately after the river Indus, which is mostly no longer in India?
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Post by batman on Apr 29, 2024 7:50:55 GMT
I noted this morning that the Dutch province of Gelderland is named after the town of Geldern, which is in Germany and has not been part of Gelderland since 1712. Further south you have the Belgian province of Luxembourg which does not contain the city of Luxembourg nor most of what was historically Luxembourg. Are there any other good examples of jurisdictions/regions/municipalities named for a place that isn't in it? In Croydon until 2002 there was a ward called Whitehorse Manor. In the new ward boundaries from 2002 onwards, it was expanded slightly to include Selhurst recreation ground (where Crystal Palace FC plays), and its name changed to Selhurst ward. In the new ward boundaries from 2018 onwards, it was shrunk again to exclude the football ground, but kept the name Selhurst. you'd know this better than me, John, but is Selhurst also sometimes used as the name of the sub-district, or is it only ever used as the name of the football ground? |
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