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1913–1939 Llanelly Borough Council Elections
Llanelly Borough Council was created in 1913 when the existing Llanelly Urban District Council In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected urban district council (UDC), which shared local government responsibilities with a county council. ... was granted full borough status. 1913 Llanelly Borough Council election The first election for the newly incorporated borough of Llanelly was held on 3 November 1913. All the seats were contested with the majority of the members of the former Urban District Council being elected. Apart from the nine candidates nominated by the Labour Association - three in each ward - the election was said to have been fought on non-political and non-sectarian lines, with the majority of the aspirants standing as Independents. Ward One Ward Two Ward Three By-elections At the inaugural statutory meeting of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban District Council
In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected urban district council (UDC), which shared local government responsibilities with a county council. In England and Wales, urban districts and rural districts were created in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) as subdivisions of administrative counties. A similar model of urban and rural districts was also established in Ireland in 1899, which continued separately in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after 1921. They replaced the earlier system of urban and rural sanitary districts (based on poor law unions) whose functions were taken over by the district councils. The district councils also had wider powers over local matters such as parks, cemeteries and local planning. An urban district usually contained a single parish, while a rural district might contain many. Urban districts were considered t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stafford Howard
Sir Edward Stafford Howard (28 November 1851 – 8 April 1916) was a British Liberal politician and magistrate. Background and education A member of the influential Howard family headed by the Duke of Norfolk, Howard was the second son of Henry Howard, son of Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard and nephew of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk. His mother was Charlotte Caroline Georgina Long, daughter of Henry Lawes Long and Catharine Long of Hampton Lodge, Surrey. He was the younger brother of Penrith MP Henry Howard and the elder brother of Lord Howard of Penrith. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple. Political career Howard entered Parliament as one of two representatives for Cumberland East at a by-election in 1876, a seat he held until 1885 when the constituency was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. At the 1885 general election, he was elected as MP for Thornbury until he was de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |