Area committee
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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.
In the county council areas of England, for example, there is typically an area committee for each district within the county.
[edit] Examples
- In England:
- Birmingham - district committees for 11 areas similar to Birmingham's parliamentary constituencies.
- 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.
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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.
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- Leicester - 9 area committees containing between 2 and 3 wards. 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 council has devolved power to 8 area committees:
- Scottish Borders [2]:
- In Wales:
- Gwynedd - area committees for Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd - the former districts.
- Powys - area committees for Brecknockshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire.
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