Municipal Borough

The municipal borough was an administrative unit in the UK and Ireland. In Scotland it was similar to the Municipal Boroughs so-called Royal Borough.

Introduction

With the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 were introduced in England and Wales, the so-called Municipal Boroughs. Even before that, there was the so-called boroughs. After it had been but a veritable proliferation of local administrative units with different structures should match the Municipal Borough consistency are guaranteed.

In the Republic of Ireland, and for the present-day territory of the Municipal Boroughs were introduced in 1840.

Importance

The Municipal Borough had a representation (town council), which was composed of the Mayor, the Council and Councillors. The citizens elected the Council for three years, with one third to retire every year. A quarter of the Council was made up of aldermen, who were elected for six years. Half of them were elected every three years. The mayor, who was elected every year, had to be councilor or councilor. All elections were held on November 1, 1949, the elections were postponed until the second Thursday in May.

Abolition

The Municipal boroughs were abolished in England and Wales in 1974, after Northern Ireland had in 1973 the Municipal Boroughs dissolved. The Municipal Boroughs in the Republic of Ireland were abolished in 2002.

• Administrative divisions of the United Kingdom
• Administrative divisions of Ireland