Municipal Borough

The Municipal Borough was an administrative unit in Great Britain and Ireland . In Scotland there were so-called Royal Boroughs similar to the Municipal Boroughs .

introduction

With the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835, the so-called Municipal Boroughs were introduced in England and Wales . The so-called boroughs existed before that . However, after there was a veritable proliferation of municipal administrative units with different structures, uniformity was to be guaranteed with the Municipal Borough.

The Municipal Boroughs were introduced in the Republic of Ireland, or what is now the national territory, in 1840.

meaning

The Municipal Borough had a representation ( town council ), which was composed of the mayor, the council and aldermen. Citizens elected the council for three years, with a third leaving each year. A quarter of the council was made up of aldermen who were elected for six years. Half were elected every three years. The mayor, who was elected each year, had to be a councilor or alderman. All elections took place on November 1st, from 1949 onwards the elections were postponed to the second Thursday in May.

abolition

The municipal boroughs were abolished in England and Wales in 1974 after Northern Ireland dissolved the municipal boroughs in 1973. The Republic of Ireland's municipal boroughs were abolished in 2002.