This is a list of articles relating to present and past types of local government in the United Kingdom.
By country
England Local government History Subdivisions Scotland Local government History Subdivisions Wales Local government History Subdivisions Northern Ireland Local government
By sub-division Administration Country Regional/strategic government Local government Parish Upper tier Lower tier England Strategic authority area (some areas) Unitary authority district Civil parish (most areas) Non-metropolitan county Non-metropolitan district Scotland None Council areas Wales Corporate Joint Committees (Regions) Principal areas Community Northern Ireland None Districts
Ceremonial CountryLieutenancy area England Ceremonial counties Scotland Lieutenancy areas Wales Preserved counties Northern Ireland Counties
Related concepts
Area committee County County council Local enterprise partnership ONS coding system Overview and Scrutiny Passenger transport executive Police authority Police [fire] and crime commissioner Regional assembly (England) (defunct by 2010) Township (England) Waste disposal authorities in London
Lists TypeUKpartsEnglandceremonial countiesEnglanddistrictsEnglandnon-met countiesWales principal areasgeneral listby arealistlistlistlistlistby populationlistlistlistlistlistby population densitylist
International Territorial Level (replaced NUTS in 2021) ITL 1 statistical regions of England List of counties of the United Kingdom List of civil parishes in England List of English districts by ethnicity List of rural and urban districts in England in 1973 List of Welsh areas by percentage of Welsh-speakers List of communities in Wales List of rural and urban districts in Wales in 1973 List of burghs in Scotland
Historical
Country 1890s–1970s 1970s–1990s Upper tier Lower tier Upper tier Lower tier England Administrative countiesand County boroughs Metropolitan boroughMunicipal boroughUrban districtRural district Counties Districts Wales Administrative countiesand County boroughs Counties Districts Ireland / Northern Ireland Countiesand County boroughs Districts Scotland Countiesand Counties of cities large burghsand small burghs Regions Districts
1990s UK local government reform Administrative county Association of British Counties (pressure group) County corporate Local board of health Police burgh Poor law union Registration district Registration county Sanitary district
Legislation, reports and papers
Municipal Corporations Act 1835 Metropolis Management Act 1855 Local Government Act 1858 Local Government Act 1888 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 Local Government Act 1894 Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 London Government Act 1899 Local Government Act 1929 London Government Act 1963 Redcliffe-Maud Report (1969) Local Government Act 1972 Streamlining the cities (1983) Local Government Act 1985 Local Government Act 1988 Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 Greater London Authority Act 1999 Local Government Act 2000 (applies to England and Wales only) Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003 (applies to England only) Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004
See also Administrative geography of the United Kingdom Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom
External links
Map of the UK counties and unitary administrations Map of all UK local authorities