Local Government Act 1888
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Laws relating to Local Government in England and Wales, and for other purposes connected therewith. |
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| Citation | 51 & 52 Vict. c. 41 |
| Introduced by | Charles Ritchie |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
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| Royal assent | 13 August 1888 |
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| Repealed by | Local Government Act 1933 |
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Status: Repealed
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| Text of the Local Government Act 1888 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk | |
The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c.41) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales. It came into effect on 1 April 1889, except for the County of London, which came into existence on 21 March at the request of the London County Council.
Following the 1886 general election, a Conservative administration headed by Lord Salisbury was formed. However the Conservatives did not have a majority of seats and had to rely on the support of the Liberal Unionist Party. As part of the price for this support the Liberal Unionists demanded that a bill be introduced placing county government under the control of elected councils, modelled on the borough councils introduced by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.
Accordingly, the Local Government (England and Wales) Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 19 March 1888, by the President of the Local Government Board, Charles Ritchie. The Bill proposed the creation of elected county councils to take over the administrative functions of the magistrates of the Quarter Sessions courts, that ten large cities should be "counties of themselves" for the purposes of local government and that each county was to be divided into urban and rural districts, based on existing sanitary districts, governed by a district council. The county and district councils were to consist partly of directly elected "elective councillors" and partly of "selected councillors", chosen by the elective councillors in a similar manner to aldermen in municipal boroughs.
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