550:, and no voting papers, but voting by Ballot and One Man One Vote ... Having made the Guardians a popularly elected body, we do not propose to disturb the existing machinery. We take the Rural Sanitary Authority as it now exists, but elected and qualified under new conditions, and we continue that as the Rural District Council. Therefore, the Rural District Council will be the old Rural Sanitary Authority altered, and, I think, very much improved ... Then we propose to abolish all separate Highway Authorities in rural districts and to transfer the whole powers of the Highway Board or the highway parish to the Rural District Council.
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and 32 in three counties. The
Guardians by whom the union is administered are elected or ex officio. The Local Government Board fixes the number of elected Guardians, but there is required to be one Guardian for every constituent parish. There is a property qualification and plural voting, and voting by proxy. We could not ask the House to continue the existing powers in, much less to confer new powers upon, an authority so constituted and so irresponsible ... We therefore propose to abolish, firstly, all ex officio or non-elective Guardians ... there shall be no plural voting, no
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that the district of every
District Council is to be within one county, and that the County Councils shall have the duty of readjusting the existing overlapping areas and divisions. We think the County Council far the best tribunal to undertake this duty. They understand the localities, and how the districts can best be divided. They are to have 12 months in which to discharge their duty; and if at the end of that period they have not made this readjustment, it will devolve upon the Local Government Board to interfere and carry the matter out.
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councils may sound dull and mechanical, we know that they will go to the very root of national life, and that when we have achieved these reforms a freer voice will be given to the community than it has ever had before. New depths of life will have been stirred in the most neglected portions of our community, and we shall find among the labourers of the fields, as we have found among the artisans of the towns, a resolution that the condition of our people shall, so far as laws can better it, be bettered ...
769:. The councillors elected for these areas were entitled to sit and act as members of the rural district council, although separate accounts were to be kept for the area. These arrangements were usually ended within a few years of the act's coming into force, with the areas being transferred by alteration in either county or rural district boundaries. Some persisted until the 1930s, however, when county districts were reorganised under the
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were held on (or about) 17 December, with the exact date being fixed by the relevant county council. Elections to urban and rural district councils, and for urban poor law guardians took place on the same date as those for parish councils. There were no elections in 1895, with the electoral cycle beginning on 15 April 1896.
901:"the area or population of the parish is so large, or different parts of the population so situated, as to make a single parish meeting for the election of councillors impracticable or inconvenient, or that it is desirable for any reason that certain parts of the parish should be separately represented on the council"
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had been chosen as the Local
Government Board already possessed powers to group parishes below this population for the election of guardians. There were approximately 6,000 small parishes in this category. Parish councils were to be limited in their expenditure, and were to be confined to charging rates of one
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Parishes. The total number of
Authorities which tax the English ratepayers is between 28,000 and 29,000. Not only are we exposed to this multiplicity of authority and this confusion of rating power, but the qualification, tenure, and mode of election of members of these Authorities differ in different cases.
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Rural district councils consisted of a chairman and councillors. The councillors were elected for a three-year term in a similar way to councillors in urban districts. They were elected for parishes or groupings of parishes, and were also the representatives for those areas on the board of guardians.
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62 counties, 302 Municipal
Boroughs, 31 Improvement Act Districts, 688 Local Government Districts, 574 Rural Sanitary Districts, 58 Port Sanitary Districts, 2,302 School Board Districts ... 1,052 Burial Board Districts, 648 Poor Law Unions, 13,775 Ecclesiastical Parishes, and nearly 15,000 Civil
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continued to exist, whereas in the rest of
England local boards of health become urban district councils as part of the act. However, the act did regulate elections to the London vestries with the first elections under the new system taking place on 15 December 1894. Further elections for a third of
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The membership of a parish council varied from 5 to 15 members, the number being fixed by order of the county council. The entire council was elected annually on 15 April. To be eligible for election to the council, a person was required to be resident within the parish, or within three miles of it,
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had to be elected. In parishes with more than 100 but less than 300 population, the parish meeting could request the county council to make an order to establish a parish council. Urban parishes (those within an urban district) were not given separate parish councils, but were directly administered
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or appointed members as had existed in some of the predecessor bodies. In order to be eligible for election, a candidate was required to be on the electoral register, and to have resided in the district for twelve months prior to the election. Women were permitted to be councillors. One-third of the
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Then as regards rural districts, the union is the administrative area with which we have to deal. Except in 25 cases, in which, if I may use the expression, the union consists of a single parish, the union is an aggregation of parishes. There are 648 unions altogether. There are 137 in two counties
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All rural parishes were instructed to hold their first parish meeting on 4 December 1894. Nominations for parish councillors were made on that date, with many parish councils being agreed by a show of hands at that first parish meeting. Where formal elections were demanded for parish councils they
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The act specified that the first elections to the district councils and reconstituted boards of guardians would take place on 8 November 1894, or such other date that the Local
Government Board should fix. In the event, the electoral register was not complete until late November, and elections did
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We shall convert the
Improvement Commissioners and Local Boards into Urban District Councils; we shall abolish all plural voting; we shall propose to abolish all qualifications, for we think the only qualification a man ought to possess is the confidence of his constituents; and we propose to make
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He explained that the government had chosen the civil parish as the basic unit of local government in rural areas. He estimated that there were approximately 13,000 rural parishes and a decision had been made that all those with a population of 300 or more were to have a parish council. This limit
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At present we have rural sanitary districts, partly within and partly without the county, and we have parishes partly within and partly without rural sanitary districts. We have 174 rural sanitary districts and some 800 parishes so situate. We propose that every parish is to be within one county,
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administration. An innovation in the act was the fact that all electors had a single vote, and thus county councillors were popularly elected. The members of other local bodies were elected by a system of weighted voting, with those owning more property having multiple votes. The original Local
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was completed on 12 February. The Lords made two amendments to the bill, the first raised the population for forming a parish council back to the original figure of 300, the second amendment provided that parochial charities would only transfer to the administration of a parish council with the
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Parish councils were generally limited to a rate of three pence in the pound, although this could be increased to sixpence in the pound with the permission of the parish meeting. Loans could not be obtained without the permission of both the parish meeting and the county council. Borrowing for
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guardians who had "proved themselves the most efficient and the most useful members of the Board ... you will find that the most regular attendants have been the ex officios, and that they have made the best
Chairmen and the best members." He believed the reform of boards of guardians was
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The third part of the bill detailed the duties of the county council in dealing with divided areas and small parishes. The county council had the power to name divided parishes and to combine areas. The fourth and fifth parts of the bill dealt with the first election of councils and transitory
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The Tories cannot conceal from themselves the fact that all over the land – in the towns, in the villages, in the country districts, in the urban districts - there is a resolute determination that
Parliament shall put its hand in earnest to the great work of social regeneration ... parish
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In a few cases a parish or handful of parishes were administered by a rural district council in a neighbouring county. In this case the area was too small to become a separate rural district, which was required by the act to have at least five councillors. These areas were to
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There were 574 rural sanitary districts in 1893, many of them crossing county boundaries. The number of rural districts formed by the Act was 692. All but three of 118 additional districts were caused by the breaking up of cross-county rural sanitary districts (for example
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The bill then entered the committee stage. Arguments over the population at which parish councils should be established continued to be made, with amendments proposing limits of 100, 200, 500, 600 and 1,000. The figure finally reverted to the government figure of 200. Major
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Hundreds of orders were made by county councils, and it was not until 1898 that the process was complete. Many county councils took the opportunity to "tidy up" their boundaries with neighbouring authorities, and it was not uncommon for blocks of parishes to be exchanged.
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council was elected on 15 April each year. UDCs could, by a resolution passed with a two-thirds majority, change to a system of elections of the whole council every three years. The council elected a chairman at their annual meeting, who was, during their term of office, a
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The parish council was to assume all powers exercised by parish vestries except those dealing with the church or ecclesiastical charities. Examples included the maintenance of closed burial grounds, ownership of village greens and recreation grounds and operation of fire
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County councils were supposed to have regard to areas of existing sanitary districts and parishes in the administrative county, and to ensure that no parish or district extended into another county. Also parishes that crossed district boundaries were to be divided.
278:, which had previously been the only widely used administrative unit between the parish and the county in size, the reorganisation displaced their remaining functions. Several ancient hundred names lived on in the names of the districts that superseded them.
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No right of way could be extinguished or diverted without the permission of both the parish and rural district council. Parish councils could take over the maintenance of public footpaths within their parish, other than those along the edge of highways.
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unsuccessfully introduced an amendment to create parish councils in urban districts containing more than one parish. After 34 days of debate, the Commons completed its consideration of the bill on 8 January 1894. The passage of the bill through the
600:, from the government's own benches, was unhappy that county councils would have the power to divide or group parishes. He felt that they were susceptible to influence by local landowners whose wishes might overcome those of the parishioners.
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Urban sanitary authorities were to renamed "urban district councils", and urban sanitary districts as "urban districts". The titles of municipal boroughs and their town councils, although they ranked as urban districts, were not to be altered,
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changed the term of office of parish councillors from one to three years. Elections were to be held on 15 April 1901 and then every three years. The annual meeting of the parish council was to be held within seven days of 15
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gave county councils the power to make appointments to any district or parish council or board of guardians where elections were found to be defective, or had not been held. This power was temporary, ending on 31 December
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eased the residency requirements for the parish council elections of 1896. Instead of having to live in the parish for twelve months prior to the elections, all qualified electors resident at 25 March 1895 could be
315:, had some difficulty in having the legislation passed by Parliament, and dropped the district council clauses for fear that the entire bill might be lost due to opposition from the government's own backbenchers.
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as it passed through parliament, seeking to add clauses creating parish councils which would have the power to buy and sell land in order to increase the number of smallholdings. In rejecting the amendments,
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unwarranted as "the system under which the Poor Law is administered is as admirable as it is possible for the ingenuity and humanity of man to devise", and he called on the government to drop the proposals.
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Parishes with a population of 300 or more were to have parish councils. Parishes with a lower population were to be grouped with other parishes so as to reach a population of 300 and have a joint parish
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made the qualification date of 25 March of the previous year applicable to all future elections. It also allowed for the annual meeting of authorities to be held on any date between 1 March and 1 April
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The bill returned, in amended form, for a second reading in November 1893. In reintroducing the bill to the Commons, Fowler outlined the objections that had been made, and the government's response.
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Parishes that lay partly in a rural sanitary district and partly in an urban sanitary district; or in more than one administrative county, were to be divided into separate parishes.
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Objections were made to the election of poor law guardians who were not ratepayers. Fowler pointed out that this was already the case with school boards, town and county councils.
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Following the coming into force of the act, a number of difficulties arose in its practical application. This led to the passing of four short acts to modify particular aspects:
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members were to take place every year from March 1896. The reform of poor law guardian elections also applied to London with the first election taking place on 17 December 1894.
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not take place until December. Over 729,000 women were now eligible to vote in local elections in England and Wales (some of whom could already vote in local elections under the
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Parish councils were to consist of a chairman and councillors. There were to be between five and fifteen councillors, with the number fixed by the county council.
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c. 41) had introduced elected county councils. The passing of the act had been part of the price for
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List of rural districts formed in England and Wales 1894–1974
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women capable of serving on these District Councils.
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1974:Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England
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274:Although the Act made no provision to abolish the
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532:Turning to the government of towns he explained:
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1579:Mapping the Hundreds of England and Wales in GIS
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541:He then turned to reform of rural authorities:
1461:Parish Councillors (Tenure of Office) Act 1899
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2245:. London: The Fabian Society. November 1894
2180:. London: Shaw & Sons. pp. 543–582
2112:, Local Government Board, 13 September 1894
2084:Akerman, Portland B; Ford, Percy H (1894).
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1887:"Local Government (England and Wales) Bill"
1803:"Local Government (England and Wales) Bill"
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1976:, 2 volumes, London, 1979 and 1991
1530:"British Women's History Timeline"
692:
629:
14:
2880:
1505:Citizenship in Britain: A History
430:Every parish council was to be a
351:that the party wanted to create:
1920:Local Government Areas 1834–1945
1680:"The British General Election".
1393:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1386:
1284:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1277:
1168:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1161:
1044:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1037:
873:
359:The Liberals tried to amend the
190:Parliament of the United Kingdom
39:Parliament of the United Kingdom
32:
2514:Society of Local Council Clerks
2284:
2281:Local Government Act 1897, c. 1
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1979:
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1892:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
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1864:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1851:
1836:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1823:
1808:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1777:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1749:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1690:
1658:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1641:. 25 February 1892. p. 10.
1624:. 25 February 1892. p. 11.
894:
781:in Montgomeryshire until 1955.
773:. Exceptionally, the parish of
2162:Proceedings of Parish Councils
1673:
1645:
1635:"Lord Kimberley at Walworth".
1628:
1611:
1547:
1522:
835:Lighting and Watching Act 1833
827:Election of allotment managers
655:Local Board of Health District
1:
2362:Districts of Northern Ireland
2130:. 3 December 1894. p. 9.
1593:The English Historical Review
1482:
1224:Statute Law Revision Act 1908
999:The act did not apply to the
906:
281:
234:The establishment of elected
1717:"The Parish Councils Bill".
1703:. 15 August 1892. p. 7.
1653:"Agricultural Holdings Bill"
968:Municipal Franchise Act 1869
845:Public Improvements Act 1860
840:The Burials Act 1852 to 1885
793:Parish councils and meetings
7:
1723:. 27 March 1893. p. 8.
1470:
399:
10:
2885:
1697:"The Change of Ministry".
1686:. 28 June 1892. p. 5.
1368:United Kingdom legislation
1259:United Kingdom legislation
1143:United Kingdom legislation
1019:United Kingdom legislation
779:Machynlleth Rural District
714:Lutterworth Rural District
706:Monks Kirby Rural District
696:
639:
633:
608:, Liberal Unionist MP for
503:Passage through Parliament
347:explained to a meeting in
150:Status: Partially repealed
143:London Government Act 1939
18:United Kingdom legislation
2598:
2580:Local Government Act 2000
2570:Local Government Act 1992
2565:Local Government Act 1972
2560:Local Government Act 1933
2555:Local Government Act 1929
2550:Local Government Act 1894
2542:
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649:Local Government District
390:Irish Parliamentary Party
288:Local Government Act 1888
267:The act also reorganised
219:The creation a system of
202:Local Government Act 1888
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2423:Improvement Act District
2216:The Justice of the Peace
1972:Youngs, Frederic A Jr.,
1859:"Message from the Lords"
1618:"Mr Morley at Reading".
712:, with the rest forming
117:1 January 1940 (partial)
80:Territorial extent
751:Rural district councils
676:Urban district councils
386:William Ewart Gladstone
2438:Public Health Act 1875
1502:Heater, Derek (2006).
952:Watford Rural District
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446:Local Government Board
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2504:Extra-parochial area
2343:Districts of England
1012:Amendments 1896–1899
1005:Woolwich Local Board
687:justice of the peace
492:justice of the peace
462:There were to be no
330:, told a meeting in
2239:The London Vestries
243:boards of guardians
23:
2688:Greater Manchester
2416:Pre-1894 districts
2348:Districts of Wales
2218:. 29 December 1894
2047:1894 c.73 ss.11-12
1867:. 13 February 1894
1811:. 20 November 1893
670:Municipal boroughs
258:sanitary districts
241:The reform of the
229:municipal boroughs
168:legislation.gov.uk
21:
2841:
2840:
2590:Localism Act 2011
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2038:1894 c.73 ss.5-10
1991:Vision of Britain
1780:. 2 November 1893
1454:
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1416:62 & 63 Vict.
1381:Act of Parliament
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1329:Other legislation
1307:60 & 61 Vict.
1272:Act of Parliament
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1191:59 & 60 Vict.
1156:Act of Parliament
1127:
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1097:Other legislation
1067:59 & 60 Vict.
1032:Act of Parliament
883:Charitable trusts
810:Powers and duties
733:Shipston on Stour
626:on 5 March 1894.
598:Sir Charles Dilke
579:Church of England
345:Earl of Kimberley
292:51 & 52 Vict.
206:51 & 52 Vict.
182:56 & 57 Vict.
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1092:31 December 1897
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950:parishes in the
737:Stow on the Wold
689:for the county.
618:approval of the
507:Speaking in the
382:general election
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