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From the establishment of the county council in 1889 onwards the Liberal party won overall control of the council at successive county council elections, dominating the council from 1889 to 1914. Liberal domination of the council however was peppered with several years of no overall control; in 1903
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The county council consisted of elected councillors and co-opted county aldermen. The entire body of county councillors was elected every three years. Aldermen were additional members, there being a ratio of one alderman to three councillors. Aldermen had a six-year term of office, and one half of
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and after 1912. At no point did the Liberals lose their administrative control of the council, and in the years it lacked an overall majority it relied on support from Independent and Liberal Unionist councilors.
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which were independent of the county council but associated with the county for other purposes. At the time of its formation in 1889 there were six county boroughs;
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their number were elected by the councillors immediately after the triennial elections. This was the same in all county councils at this time, as defined by the
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from 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1974. The council met at
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Index

West Yorkshire County Council

County council
1 April 1889
31 March 1974

County Hall, Wakefield
county council
administrative county
West Riding of Yorkshire
County Hall
administrative county
county boroughs
Bradford
Halifax
Huddersfield
Leeds
Sheffield
York
Rotherham
Barnsley
Dewsbury
Wakefield
Doncaster
Local Government Act 1888
1889
Liberal
1892
1895
1898

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