List of local governments in the United Kingdom

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

Country	Regional	Lieutenancy	Upper tier	Lower tier	Parish
		Counties
England Administrative	Below		Greater London Authority	London boroughs	Civil parish Parish council (most areas)
			Combined authority (some areas)	Metropolitan borough
				Unitary authority area
			Shire county	Shire district
England Non-administrative	Regions	Counties		Districts	Unparished area (some areas)
		Ceremonial counties	Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties
Scotland		Lieutenancy areas	Council areas		Community council
Wales	Corporate Joint Committees (Regions)	Preserved counties	Principal areas (Counties or County Boroughs)		Community Community council
Northern Ireland		Counties	Districts

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

Type	UK parts	England ceremonial counties	England districts	England non-met counties	Wales principal areas
general				list
by area	list	list	list	list	list
by population	list	list	list	list	list
by population density			list

• 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 counties and County boroughs	Metropolitan borough Municipal borough Urban district Rural district	Counties	Districts
Wales	Administrative counties and County boroughs		Counties	Districts
Ireland / Northern Ireland	Counties and County boroughs		Districts
Scotland	Counties and Counties of cities	large burghs and 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