| Act | Summary |
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Local Government (Drogheda and Meath) Act 1845
Note that this short title is only used in Ireland | |
| Local Government Act 1858 | Replaced Public Health Act 1848 |
| Local Government Act (1858) Amendment Act 1861 | |
| Local Government Act Amendment Act 1863 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1871 | |
| Local Government (Boundaries) Act 1887 | |
| Local Government Act 1888 | Created county councils and county boroughs in England and Wales |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 | Created county councils in Scotland |
| Local Government Act 1894 | Created rural and urban districts in England and Wales |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 | Created Local Government Board and parish councils in Scotland |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 Amendment Act 1895 | |
| Local Government (Elections) Act 1896 | |
| Local Government (Elections) (No. 2) Act 1896 | |
| Local Government (Determination of Differences) Act 1896 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1897 | |
| Local Government (Joint Committees) Act 1897 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 | Created county councils, rural and urban districts in Ireland |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1900 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1900 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1901 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1902 | |
| Local Government (Transfer of Powers) Act 1903 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act (1898) Amendment Act 1906 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1908 | |
| Local Government (Adjustments) Act 1913 | |
| Local Government (Adjustments) (Scotland) Act 1914 | |
| Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act 1916 | |
| Local Government Emergency Provisions (No. 2) Act 1916 | |
| Local Government (Allotments and Land Cultivation) (Ireland) Act 1917 | |
| Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 | |
| Local Government (County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act 1926 | Amended the rules for the creation of county boroughs |
| Local Government Act 1929 | Provision for county review orders to amend districts; poor law boards abolished in England and Wales |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 | Created large and small burghs and district councils; poor law reformed in Scotland |
| Local Government (Clerks) Act 1931 | |
| Local Government (General Exchequer Contributions) Act 1933 | |
| Local Government Act 1933 | Consolidated earlier legislation in England and Wales |
| Local Government (Members' Travelling Expenses) Act 1937 | |
| Local Government (Hours of Poll) Act 1938 | |
| Local Government Amendment (Scotland) Act 1939 | |
| Local Government (Boundary Commission) Act 1945 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 | |
| Local Government Act 1948 | |
| Local Government Boundary Commission (Dissolution) Act 1949 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1951 | |
| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 | |
| Local Government (Street Works) (Scotland) Act 1956 | |
| Local Government Elections Act 1956 | |
| Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 | |
| Local Government Act 1958 | Initiated reviews of large urbanised areas, made provision for rural boroughs |
| Local Government (Records) Act 1962 | |
| Local Government (Development and Finance) (Scotland) Act 1964 | |
| Local Government (Pecuniary Interests) Act 1964 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (Amendment) Act 1965 | |
| Local Government (Pecuniary Interests) (Scotland) Act 1966 | |
| Local Government Act 1966 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 | |
| Local Government (Termination of Reviews) Act 1967 | Ended reviews started by the 1958 Act |
| Local Government (Footpaths and Open Spaces) (Scotland) Act 1970 | |
| Local Government Act 1972 | Created metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties in England and Wales |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 | |
| Local Government Act 1974 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 | |
| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 | |
| Local Government (Scotland) Act 1978 | |
| Local Government Act 1978 | |
| Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 | |
| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 | |
| Local Government and Planning (Amendment) Act 1981 | |
| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 | |
| Local Government Finance Act 1982 | Local authorities going above spending limits could have general grants removed |
| Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 | |
| Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984 | |
| Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 | The freedom of information law for local government. It provided greater public access to meetings, reports and documents, subject to its confidentiality provisions. |
| Local Government Act 1985 | Abolished the Greater London Council and the county councils of the metropolitan counties |
| Local Government Act 1986 | |
| Local Government Finance Act 1987 |
| Local Government Act 1987 | |
| Local Government Act 1988 | Introduced the controversial Section 28 |
| Local Government and Housing Act 1989 | introduced the principle of 'politically restricted posts' and restricting the political activities of local authority employees. |
| Local Government Finance (Publicity for Auditors' Reports) Act 1991 | |
| Local Government Act 1992 | Made provision for the creation of unitary districts in England |
| Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Act 1993 | |
| Local Government (Amendment) Act 1993 | |
| Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 | Created current unitary structure in Wales |
| Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 | Created current unitary structure in Scotland |
| Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997 | |
| Local Government and Rating Act 1997 | |
| Local Government (Contracts) Act 1997 | |
| Local Government Act 1999 | Requirement for most authorities in England and Wales to achieve 'best value' |
| Local Government Act 2000 | Introduced directly elected mayors and replaced the traditional committee system of decision-making with the executive model and introduced scrutiny to local government. |
| Local Government Act 2003 | |
| Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 | |
| Local Government Act 2010 | |
| Local Government (Review of Decisions) Act 2015 | |
| Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Act 2015 | |
| Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 | |
| Local Government (Disqualification) Act 2022 | |