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Council member, councilman/councilwoman, councilor, or councillor is a title for a member of a council used in the United States. [6] In particular, the title is used in the following cases: City councils or town councils that do not use the title of alderman; Council of the District of Columbia
A barangay councilor (Filipino: kagawad or konsehal) is an elected government official who is a member of the Sangguniang Barangay (Barangay Council) of a particular barangay, the smallest political unit in the Philippines. Each barangay council has seven regular councilors who are elected at-large by multi-member plurality voting. Barangay ...
This list includes American politicians at the state and local levels who have been convicted of felony crimes committed while in office by decade; this list encompasses the 2020s. At the bottom of the article are links to related articles which deal with politicians who are involved in federal scandals (political and sexual), as well as ...
Edinburgh City Council - appoints six bailies. [1] The position was reintroduced in the 2000s following the title falling into disuse after the 1975 reform of local government. [6] Glasgow City Council - appoints eighteen bailies. [7] Perth and Kinross Council - appoints five bailies. [8] Stirling Council - appoints four bailies [9]
As well as a career in business, Campion worked for HM Prison Service as a contractors escort in high security prisons. He was first elected as a councillor to Wyre Forest District Council in 2004, and in 2007 was appointed as its leader, becoming the youngest person to hold that office, as well as the longest.
The Local Government Act 2000 sought to strengthen public engagement with local democracy, and streamline the system of committees, introducing the models of directly elected mayors and cabinets, leaders and cabinets, as well as a third option for an elected mayor and council manager, which was only adopted by one authority and was later withdrawn.
In His Majesty's Prison Service, a local prison is a type of prison where a person is detained before a trial or directly after a conviction. [ 1 ] As of 2012, operational local prisons in England and Wales for male prisoners [ 2 ] are:
Early usage of the term mirrored that of England and Wales. Local elections since the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 have used the single transferable vote in multiple-member electoral areas. [5] [6] In each electoral area of a borough or county borough, the first several candidates elected were styled "alderman" and the rest "councillor". [7]