The 1980s saw a period of general confrontation between central government and Labour-controlled local authorities, that eventually led to the abolition of the Greater London Council and the six metropolitan county councils.

A decade after they were established, the mostly Labour-controlled metropolitan county councils and the Greater London Council ( GLC ) had several high profile clashes with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher, with regards overspending and high rates charging.

Once Liverpool City Council became Labour-controlled in 1983, having had no overall control from 1974 – 83, it quickly introduced comprehensive schools in all but one of its grammar schools.

Bernie Grant, then Leader of the Labour-controlled Haringey Council, later elected as Labour MP for Tottenham, was widely condemned for reportedly saying, " the police got a bloody good hiding ", although the actual statement was " The youths around here believe the police were to blame for what happened on Sunday and what they got was a bloody good hiding.

In 1986 various newspapers reported that a copy of the book was provided in the library of a school run by the Labour-controlled Inner London Education Authority.

From 1933 to abolition in 1965 the borough council was Labour-controlled for all but one year.

Initially, stations had to be co-funded by the BBC and local authorities, which only some Labour-controlled areas proved willing to do.

During the 1980s the then powerful Labour-controlled GLC led by Ken Livingstone was locked in conflict with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher.

During the following Labour-controlled parliament, petrol rationing ended on 26 May 1950.

Throughout the run-up to the election it became a staple feature of press-coverage of the election, with many stories running detailing the " antics " of Labour politicians and Labour-controlled local government authorities.

Baron Aberdare, of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

In 1873 Bruce relinquished the home secretaryship, at Gladstone's request, to become Lord President of the Council, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Aberdare, of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan, on 23 August that year.

Due to problems including transport issues Glamorgan County Council never gave outline planning permission for the proposals and by June 1964 the scheme was abandoned.

At that stage, the cricket ground to the north was still being used by Glamorgan County Cricket Club, and the rugby union ground to the south was used by the national Wales team and Cardiff RFC.

Glamorgan County Cricket Club would move to Sophia Gardens and the cricket ground to the north would be demolished and a new rugby union stadium built for Cardiff RFC, who would move out of the south ground, allowing the National Stadium to be built, for the sole use of the national rugby union team.

The current Earls of Pembroke also carry the subsidiary titles: Baron Herbert of Cardiff, of Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan ( 1551 ), Baron Herbert of Shurland, of Shurland in the Isle of Sheppey in the County of Kent ( 1605 ), and Baron Herbert of Lea, of Lea in the County of Wilts ( 1861 ).

In 1983 he retired and was raised to the peerage as Viscount Tonypandy, of Rhondda in the County of Mid Glamorgan.

He then scored 112 not out against Glamorgan in a one-dayer, but had another lean run in the County Championship, failing to pass 30 in nine consecutive innings.

Glamorgan County Cricket Club is the only Welsh participant in the England and Wales County Championship.

Before entering politics, Morgan worked as an Industrial Development Officer for South Glamorgan County Council from 1974 to 1980.

* County Championship ( England and Wales ) won by Glamorgan

On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer, and on 28 June 2005 he was created Baron Anderson of Swansea, of Swansea in the County of West Glamorgan.

Mrs Thomas served on West Glamorgan County Council as Chair of the Social Services Committee-the first female councillor to chair a such a major committee.

They won the Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy on three successive years between 1979 and 1981, and were champions of WRU Division Five South Central in 2010.

Also in the town there is a keen interest in cricket ( of which the town hosted several Glamorgan County Cricket fixtures until 1996 ), bowls, swimming, and a large host of football and rugby teams at varying levels.

The school was taken over by Glamorgan County Council during the Depression, and became Glamorgan Technical College in 1949, reflecting its expanding portfolio, and the Glamorgan College of Technology in 1958.

Having been elected a member of the House of Commons in 1720, he became Solicitor General in 1726, and in 1733 he was made lord chancellor and raised to the peerage with the title of Lord Talbot, Baron of Hensol, in the County of Glamorgan.

The county council's offices were located in the Glamorgan Building ( the former headquarters of Glamorgan County Council ), in Cathays Park, Cardiff, outside of the Mid Glamorgan boundaries.

However as Cardiff Council would not accommodate the installation of a commemorative plaque on their land, the ceremony had to be performed, and the plaque unveiled, on land owned by the adjacent local authority, the Vale of Glamorgan Council at the Penarth end of the barrage.

It was installed on Vale of Glamorgan land because of tensions between the CBDC and Cardiff Council ( see above ).

She was elected as a local councillor to South Glamorgan Council between 1985 and 1997, and was a Cardiff City Councillor from 1995.

In 1985, Evans was elected as a councillor to the West Glamorgan County Council.

In 1889 he became the first chairman of the Glamorgan County Council.

* Vale of Glamorgan Council site including school list

The cliff path, once set approximately from the edge is now within metres of the nature pathway, causing the installation of extensive new barriers by the Vale of Glamorgan Council to prevent fatalities.

The beach has a lifeguard station funded by the Vale of Glamorgan Council, built in the late 1990s, functioning during the summer months.

The Glamorgan Spring Bay Council or Municipality of Glamorgan Spring Bay covers the southern east coast of Tasmania, Australia.

* Glamorgan Spring Bay Council

nl: Glamorgan Spring Bay Council

The Williams ' family motto y ddioddefws y orfu ( He who suffers, triumphs ) was adopted by Glamorgan County Council.

It has been described as a " remarkable gesture of faith the South Glamorgan County Council ".