Despite his own opposition to the Iraq War and his participation in rallies and marches, his defeat ( and that of other sitting Labour councillors ) reflected the widespread local opposition to the war.

This was because parliament wanted to know who was deciding policies, as sometimes councillors ' signatures normally attached to resolutions were absent.

This provision was repealed early in Queen Anne's reign, as many councillors ceased to offer advice and some stopped attending meetings altogether.

It was only after the death of his brother that as sole ruler he could successfully undertake and carry out reformation in the Franconian territories, with the assistance of councillors such as Johann von Schwarzenberg and through the new resolutions of the state assembly of Brandenburg-Ansbach ( 1528 ).

Meanwhile, Quakers in New England had been banished ( and some executed ), and Charles was advised by his councillors to issue a mandamus condemning this practice and allowing them to return.

The first step toward Indian self-rule was the appointment of councillors to advise the British viceroy, in 1861 ; the first Indian was appointed in 1909.

Furthermore, France was taking an interest in forming an alliance with Geneva and as the two ministers were Frenchmen, councillors began to question their loyalty.

The councillors ' duty was to watch over the material and financial interests of the city ; but their resolutions were to be submitted to the vice-legate for approval before being put in force.

With the approval of Harold's former councillors, his body was disinterred from its place of honour at Westminster and publicly beheaded.

From the 2006 election until the 2010 election the council was led by Conservatives, and since 2010 it has been led by the Liberal Democrats ; of the district's present councillors the city has elected:

Charles was a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens, who betrayed him, and of Hincmar of Reims.

Flanked by the councillors of Lübeck, Gustav Eriksson was brought to Strängnäs Cathedral where the king sat down in the choir with the Swedish privy councillors on one side, and the Lübeck representatives on the other.

As there was no sign of her doing so, Burghley, Leicester, and a handful of other privy councillors decided to proceed with Mary's execution in the interest of the state.

was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966. by 2012 had 1 of 4 Welsh seats in the European Parliament, 3 of 40 Welsh seats in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 of 60 seats in the National Assembly for Wales, and 206 of 1, 264 principal local authority councillors.

The area of the sanitary authority was granted a charter of incorporation in 1882, giving it honorific borough status and its own elected town government, consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors to oversee local affairs.

GLC councillors elected for areas within the former County of London became ex officio members of the new Inner London Education Authority, which took over the LCC responsibility for education ; in Outer London, which was the rest of Greater London, the various London boroughs each became a local education authority, akin to a county council or county borough in the rest of England.

The FN won 15. 1 % of the vote in metropolitan France, almost the same as in 1998, but its number of councillors was almost halved due to the new electoral system.

After the missing councillors eventually arrived in Bahrain they defended their Bangkok stay, telling journalists it was a " fact-finding mission ", explaining: " We benefited a lot from the trip to Thailand because we saw how they managed their transport, landscaping and roads.

The marital alignment with France was tested and failed as early as 1316, when Louis X requested Brabant to cease trade with Flanders and to participate in a French attack ; the councillors representing the towns found this impossible, and in reprisal Louis prohibited all French trade with Brabant in February 1316, in violation of a treaty of friendship he had signed with Brabant in the previous October.

When one of York's councillors, Thomas Young, the MP for Bristol, proposed that York be recognised as heir to the throne, he was sent to the Tower and Parliament was dissolved.

Salisbury and Warwick continued to serve as councillors, and Warwick was confirmed as Captain of Calais.

Joan Twelves, and 12 other councillors were subsequently suspended from the labour party ’ s local group by regional officials for advocating non-payment of the poll tax and other radical ideas in 1992.

Following the NSW Ombudsman's challenge against the government for its repeated refusal to provide him with all relevant files, it was subsequently found that there had been no evidence of corruption to support the dismissal, and that " the elected councillors were denied natural justice and were both unfairly and unlawfully dismissed ".

Tawa chose to amalgamate with the Wellington City Council and subsequently contributes, as part of the city's Northern Ward, to elect three city councillors.

The motion failed to get the required two-thirds majority and subsequently De Rossa led the majority of the parliamentary group and councillors out of a meeting of the party's Central Executive Committee the following Saturday at Wynn's Hotel, splitting the party.

The council was subsequently enlarged to seven aldermen and twenty-one councillors.

The borough council subsequently increased in size in 1950 to twenty-four councillors and eight aldermen, with three councillors and one alderman representing each of eight wards: Glebe, Manor, Moss Hall, St Mary's, St Paul's, The Bishop's, Tudor, and Whetstone.

In 1295 John, on the urgings of his chief councillors, entered into an alliance with France, known as the Auld Alliance.

Each county or city is divided into Local electoral areas for the election of councillors.

The City of Karachi Municipal Act of 1933 transformed the city administration into a municipal corporation with a mayor, a deputy mayor and 57 councillors.

The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing 3 councillors.

When an agitated crowd forced their way into the town hall in Cologne on March 3, two city councillors panicked and jumped out of the window ; one of them broke both his legs.

Islington is divided into 16 wards, each electing three councillors.

The borough is divided into 21 wards, each with 3 councillors.

Harrow is divided into 21 wards, each represented by three councillors.

It is split into wards represented by 65 Conservative, Labour and independent councillors.

The borough is divided into 16 electoral wards, all bar two electing three councillors apiece.

At the lowest level of governance Whitby has a town council which, for election and administrative purposes, is divided into six electoral wards represented by 19 councillors responsible for burial grounds, allotments, play areas and street lighting.

Divided into two wards, Cobham Fairmile and Cobham & Downside for Elmbridge voting, there are five councillors, all Conservative.

Its Town Council is divided into four wards, Central Sandhurst, Little Sandhurst, College Town and Owlsmoor, all represented by twenty-four councillors.

At town council level, Chesham is divided into 9 electoral wards and 19 councillors.

These actions were taken in accordance with a directive issued by dominion councillors remaining in Boston, who ordered that frontier militia commanders were to take into custody any Abenaki suspected of participating in the raids.

Issues which can be raised by fellow councillors and members of the public alike, and for in-depth work to be carried out into those issues.

The city is divided into three wards, each electing two councillors.

It is also divided into three council wards for the election of councillors to Warrington Borough Council: Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South and Whittle Hall.

The borough is divided into 17 wards and each is represented on the borough council by three councillors.

The town is divided into three electoral wards, north, south and west, each represented by six councillors.

The town is divided into six wards, with sixteen councillors in total.

The borough is divided into 23 wards, each returning from one to three councillors.

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council is divided into 20 wards, each of which elects three councillors for a term of up to four years.

The Town is divided into four wards, each of which elects two local councillors.