* September 1 – Poplar Strike in London: Nine members of the Poplar borough council are arrested.

County members were supposed to represent landholders, while borough members were supposed to represent the mercantile and trading interests of the kingdom.

In Wales each county elected one member of Parliament, while in England each county elected two members until 1826, when Yorkshire's representation was increased to four, following the disenfranchisement of the Cornish borough of Grampound.

The greater proportion of boroughs in England elected two members of Parliament ; five boroughs however elected only one member, and the City of London and the joint borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis each elected four members.

Thus the Act's enfranchising clauses created 65 new county seats and 65 new borough seats in England and Wales with the total number of members representing England falling by seventeen and the number representing Wales rising by four.

In June 2010, Jack Thorpe filed a federal lawsuit against the borough of Jim Thorpe, seeking to have his father's remains returned to his homeland and re-interred near other family members in Oklahoma.

He claimed that the agreement between his stepmother and Jim Thorpe, Pa., borough officials was made against the wishes of other family members who want him buried in Native American land.

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.

From 1552 to 1832 Tintagel was a parliamentary borough ( generally known as the Borough of Bossiney ) sending two members to the House of Commons.

The borough assembly consists of nine members.

The borough elected the first black mayor in 1913 when John Archer took office, and in 1922 elected the Bombay-born Communist Party member Shapurji Saklatvala as MP for Battersea ; one of only two communist members or Parliament.

The government consists of a mayor and a borough council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large.

The borough council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.

The government consists of a mayor and a borough council made up of six council members, with all positions elected at large in partisan elections.

The borough council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.

The government consists of a mayor and a borough council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large.

The members of the Glen Ridge borough council ( with their term-end year and committee chairmanship listed in parentheses ) are Council President Elizabeth K. Baker ( 2012 ; Planning & Development ), Arthur D. Dawson ( 2014 ; Public Works ), David Lefkovits ( 2013 ; Community Affairs & Public Relations ), Paul A. Lisovicz ( 2012 ; Public Safety ), Stuart K. Patrick ( 2013 ; Finance & Administration ) and Jeffrey Theodorou ( 2014 ; Parks & Recreation ).

National Park is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government and consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council of six council members, with all positions elected at large.

The government consists of a mayor and a borough Council, comprising six members, with all positions elected at large.

The borough council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.

A Charter Study Commission formed in the 1980s after two major commercial businesses left the borough led to a recommendation for the adoption of a Mayor-Council form in which there are four wards to give residents a representative in each area of the community, in addition to a mayor and two at-large members of the borough council, all of whom are directly elected by residents.

The government consists of a mayor and a borough council composed of six council members, with all positions elected at large.

But crucially citizens voting in both were not subject to review and prosecution as were council members and all other officeholders.

Something like 1100 citizens ( including the members of the council of 500 ) held office each year.

These influences washed into municipal politics during the early and mid-1970s when three members of the Human Rights Party ( HRP ) won city council seats on the strength of the student vote.

This became Abercarn urban district in 1894, governed by an urban district council of twelve members.

The advisory council consists of 15 elected members:

The city council consists of seven members.

The city is governed by a " strong " mayor system who appoints two council members and / or city residents to serve at the mayor's pleasure on the board of public works and safety.

The city council consists of five members.

The parish council, which has 15 members who are elected for four years, is responsible for local issues, including setting an annual precept ( local rate ) to cover the council ’ s operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny.

Dioscorus began the council by banning all members of the November 447 synod which had deposed Eutyches.

The city council is called the Board of Supervisors and has four members.

Gregory XII's cardinals were accepted as true cardinals by the Council, but the members of the council delayed electing a new pope for fear that a new pope would restrict further discussion of pressing issues in the Church.

In addition, he serves on the advisory council of Hope For The Warriors, a national non-profit dedicated to provide a full cycle of non-medical care to combat wounded service members, their families, and families of the fallen from each military branch.

The mayor's duties include running city council meetings and approves or vetoes all actions taken by the council members, and can vote in case of a tie.

Though present and allowed to speak before the council, members of the Imperial Roman / Byzantine court, abbots, priests, monks and laymen were not allowed to vote.

The general council is composed of 19 seats ; whose members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms.

Marie Antoinette, the King's younger brother the Comte d ' Artois, and other conservative members of the King's privy council urged him to dismiss Necker as financial advisor.

The ritual not only saw the girls become women, but also allowed their mothers to become members of the council, a position of some authority.

Subsequently, in 1946 he would go on to become a member of the society's governing council, although most other members of the society were wary of him and his academic credentials.

His depiction of how members of the council were elected to the senate, for example, aimed to emphasise the way the electoral system prevented factionalism from occurring, instead making sure that “ public benefits are largely extended among the citizens ” rather than narrowly amongst “ one family ”.

Fairness is further emphasised in Contarini ’ s constant references to the equality the members of the council enjoyed.

In an attempt to win last minute votes from moderate pro-democracy lawmakers, the government amended its reform package on 19 December by proposing a gradual cut in the number of district council members appointed by the Chief Executive.

A new region can be proposed by one third or more of the council members in each affected governorate plus 500 voters or by one tenth or more voters in each affected governorate.