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Plymouth was an ancient borough, having been incorporated in 1439. [3] It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836, governed by a corporate body officially called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Plymouth", but generally known as the corporation or town council. [4]
Plymouth City Council is the local authority for the a unitary authority of Plymouth in Devon, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district . Political control
Plymouth City Council has announced it is seeking "a company, organisation or individual" to take over one of the city's oldest buildings. The Merchant's House, a 16th Century property on Palace ...
Plymouth City Council meets at the Council House on Armada Way in the city centre. There are no civil parishes in the city, which is an unparished area . [ 51 ] The city forms part of the ceremonial county of Devon for the purposes of lieutenancy , but has been administratively independent from Devon County Council since it became a unitary ...
The History of Plymouth in Devon, England, extends back to the Bronze Age, when the first settlement began at Mount Batten a peninsula in Plymouth Sound facing onto the English Channel. It continued as both a fishing and continental tin trading port through the late Iron Age into the Early Medieval period, until the more prosperous Saxon ...
Plymouth is already a unitary council but will now look to "expand the city footprint" as the government has indicated unitary councils should have a population of about 500,000.
Voting took place across 22 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this was the first election to the new non-metropolitan district council for Plymouth, which came into being on 1 April the following year. The Conservative Party took control of the Council after winning a majority of seats.
The 1991 Plymouth City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections . The Labour Party gained control of the council from the Conservative Party , who had held it since its creation in 1973.