E1Part I Local Government Areas and Authorities in England
Members of principal councils
6 Term of office and retirement of councillors.
1
Councillors for a principal area shall be elected by the local government electors for that area in accordance with this Act and Part I of the F1Representation of the People Act 1983.
2
For the purposes of the election of councillors—
a
every F2non-metropolitan county shall be divided into electoral divisions, each returning (subject to paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to this Act) one councillor;
b
every metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each returning a number of councillors which is divisible by three; and
c
every non-metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each returning such number of councillors as may be provided by an order under the said paragraph 3 or under or by virtue of the provisions of section 7 below or F3Part II of the Local Government Act 1992;
and there shall be a separate election for each electoral division or ward.
Part I (ss. 1-19) extends to England only: see s. 19