West Riding County Council | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1889 |
| Disbanded | 31 March 1974 |
| Motto | |
| AUDI CONSILIUM | |
| Meeting place | |
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| County Hall, Wakefield | |
West Riding County Council (WRCC) was thecounty council of theadministrative county of theWest Riding of Yorkshire from 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1974. The council met atCounty Hall in Wakefield.
The county council had jurisdiction over theadministrative county of the West Riding and therefore did not includecounty boroughs which were independent of the county council but associated with the county for other purposes. At the time of its formation in 1889 there were six county boroughs;Bradford,Halifax,Huddersfield,Leeds,Sheffield andYork. The administrative county was reduced when the county boroughs ofRotherham (1902),Barnsley (1913),Dewsbury (1913),Wakefield (1915) andDoncaster (1927) were formed.
The county council consisted of elected councillors and co-opted county aldermen. The entire body of county councillors was elected every three years. Aldermen were additional members, there being a ratio of one alderman to three councillors. Aldermen had a six-year term of office, and one half of their number were elected by the councillors immediately after the triennial elections. This was the same in all county councils at this time, as defined by theLocal Government Act 1888.
From the establishment of the county council in 1889 onwards the Liberal party won overall control of the council at successive county council elections, dominating the council from 1889 to 1914. Liberal domination of the council however was peppered with several years of no overall control; in 1903 and after 1912. At no point did the Liberals lose their administrative control of the council, and in the years it lacked an overall majority it relied on support from Independent and Liberal Unionist councilors.[1]
| Election | Party in control | Council Type | |
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| 1889 | Liberal | County Council | |
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| 1913 | No overall control | ||
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| 1931 | Socialist | ||
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| 1946 | Labour | ||
| 1949 | No overall control | ||
| 1952 | Labour | ||
| 1955 | No overall control | ||
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 Council elections inWest Yorkshire | |
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| Mayor | |
| Bradford | |
| Calderdale | |
| Kirklees | |
| Leeds | |
| Wakefield | |
| West Yorkshire CC | |
| West Riding CC | |
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| International | |
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| National | |
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